STATE PETITION SUBMISSION FORM

 

TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

OFFICIAL PETITION TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS

Directing your State Legislators to make a Constitutional Call, under Article V of the United States Constitution, instructing  Congress to convene  the Traditional Marriage Amendment "Single Issue" Convention

 

Text of the proposed

TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

ARTICLE 28 (or alternate number to be assigned by Congress)

Section 1. Traditional Marriage consists of one man and one woman united together in matrimony and who have taken marital vows to and before each other and before a licensed official who is duly appointed to this ministration by the State. 

Section 2.  No alternative marriage or union between two or more individuals, no matter how structured or organized, shall be legally recognized as a valid Traditional Marriage by any jurisdiction or State. 

Section 3. To secure the rights of citizens including those individuals united together in Traditional Marriages, it is hereby prohibited for any jurisdiction or State to recognize any alternative marriage as a legal marriage or legal union.  It is further prohibited for any jurisdiction or State to bestow on individuals living in alternative marriages any of the rights and entitlements given to individuals in Traditional Marriages.  This Article shall be enforceable in the United States which shall include the Several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the territories and possessions of the United States.

Section 4. Congress shall have the power to enforce by appropriate legislation, the provisions of the Article.

 

 

OFFICIAL STATE PETITION TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS

(Please complete the following State Petition and click the "Submit" button)

Make a selection by checking one of the following:

I approve of State Petition for the Traditional Marriage Amendment "Single Issue" Convention Call
I don't approve of State Petition for the Traditional Marriage Amendment "Single Issue" Convention Call

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Other:

Tell us how you can help us secure a Call from your State Legislature (include any other way you can help us: columnist; public service announcements; legal services; TV and radio appearances; financial support; becoming a Regional, State, or Local Director, etc.):

Include the following requested information for your State Legislators:

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Revised: 05/26/10.

 

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