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In 1996, then President Bill Clinton, signed the Defense of Marriage Act. This Act states two things, first it provides that no State shall be required to give effect to a law of any other State with respect to a same-sex "marriage." Second, it defines the words "marriage" and "spouse" for purposes of Federal Law (DOMA, H.R. 3396).
On May 21, 2003 Mrs. Marilyn Musgrave U.S. Representative of Colorado, along with five others introduced a joint resolution to the House, which was, referred it to the Committee on the Judiciary. This resolution is for an addition to the US Constitution. The resolution states that "Section 1. Marriage is the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be constructed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups" (Federal Marriage Amendment H.J. Res. 56). What does this......

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