Tag Archives: Marriage Protection Amendment

U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) has introduced the Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J. RES. 51). This amendment to the U.S. Constitution would make marriage legal only between a man and a woman. The amendment states:

Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman.

So far, the bill has 52 co-sponsors.  That means 383 representatives have …