Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage

Constitutional amendment bans same-sex marriage, civil unions, and any marriage-like contract between unmarried persons

Nov 27, 2012 · This is the first article in a four-part series explaining the constitutional controversy, now awaiting the Supreme Court’s attention, over same-sex marriage.

May 28, 2013 · Read CNN’s Fast Facts on same-sex marriage and learn more about gay marriage legislation around the world.

This web document gives users a comprehensive overview of same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. The information includes up to date information as new legislation is passed as well as history on the topics.

Jun 27, 2013 · The court ruled unconstitutional a 1996 law denying federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples and effectively permitted gay marriage in California.

Elated by an 11-for-11 rejection of gay marriage in state elections, conservatives Wednesday urged Congress to follow suit by approving a federal constitutional amendment that would extend the prohibition nationwide.

Following a federal appeals court ruling Monday that Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said his office would no longer oppose challenges to the state’s constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.

The bill asked the state to deem the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding same-sex marriage “null and void.”

Arizona Proposition 102 was an amendment to the constitution of the state of Arizona adopted by a ballot measure held in 2008. It added Article 30 of the Arizona Constitution, which says: “Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.”

Jun 26, 2015 · Same-sex marriage is a fundamental constitutional right guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today, in a 5-4 decision penned by Justice Anthony Kennedy and opposed by the rest of the court’s conservatives.