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Key Vote 104th Congress > Senate > Vote 893

Date: 1996-09-10

Result: 85-14 (Bill Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 280

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Bill number: HR3396

Question: On Passage of the Bill

Description: A bill to define and protect the institution of marriage.

Bill summary: Defense of Marriage Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that no State, territory, or possession of the United States or Indian tribe shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws of any other such jurisdiction or to any right or claim arising from such relationship. Establishes a Federal definition of: (1) "marriage" as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife; and (2) "spouse" as only a person of the (...show more) opposite sex who is a husband or wife.

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Bill titles: To define and protect the institution of marriage.

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