Defense of Marriage Act
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Excerpt from Defense of Marriage Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 3396, Defense of Marriage Act, May 15, 1996 The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:48 p.m., in room 2237, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Charles T. Canady (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Charles T. Canady, Henry J. Hyde, Bob Inglis, Michael Patrick Flanagan, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Martin R. Hoke, Bob Goodlatte, Barney Frank, Melvin L. Watt, John Conyers, Jr., and Patricia Schroeder. Also present: Representatives Bob Barr and Sheila Jackson Lee. Staff present: Kathryn A. Hazeem, chief counsel; William L. McGrath, counsel; Jacquelene McKee, paralegal; and Mark Carroll, staff assistant. Opening Statement Of Chairman Canady Mr. Canady. The subcommittee will come to order. There are two fundamental questions raised by the topic of today´s hearing. The first is the substantive policy issue of whether we as a society will permit same-sex relationships to be recognized as marriages. And, second, quite apart from the substantive decision, is the critical question of who shall decide. The Defense of Marriage Act speaks to both of these important issues. As to the issue of how we will define "marriage," the act simply restates the current and long-established understanding that marriage means "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." The bill adopts that definition for purposes of Federal law only. It does not intrude on the ability of the States to define marriage however they choose. I expect - and, in fact, I hope - that most Americans will think it quite odd that we are actually considering legislation to define marriage as an exclusively heterosexual and monogamous institution. Simply stated, in the history of our country, marriage has never meant anything else. It is inherently and necessarily reserved for unions between one man and one woman. This is because our society recognizes that heterosexual marriage provides the ideal structure within which to beget and raise children. This fundamental, unavoidable fact of our human nature belies any attempt to betray this bill as a defense of some archaic social construct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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