HJM1 urges the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.”

The House adopted HJM1 on January 27, 2025, by a vote of 46 to 24. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges recognizing “same-sex marriage” is egregiously illegitimate and unconstitutional. It mistakenly assumes that marriage, along with morality itself, can be determined exclusively, even frivolously, by the government. Yet, marriage, being coeval with mankind, is ordained by God—not civil authorities. Unlike homosexuality, which is contrary to the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God,” marriage is the most sacred of all human institutions. For more than two thousand years, it has been honored as a lifelong covenant between one man and woman, whose one-flesh union serves as the foundation of the family. There is no right to “same-sex marriage” in the U.S. Constitution because there can be no appeal to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” apart from the moral sanctions set forth by our “Creator” who grants us with “certain unalienable Rights.” Further, the 10th Amendment is clear that the “powers not delegated” to the federal government (e.g., Supreme Court), such as the authority to regulate marriage, are reserved to the “States, or to the people.”