Constitutional amendment; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition (submitting to qualified voters).

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum);marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative rightto marry. Provides for a referendum at the November 8, 2022,election to approve or reject an amendment that would repeal theconstitutional provision defining marriage as only a union betweena man and woman as well as the related provisions that are no longervalid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision inObergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment providesthat the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the libertyof persons and requires the Commonwealth and its political subdivisionsand agents to issue marriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treatall marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex or genderof the parties to the marriage. Religious organizations and clergyacting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to performany marriage.