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This concurrent resolution rejects the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in *Obergefell v. Hodges*, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, arguing that the decision conflicts with the Constitution and principles of the United States, misinterprets the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as a source of new rights, and undermines the traditional definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman, a definition historically recognized and supported by the state of Missouri's voters. The resolution calls for the Supreme Court to reverse *Obergefell v. Hodges*, return the authority to define and regulate marriage to individual states, and asserts that court rulings are not laws, with only elected legislatures having the power to create laws. It also expresses concern that the *Obergefell* decision led to the persecution of individuals who opposed same-sex marriage based on their faith and suggests that certain Supreme Court justices should have recused themselves from the case due to prior involvement in officiating same-sex weddings.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HCR50&year=2026&code=R