Opinion ID: 172235
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Heading: The Oklahoma Amendment

Text: On November 2, 2004, Oklahoma voters approved legislative referendum No. 334, which amended the Oklahoma Constitution to add, in pertinent part: Marriage defined–-Construction of law and Constitution–- Recognition of out-of-state marriages--Penalty A. Marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman . . . . [No] provision of law shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups. B. A marriage between persons of the same gender performed in another state shall not be recognized as valid and binding in this state as of the date of the marriage. C. Any person knowingly issuing a marriage license in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. See Okla. Const. art. 2, § 35.