Subject: *M*: DE Marriage update
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 20:39:39 -0500

Sponsors Reps Buckworth and Davis - and 17 others

this bill has been presented to the house speaker-it has not been assigned a
number/ or to committee as of this afternoon and was not on the House Agenda
for today:
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An Act to amend 101(a), Chapter 1, Title 13, Delaware Code, Relating to
marriage.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Delaware:
 Section 1 Amend 101 (a), Chapter 1, Title 13, Delaware Code by striking the
word "or" as it appears after the word "nephew" and before the word "first"
and by added after the word "cousin" the following:
"or between persons of the same gender".

 Section 2.Amend 101(a), Chapter 1, Title 13, Delaware Code by adding a new
subsection to read as follows:
(d) " a marriage obtained or recognized outside the State of Delaware between
persons prohibited by subsection (a) of this section shall not constitute a
legal or valid marriage within the State of Delaware"

Section 3. The provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to
effectuate the policies and purposes of this Act. In the event of  conflict
between this act and any other provision of law, the provisions of this Act
shall govern.

Section 4. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any
person is held invaild, such invalidity shall not effect other provisions or
applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invailid
provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this Act are
declared to be severable.

SYNOPSIS
this bill affirms Delaware law that marriage is the civil status of one man
and one woman being legally united, by prohibiting marriages between persons
of the same gender.

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All DE legislators have been given information packets which include:
Jimmy Carters Letter
The HRC New Hampshire Survey/talkingpoints
Eight key Q and A
Ed Fallons speech
The Rev Paul Washington's Statement
Ken Chloubers speech
The 3/6/96 NYTimes piece
John Schmacker's Opionion piece from the Des Moines Register
Information on the Philadelphia Freedon to Marry Conference

The Delaware Legislature is on break for the next two weeks

Special thanks to Joyce Mullens of Philadelphia's Au Courant for her
invaluable insights, expertise and most  importantly her information.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:04:11 -0500
Subject: *M*: DE MARRIAGE BAN

Delaware is now in legislative crisis- Rep Gerald A Buckworth phone
302-739-4351- no bill number yet

Delaware's General Assembly

138th General Assembly (House)

Delaware State Representatives

27 Republicans, 14 Democrats

Rep. Terry R. Spence, Speaker of the House 

Rep. Joseph R. Petrilli, Majority Leader &amp; Rep G. Robert Quillen,

Majority Whip 

Rep. Robert F. Gilligan, Minority Leader &amp; Rep John F. Van Sant, Minority
Whip 

Delaware's State Representatives

The mailing address for all of the below State Representatives

is as follows:

<ADDRESS>

Legislative Hall 
P.O. Box 1401 
Doer, De. 19903 

Banning, Oakley M., Jr.(D) - 9th District
Office Number: H23 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Boulden, Timothy U. (R) - 23nd District     
Office Number: H119 
Phone: (302) 739-4641 

Brady, David D. (D) - 8th District
Office Number: H34 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 
Buckworth, Gerald A.(R) - 34th District
Office Number: H224 
Phone: (302) 739-5303 

Bunting, George H.(D) - 38th District 
Office Number: H24 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Capano, Deborah H.(R) - 12th District
Office Number: H225 
Phone: (302) 739-4449 

Carey, V. George(R) - 36th District
Office Number: H226 
Phone: (302) 739-4119 

Caulk, G. Wallace, Jr.(R) - 33rd District
Office Number: H128 
Phone: (302) 739-4081 

Cloutier, Philip D. (R) - 11th District
Office Number: H131 
Phone: (302) 739-4080 

Davis, Richard F.(R) - 26th District
Office Number: H123 
Phone: (302) 739-4109 

DiLiberto, Richard A.(D) - 14th District
Office Number: H39 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

DiPinto, Joseph G.(R) - 4th District 
Office Number: H103 
Phone: (302) 739-4079 

Ennis, Bruce C(D) - 28th District
Office Number: H28 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Ennis, David H. (R) - 6th District 
Office Number: H126 
Phone: (302) 739-4174 

Ewings, J. Benjamin (R) - 35th District 
Office Number: H124 
Phone: (302) 739-4150 

Fallon, Evelyn K. &quot;Tina&quot;(R) - 39th District
Office Number: H125 
Phone: (302) 739-4172 

Gilligan, Robert F.(D) - 19th District 
Office Number: H30 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Houghton, William I.(D) - 16th District> 
Office Number: H35 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Jonkiert, Casimir S.(D) - 5th District 
Office Number: H12 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Lee, Clifford G.(R) - 40th District
Office Number: H221 
Phone: (302) 739-4634 

Lofink, Vincent A.(R) - 27th District
Office Number: H101 
Phone: (302) 739-4142 

Mack, Jeffrey G.(R) - 17th District
Office Number: H130 
Phone: (302) 739-4141 

Maier, Pamela(R) - 21st District
Office Number: H102 
Phone: (302) 739-4108 

Maroney, Jane P.(R) - 10th District
Office Number: H102 
Phone: (302) 739-4262 

Oberle, William A., Jr. (R) - 24th District 
Office Number: H124 
Phone: (302) 739-4173 

Petrilli, Joseph R.(R) - 22nd District 
Office Number: H201 
Phone: (302) 739-4123 

Plant, Al O., Sr.(D) - 2nd District
Office Number: H37 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Quillen, G. Robert(R) - 30th District 
Office Number: H202 
Phone: (302) 739-4083 

Reynolds, Bruce C.(R) - 15th District</I> 
Office Number: H129 
Phone: (302) 739-4176 

Roy, Roger P.(R) - 20th District 
Office Number: H101 
Email Address: [email-masked]
Phone: (302) 739-4460 

Schroeder, John R.(D) - 37th District
Office Number: H25 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Scott, Arthur </B>(D) - 3rd District</I> 
Office Number: H21 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Smith, Wayne A.(R) - 7th District
Office Number: H118 
Phone: (302) 739-4120 

Spence, Terry R.(R) - 18th District
Office Number: H207 
Phone: (302) 739-4127 

Stone, Donna(R) - 32nd District
Office Number: H219 
Phone: (302) 739-4453 

Ulbrich, Stephanie A.(R) - 25th District
Office Number: H227 
Phone: (302) 739-3796 

Van Sant, John F.(D) - 13th District
Office Number: H29 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Wagner, Nancy(R) - 31st District
Office Number: H117 
Phone: (302) 739-4177 

Welch, Charles W.(R) - 29th District
Office Number: H220 
Phone: (302) 739-4175 

West, Charles P.(D) - 41st District
Office Number: H31 
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

Williams, Dennis P.(D) - 1st District
Office Number: H39
Phone: (302) 739-4351 

D E L A W A R E'S

138th General Assembly (Senate)

Lt. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, President of the Senate 

Delaware State Senators

12 Democrats, 9 Republicans.

Sen. Richard S. Cordrey, President Pro Tem 
Sen. Thomas B. Sharp, Majority Leader &amp; Sen. Robert I. Marshall,
Majority Whip 

Sen. Myrna L. Bair, Minority Leader &amp; Sen. Robert T. Connor,
Minority Whip 

Delaware State Senators, Listed Alphabetically 

The mailing address for all of the below State Senators is as
follows:

Legislative Hall 
P.O. Box 1401 
Dover, De. 19903 

Adams, Thurman Jr. (D) - 19th District
Office Number: S106 
Phone: (302) 739-4117 

Amick, Steven H.(R) - 10th District
Office Number: S209 
Phone: (302) 739-4138 

Bair, Myrna L.(R) - 5th District
Office Number: S207 
Phone: (302) 739-4137 

Blevins, Patricia(D) - 7th District
Office Number: S114 
Phone: (302) 739-4133 

Bonini, Colin R.J.(R) - 16th District 
Office Number: S201 
Phone: (302) 739-4169 

Connor, Robert T.(R) - 12th District
Office Number: S205 
Phone: (302) 739-4164 

Cook, Nancy W.(D) - 15th District 
Office Number: S107
Phone: (302) 739-4237 

Cordrey, Richard S.(D) - 20th District
Office Number: S123 
Phone: (302) 739-4144 

Hauge, Richard A.(R) - 4th District
Office Number: S203 
Phone: (302) 739-4135 

Henry, Margaret Rose (D) - 2nd District
Office Number: S207 
Phone: (302) 739-6891 

Marshall, Robert I.(D) - 3rd District 
Office Number: S104 
Phone: (302) 739-4168 

McBride, David B.(D) - 13th District 
Office Number: S103 
Phone: (302) 739-4167 

McDowell, Harris B., III (D) - 1st District
Office Number: S109 
Phone: (302) 739-4147 

Reed, Donna(R) - 11th District> 
Office Number: S211 
Phone: (302) 739-4165 

Sharp, Thomas B.(D) - 9th District 
Office Number: S108 
Phone: (302) 739-4163 

Sokola, David P. (D) - 8th District 
Office Number: S113 
Phone: (302) 739-4139 

Sorenson, Liane M.(R) - 6th District 
Office Number: S210 
Phone: (302) 739-4136 

Still, John C.(R) - 17th District 
Office Number: S204 
Phone: (302) 739-4162 
Vaughn, James T.(D) - 14th District 
Office Number: S101 
Phone: (302) 739-4610 

Venables, Robert L.(D) - 21st District 
Office Number: S102 
Phone: (302) 739-4298 

Voshell, Robert J.(D) - 18th District
Office Number: S115 
Phone: (302) 739-4134 

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