West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia SR61: Urging US Supreme Court reverse Obergefell decision
Status: Introduced, March 10, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 10, 2026:
SENATE RESOLUTION 61 (By Senators Azinger and Rucker) [Introduced March 10, 2026] Urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse Obergefell and restore the natural law definition of marriage. Whereas, The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015), is at odds with the Constitution and the principles of the United States; and Whereas, Liberty has long been understood as individual freedom from governmental action, not as a right to a particular governmental entitlement; and Whereas, Obergefell ignores the Declaration of Independence's proclamation that human dignity is innate, that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,"; but instead sees dignity coming from the government; and Whereas, Obergefell denies the Framers' understanding that Liberty flows from our innate dignity, this causes collateral damage to other aspects of our constitutional order that protect liberty, including Religious Liberty; and Whereas, Obergefell relies on the dangerous fiction of treating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution as a font of substantive rights, a doctrine that strays from the full meaning of the Constitution and exalts judges at the expense of the people from whom they derive their authority; and Whereas, The Supreme Court recognized in United States v. Windsor, 57031 U.S. 744 …
Sponsors
- Azinger, Mike (R, 03) · primary sponsor
- Rucker, Patricia (R, 16)
Latest actions
- : To Rules
- : On Unfinished Business
- : Introduced in Senate
- : Filed for introduction
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Common questions
- What is SR61?
- SR61 is a bill in the West Virginia Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Urging US Supreme Court reverse Obergefell decision.
- What is the status of SR61?
- Introduced as of March 10, 2026. Latest action: To Rules (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored SR61?
- Azinger, Mike (R, 03), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SR61?
- On the West Virginia Legislature website: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Resolution_History.cfm?year=2026&sessiontype=RS&input4=61&billtype=r&houseorig=s&btype=res
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