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March 2007

3 entries from March 2007.

Mar 22

South Carolina General Assembly ratified H.3063, enacting a constitutional same-sex marriage ban

On March 22, 2007, the South Carolina General Assembly ratified H.3063 (Act No. 7), formally enacting into the state constitution the amendment providing that marriage between one man and one woman is the only lawful domestic union the state or its political subdivisions may create or recognize. The act completed a process begun with the legislature's 2005 referral of the amendment (HJR3133/Joint Resolution 45) and South Carolina voters' November 7, 2006 approval of it (77.97%-22.03%); no governor's signature was required for the ratification act.

Mar 14

Utah Gov. Huntsman signed HB 343, codifying married-couple preference that excluded same-sex couples from adoption and foster placement

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed H.B. 343 on March 14, 2007, codifying a married-couple preference and cohabitation-based bar into the state's adoption and foster-placement law. Because Utah did not recognize same-sex marriage in 2007, the marriage-based mechanism categorically excluded same-sex couples from the preferred adoption tier and from eligibility for joint foster placement, while leaving married opposite-sex couples and non-cohabiting single adults eligible. The law extended into statute a policy the Division of Child and Family Services had first adopted administratively in 1999.

Mar 9

Utah Gov. Huntsman signed Student Clubs Act requiring parental consent to join school clubs; sponsor said it targets gay-straight alliances

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed HB236, the Student Clubs Amendments ("Student Clubs Act"), into law on 2007-03-09, requiring written parental consent before a student may join any noncurricular club and letting school officials deny club authorization on vague grounds including protecting students' "moral well-being" and maintaining "socially appropriate" behavior. Chief House sponsor Rep. Aaron Tilton, R-Springville, said the bill "makes it easier for schools to deny noncurricular clubs like gay-straight alliances."