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        |  | A JOINT RESOLUTION | 
      
        |  | proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a court of this | 
      
        |  | state from enforcing, considering, or applying a religious or | 
      
        |  | cultural law. | 
      
        |  | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by | 
      
        |  | adding Section 32 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 32.  A court of this state shall uphold the laws of the | 
      
        |  | Constitution of the United States, this Constitution, federal laws, | 
      
        |  | and laws of this state.  A court of this state may not enforce, | 
      
        |  | consider, or apply any religious or cultural law. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | 
      
        |  | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | 
      
        |  | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | 
      
        |  | proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting a court of | 
      
        |  | this state from enforcing, considering, or applying a religious or | 
      
        |  | cultural law." |