Incestuous marriages void
(1) The son shall not marry his grandmother, his mother,
or his stepmother; the brother his sister; the father his
daughter, or his legally adopted daughter, or his grand-daughter;
the son shall not marry the daughter of his father begotten
of his stepmother, or his aunt, being his father's or mother's
sister, nor shall the children of brother or sister, or
brothers and sisters intermarry being first cousins by blood.
The father shall not marry his son's widow; a man shall
not marry his wife's daughter, or his wife's daughter's
daughter, or his wife's son's daughter, or the daughter
of his brother or sister; and the like prohibition shall
extend to females in the same degrees. All marriages prohibited
by this subsection are incestuous and void.
(2) Any marriage between persons of the same gender is
prohibited and null and void from the beginning. Any marriage
between persons of the same gender that is valid in another
jurisdiction does not constitute a legal or valid marriage
in Mississippi.
(Mississippi Code Ann. section 93-1-1)
Marriage
Marriage may take place and may be valid under the laws
of this state only between a man and a woman. A marriage
in another state or foreign jurisdiction between persons
of the same gender, regardless of when the marriage took
place, may not be recognized in this state and is void and
unenforceable under the laws of this state.
(Mississippi Constitution, Article 14, Section 263A, approved by the
electorate on November 2, 2004)
