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The dust has barely settled since North Carolina partially repealed its controversial bathroom bill two weeks ago, butlawmakers there are already proposing another boldnew way to curb LGBTQ rights.

Three Republican lawmakers on Tuesday filed a bill that, if passed, would make same-sex marriage illegal in North Carolina, and nullify any suchmarriages that have already been officiated.

House Bill 780, or the Uphold Historical Marriage Act, asserts that the U.S. Supreme Court overstepped its constitutional bounds in its historic 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges,which made same-sex marriage legal nationwide.

That ruling voided Article 14, Section 6 of North Carolinas state constitution, which said the state would recognize marriages or civil unions only if they are between a man and a woman. The bills authors, Reps. Larry Pittman, Carl Ford, and Michael Speciale, note that 61 percent of North Carolinians in 2012 voted in favor of upholding Article 14.

In the past year, the state of North Carolina has become somewhat synonymous with LGBTQ discrimination.

Last May, it passed its infamous bathroom bill, also known as HB2, that prohibited transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. That prompted a legal showdown between North Carolina and the federal government and cost the state millions in lost business and events, including a Bruce Springsteen concert and an NCAA college basketball championship series.

Civil rights advocates were dismayed by last months HB2 compromise that repealed the bathroom bill but also barred local jurisdictions from passing laws to protect LGBTQ residents from discrimination until 2020.

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