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February
24, 2004
Liberty
Counsel Applauds President Bush For Supporting A Constitutional Amendment
To Preserve Marriage Between One Man And One Woman
Orlando,
FL – Today, President George W. Bush announced that he would support
an amendment to the United States Constitution to preserve marriage between
one man and one woman. Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel of
Liberty Counsel, a national public interest law firm that is actively involved
in defending the traditional family throughout the country, said he applauds
the President’s announcement.
Staver
commented, “I applaud President Bush for his support of a Federal
Marriage Amendment to preserve marriage between one man and one woman. The
courts are not the place where our common cultural history of marriage between
one man and one woman should be changed. Marriage is the most important
social and cultural issue of the century, and this issue should be for the
people to decide, not the courts. I am confident when the people speak through
their state and national representatives, they will overwhelmingly choose
to once and for all time preserve marriage between one man and one woman.
A federal constitutional amendment will honor the will of the people and
remove the courts from social engineering.”
In
order to pass a constitutional amendment, two-thirds of the House and Senate
must vote in favor of the amendment, and then it must be ratified by three-fourths
of the states, or thirty-eight states. Since the mid-1990s, thirty-eight
states have passed what is known as Defense of Marriage Acts. These DOMAs
have either been placed in the state constitutions or have been put forth
to the people for statewide vote. Statewide votes have occurred in Hawaii,
Alaska, Nebraska and California. In all four states, laws preserving marriage
between one man and one woman have been overwhelmingly passed. When these
matters have been put before the state legislatures, the Defense of Marriage
Acts have received overwhelming support.
Staver
concluded, “Marriage between one man and one woman is so fundamentally
important to our social and cultural structure, that the people ought to
once and for all have their voice heard in this important matter. We should
not allow a patchwork system to develop in America regarding marriage. We
all are affected by one state seeking to change its marriage laws. As I
have recently said, the events that we have seen in San Francisco, with
the rebellious actions of the mayor disobeying clear state law and the will
of the people, will hurt the same-sex marriage movement and energize the
majority of Americans who believe in marriage between one man and one woman.
What we are experiencing now is a response from the people who have drawn
a line in the sand to preserve marriage between one man and one woman. Now
even those in the highest levels of public office have heard the voice of
America.”
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RELATED INFORMATION
Appearing
on CNBC:
At
8:00 p.m. EST tonight Mathew Staver will be a guest on the News Hour on
CNBC, to discuss the federal marriage amendment.
Petition
to Congress:
Very
soon we will be sending a shipment of Petitions in support of the Federal
Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Senate and House leaders. Sign
the Federal Marriage Amendment Petition today -- make your voice heard!
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