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Late yesterday, Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief at the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati defending the Michigan Marriage Protection Amendment (MMPA) on behalf of the American Family Association of Michigan, which was one of the coauthors of the amendment.

In 2004, voters overwhelmingly approved the amendment to the Michigan Constitution: “To secure and preserve the benefits of marriage for our society and for future generations of children, the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.” On March 21, 2014, the district court found that the MMPA was unconstitutional because it violated equal protection, and the case is on appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Michigan voters were exercising a fundamental right when they amended the Constitution, and that right should not be diminished by a court repealing the amendment.

Marriage is not merely a creation of any one civilization or its statutes, but is an institution older than the Constitution and, indeed, older than any laws of any nation. Marriage is a natural bond that society or religion can only solemnize.

Please pray for the protection of state marriage amendments under attack.

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