National Scope of Battle to Protect Marriage Is the Reason AFM Drafted the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment

Contact: Bob Adams, Alliance for Marriage Foundation, 202-669-0940

WASHINGTON, June 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Alliance for Marriage called upon Congress to pass AFM's Marriage Protection Amendment as the battle over the future of marriage exploded from coast-to-coast today with activists forcing their destructive social agenda on the people of California and New York.

"The national scope of the assault on our marriage laws is the reason the Alliance for Marriage drafted the federal Marriage Protection Amendment," said Matt Daniels, president and founder of the Alliance for Marriage.  "As the judicial destruction of marriage in California is exported across state lines – to New York and soon to other states -- AFM's Marriage Protection Amendment is the only viable democratic option to allow the American people to protect marriage for the sake of our children." 

"Today is a sad day for the people of California and New York who have lost the right -- freely and democratically -- to choose the course that is best for them, their families and their children," said Niger Innis, AFM Advisory Board Member and National Spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the third oldest and one of the "Big Four" civil rights groups in the United States.  "With all of society's ills and potential pitfalls, the foundation of marriage is the bedrock of security and guarantor of the full recognition of our human rights and civil rights."

"Marriage is the most universal social institution – transcending all racial, religious and political boundary lines," said Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., an AFM Advisory Board Member and President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC).  "As the largest 'minority' community in California, we have voted with our feet in rejecting the false claims that destruction of marriage represents the advancement of civil rights." 

"Most Americans believe that gays and lesbians have a right to live as they choose, but they don't believe they have a right to redefine marriage for our entire society," said Daniels added. "Americans want our laws to send a positive message to children about marriage, family and their future."

The Alliance for Marriage is a non-partisan, multicultural coalition whose Board of Advisors includes Rev. Walter Fauntroy --  the former DC Delegate who organized the March on Washington for Martin Luther King Jr. --  as well as other civil rights and religious leaders, and national legal experts.

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