(from FotF's Pastor's Weekly Breifing)
The Marriage Amendment Campaign
Fifty religious leaders, representing close to 100 million
Americans, have signed a joint letter calling for Senate passage of the federal marriage amendment, reports Agape Press. The proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, is to be voted on in the Senate in early June. The letter is signed by Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox Christian, Mormon and Jewish leaders and some of these groups are also launching a postcard campaign. By partnering with several faith-based organizations and churches, one of the groups — Focus on the Family — intends to send one million cards to the U.S. Senate.
It's not just social conservatives who are working hard for its passage. Matt Daniels, president of the Alliance for Marriage, said support for traditional marriage cuts across racial, ethnic and religious boundaries — and as does the coalition of those who support the Marriage Protection Amendment. Although homosexual activists try to argue that the amendment is "discriminatory," defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, it is not at all a divisive issue outside the gay community, Daniels maintains. "This is an issue that unifies Americans — black, brown, white and yellow — around this dream of more children being raised with a mother and a father," he said. "And that dream has power and momentum behind it because it is rooted in people's hearts — and in their aspirations for their kids."
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3 comments:
I think that the issue is a born loser for the church. The decay of the institution is inevitable.
The day will come when a Christian marriage is a quaint version of a Domestic Incorporation of Persons. Such corporations will take all sorts of forms and in all sorts of numbers.
I guess I am too pessimistic to see it otherwise.
I don't get your title - are you implying that every issue facing Americans at any given time should be voted upon?
Or, are you arguing that you should be able to pick and choose which issues American vote upon?
Furthermore, you start with "Americans have signed a joint letter calling for Senate passage..." Exactly who are these Americans? That is a pretty broad, uncorraberated allegation, is it not?
You say "Fifty religious leaders, representing close to 100 million." Are you trying to imply that all 100 million support the decision their leaders are making?
Your argument is pretty weak and leaves more questions about your views, then opposing views.
Travis,
I every state where this has come to vote, it has passed in favor of a marriage amendment protecting the traditional definition of marriage. I would call that a loud and clear message by the public on their views. I'd be happy if Minnesota's Liberal Democrats in the State Senate would begin representing their consituancy instead of the small minority and let us vote here.
As for the 50 religioius leaders, I'm not niave enough to think that all who follow them agree, but many/most do as is evidenced by prior voting records as well as scientific and unscientific polls taken across the USA.
Big Chris
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