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For
Immediate Release Rep.
Pitts lauds President Bush’s support of marriage Washington—Congressman
Joe Pitts (R, PA-16) today praised President George W. Bush for endorsing
the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). “Our
kids need strong families,” said Congressman Pitts “and strong families
work best when kids have a mom and a dad at home, engaged in their lives.
We rely on this definition of family for stability, prosperity, and
vitality. When we tinker with
that definition or allow courts to throw it out the window, we’re in
trouble. “This
amendment is the line in the sand. It
clearly defines marriage for purposes of federal law.
And it prevents courts from forcing states to adopt legal definitions
that the people do not support,” said Congressman Pitts, an original
co-sponsor of the FMA. The
Federal Marriage Amendment was introduced in this Congress by Rep. Marilyn
Musgrave (R, CO). It says that,
“Marriage in the
United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.
Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state
or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the
legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.” The
Amendment is supported by an ethnically, politically, and religiously
diverse coalition of organizations called the Alliance for Marriage.
It was originally introduced in the 107th Congress by a
Democrat. Among
the Amendment’s key supporters are:
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Walter Fauntroy, civil
rights pioneer; ●
African Methodist
Episcopal Church (AME); ●
Church of God in
Christ (COGIC); ●
Alianza Ministerial
Evangelical Nacional; and ●
Ministry of Imam W
Deen Mohammed. # # #
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