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I have been to Congress for you – testifying before members of the House of Representatives. There, I saw firsthand what is happening …
THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE IS IN DANGER AS NEVER BEFORE.
So we are launching a new push to see the U.S. Constitution amended to protect marriage. And we need your immediate financial help.
http://www.aclj.net/ACLJ/donate.cfm?dn=1008&commid=94207896&id=20384
I know that many members of the ACLJ like you have already spoken out in support of the Federal Marriage Amendment to the United States Constitution.
In fact, almost 300,000 people have already signed our Petition to Preserve Marriage.
But despite this overwhelming response, the amendment legislation is stalled in the committees and back rooms of Congress. It’s going nowhere. Without further action, this movement is doomed.
Lawyers for same-sex marriage proponents are fighting this effort at every step with incredible financial resources. And now that the Massachusetts high court ruling favoring same-sex marriages has gone into effect, they are vowing to see legal homosexual unions in every state.
The executive director of gay rights group Lambda Legal said, “We can’t and we won’t stop until we have equality in marriage nationwide.” He said courts in California, New Jersey, New York, and Washington are considering lawsuits seeking same-sex marriage rights.
We must launch a new campaign – a renewed effort – to get the Federal Marriage Amendment out of the committees and on to the floor of the House and the Senate for an immediate vote.
To make it happen, we need you to make a generous tax-deductible online gift today.
http://www.aclj.net/ACLJ/donate.cfm?dn=1008&commid=94207896&id=20384
Your contribution will help us:
* mount a nationwide campaign to push Congress into action,
* mobilize as many concerned citizens as possible, and
* continue our ongoing efforts to preserve the federal Defense of Marriage Act and “Defense of Marriage” laws in various states of the Union.
To preserve the family as God designed it, we must preserve the institution of marriage. If marriage can be re-defined simply by a change of a few words, its meaning evaporates!
Enabled by you and other members of the ACLJ, through your prayerful giving, WE WILL KEEP ON BATTLING to preserve the institution of marriage in this country on every possible front – all the way up to the Supreme Court of the United States.
But we cannot fight this battle without you.
Please stay faithful to this important cause with your very best secure, online gift today.
http://www.aclj.net/ACLJ/donate.cfm?dn=1008&commid=94207896&id=20384
Your support today will help us preserve marriage and continue all our efforts to protect your freedoms.
For some intelligent reading on the subject, please see Dahlia Lithwick’s column on Slate.com.