Americans believe that gays and lesbians have a right to live as they choose, but they don't have a right to redefine marriage for our entire society. Americans want our laws to send a positive message to children about marriage, family, and their future. |
I've already been criticized by some on the right and that's okay, |
Our overarching goal is to build a national grass-roots army, |
President Bush is to be congratulated for his steadfast leadership in speaking for the vast majority of the American people on this issue. Americans believe that gays and lesbians have a right to live as they choose, but they don't have a right to redefine marriage for our entire society. |
The constitutional problem created by almost a decade of activist lawsuits to destroy marriage demands a constitutional fix. AFM created the Marriage Protection Amendment and our text has been introduced with bi-partisan sponsorship in two successive sessions of Congress in order to protect the common sense view of marriage shared by most Americans of every race, color and creed. |
The health of American families built upon marriage affects us all. And this is why the president's plan to use a modest portion of welfare funding to invest in building stronger marriages in America is good social policy. |
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is to be congratulated for encouraging Catholic bishops across the country to make their voice heard in advance of the pending Senate vote on our marriage amendment. Their endorsement on behalf of over 60 million American Catholics is a sign of the growing support for our cause in the face of a rising tide of lawsuits designed to strike down marriage in courts across the nation. |
We've done nine film festivals since then, taken the movie to Cannes and the Edinburgh Film Festival and it had it's US premier a couple of weeks ago, |