Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 2:02am
Group urges parties to defend marriage
The Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AFMF) on Wednesday called on both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions to include language supporting the Marriage Protection Amendment in their 2008 platforms. The parties will write and approve party platforms at the national conventions this summer, Christian Newswire reported Wednesday.
"Today, on behalf of the strong and consistent majority of Americans who believe in defending marriage's legal status, and especially for the sake of our children, we are requesting that both national party platforms include language defining marriage as between a man and a woman," wrote Sam Rodriguez and Niger Innis, co-chairs of AFMF's Many Voices, One Mission Campaign. Rodriguez is President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and Innis is National Spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality.
"At least 25 million American children — more than one of every three — are currently being raised in a broken home. This is not only a disaster for these children; it's a disaster for our society. Our most serious social problems — from youth crime to dropout rates — track far more closely with family breakdown than they do with other social variables like race or poverty," said Rodriguez and Innis in the joint letter.
"Today, on behalf of the strong and consistent majority of Americans who believe in defending marriage's legal status, and especially for the sake of our children, we are requesting that both national party platforms include language defining marriage as between a man and a woman," wrote Sam Rodriguez and Niger Innis, co-chairs of AFMF's Many Voices, One Mission Campaign. Rodriguez is President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and Innis is National Spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality.
"At least 25 million American children — more than one of every three — are currently being raised in a broken home. This is not only a disaster for these children; it's a disaster for our society. Our most serious social problems — from youth crime to dropout rates — track far more closely with family breakdown than they do with other social variables like race or poverty," said Rodriguez and Innis in the joint letter.