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Senators are taking a stand for the traditional view of marriage being a union between one man and one woman by showing support of the Federal Marriage Amendment.

The eons-old understanding of what makes a marriage drew the spotlight Wednesday on Capitol Hill when senators, civil rights leaders and family advocates threw their support behind the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA).

Erik Hotmire, press secretary to Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the senators present at a news conference in support of the FMA, said the message was clear and unequivocal: Marriage “should be defined as between a man and a woman, simply put.”

Homosexual activists claim traditional marriage is passé, and that homosexual couples are raising healthy, happy children.

Recent judicial decisions, like the U.S. Supreme Court’s Lawrence v. Texas ruling striking down the Lone Star State’s law against sodomy, have given momentum to homosexual activists intent on changing the legal definition of marriage. State judges in New Jersey and Massachusetts are expected to rule soon on whether to expand the traditional meaning of marriage to cover homosexuals.

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The FMA, already introduced in the House of Representatives, needs a two-thirds vote in the House and the Senate; then at least 38 state legislatures have to ratify it.

[Full Story @ Family.org ]

Source: Family News in Focus

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