Oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment

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On Thursday, July 12, 2001 the group, Alliance for Marriage, announced their proposal for a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT entitled "The Federal Marriage Amendment." The purpose of this amendment, according to the AFM, is to strengthen American families and reintegrate the role of a strong father figure. Realistically, though, this is a thinly veiled attempt to federally ban gay marriages in the US. According to the Alliance for Family, this Amendment would add the following two sentences to our Constitution:

"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."

This would eliminate Vermont's Civil Union bill and the future that ANY states have to institute a similar bill. This could also leave the door open to the abolition of domestic partner benefits in the future.
NOW is not the time to take steps BACK in reinforcing and embracing diversity in our country. Nor is it the time to give in to groups who are trying to hide behind the wall of "Family Values" when they are undermining the very root of it. They are not only seeking to destroy loving couples and families, but they are asking you to be the enforcers in violating basic human rights of your gay tax payers and voters.

So, please DO NOT give in to such a blatant attempt to discriminate against EQUAL citizens of this country.

515251 Signatures

  • Carol M
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    • Let's not legislate morality or freedom of association
    • City, State
    • Glenside,Pa
  • Peter A
    • City, State
    • Los Angeles, CA 90039
  • Alicia M
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    • Austin, TX
  • Alka C
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    • San Francisco, CA
  • ALETHIA B
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    • Rancho Cucamonga, cA
  • Allison N
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    • Any two people who are in love should be able to get married and be able to take advantage of the rights that marriage has to offer. It's as simple as that.
    • City, State
    • Raleigh, NC
  • lauren b
    • City, State
    • austin, tx
  • Becky W
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    • It is an atrocity that in the United States of America, a group wants to ban the freedoms of other citizens.
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    • San Francisco, CA
  • Dan G
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    • Buffalo, NY
  • Ann B
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    • Woodland Hills, CA
  • Allan M
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    • Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Amanda P
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    • Knoxville, TN
  • Amber B
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    • Onancock, Virginia
  • Amy M
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    • Reston, VA
  • Alex M
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    • San Francisco, CA
  • Amy M
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    • Brooklyn Park, MN
  • Amy S
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    • Elon, NC
  • Andrea M
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    • San Francisco, CA
  • Andrew B
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    • you are right, enough is enough. This is America, I want my equal rights!
    • City, State
    • Gonzales, Louisiana
  • Andrew D. K
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    • In these times of troubled "family" values, why would we want to make it more difficult to form additional loving, committed relationships?
    • City, State
    • Shorewood, WI
  • Angela H
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    • LaVista, Nebraska
  • Angela Beth R
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    • Roseville, MN
  • Angel R
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    • Im so glad I live in a country brimming with people who have rocks for brains.
    • City, State
    • San Francisco, California
  • Anne Marie M
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    • San Francisco, CA
  • Anne C
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    • Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Anne M
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    • San Francisco, CA.
  • Annette B
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    • San Francisco, CA
  • Annie H
    • City, State
    • El Sobrante, CA. 94803
  • Warren F
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    • State Marriage Laws shoul be given full faith and credit by all other states and by the Fed. Gov't as well; if one state passes gay marriage law the other states must recognize it
    • City, State
    • New York, NY
  • Alice R
    • City, State
    • Oakland, CA
  • Leah I
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    • I'm afraid for the future of our country when I read scary things like this. Even straight it scares the hell out of me.
    • City, State
    • Glen Burnie, MD
  • Arash E
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    • Austin, Texas
  • Audrey C
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    • Long Beach, NY
  • Ariel
    • Comments
    • I think that this amendment is ridiculous and gays and lesbians have as much right as we do to get married.
    • City, State
    • Tucson, Arizona
  • Adrienne F
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    • Phoenix, AZ
  • anne r
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    • No equal rights for women and now this???
    • City, State
    • northfield, VT
  • Colleen D
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    • New York
  • Allison T
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    • Tampa, FL
  • Adam S
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    • Fort Wayne, IN
  • David T
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    • Austin TX
  • Bryan B
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    • Los Angeles, California
  • Aviva P
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    • West Hollywood, CA 90069
  • Amanda A
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    • Tucson, Arizona
  • Andru Z
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    • Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Brian E. Petty, M.A., C
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    • The government of the United States cannot make any group a stranger to its laws. At no time should human rights be subject to a popular vote. The only reason some people fear gay marriage is that it conflicts with their personal religious beliefs. These religious tenets have no place in a government which wisely instituted a separation of church and state.
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    • Minneapolis, MN
  • Barry E
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    • Weehawken, NJ
  • Alison B
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    • San Diego, CA
  • Bretton B
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    • Madison, Wisconsin
  • Brian C
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    • America, in spite of all her glory, has consistantly through her history sought out groups to which she can claim to be superior. First it was slaves, later free blacks, then communists, and now gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens. Who will have the courage to end this vicious cycle?
    • City, State
    • Cleveland Heights, OH
  • Brian C
    • City, State
    • New Orleans, Louisiana