UNITED FAMILIES INTERNATIONAL'S DEFEND MARRIAGE PROJECT

The mission of United Families International's Defend Marriage project is to help protect the institutions of traditional marriage and the natural family from the growing threats they face today. We carry out our mission primarily through educating the public, policy makers and the media about these threats and the serious negative impacts they are having on our nation. We also conduct legal research, help shape public opinion on these issues and support policies and legislation that will strengthen marriage and the family.

MARRIAGE: A TIME-HONORED TRADITION

Marriage between man and woman is the time-honored foundation of the institution of the family. This legally recognized and protected union is intended to be life-long, preceded by sexual abstinence and followed by absolute fidelity and loyalty. Such marriage offers security, benefits, and joys that no other relationship can, including children born and nurtured in a home of love and total commitment. Marriage is the institution universally sanctioned by civilization to ensure that children receive a full measure of parental love, resources and attention.

United Families International: It's Time to Strengthen Traditional Marriage

Marriage & Family Briefing Room: Heritage Foundation

•  Marriage

•  Divorce and Remarriage

•  Making Marriage Matter

•  Why is it in the Government's Interest to Save Marriages?

•  Encouraging Marriage and Discouraging Divorce

"MarriagePlus": Sabotaging the President's Efforts to Promote Healthy Marriage: Heritage Foundation

BREAKING NEWS

California Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Ruling Re-Defining Marriage

California Supreme Court Re-Defines Marriage

California's Supreme Court ruled May 15th that a ban on same-sex “marriage” is unlawful, effectively leaving same-sex couples in America's most populous state free to tie the knot in a landmark ruling. In an opinion that analysts say could have nationwide implications for the issue, the seven-member panel voted 4-3 in favor of plaintiffs who argued that restricting marriage to men and women was discriminatory. Read more

MORE NEWS ...

Alliance Defense Fund
Court affirms will of Oregon voters: marriage amendment constitutional

Associated Press
California ballot measure will provide last word on marriage

Boston Globe
Homosexual Activists Target Defense of Marriage Act

UFI
Activist Judge in Iowa Rules State DOMA Law Unconstitutional; Marriage Law Foundation Aims to Intervene

CNS News
Maryland Court Says No to Same-Sex 'Marriage'

Baltimore Sun
Maryland Court Upholds Marriage Law

The Ruling

United Families International
Maryland High Court Cites Value to State in Upholding Traditional Marriage

MARRIAGE COMMENTARY

Glen Lavy: Voters Need to Speak again on Marriage

L.A. Times Marriage Debate: ADF’s Glen Lavy Calls for Stay of California Supreme Court Decision

Dennis Prager: California Decision will Radically Change Society

Denise Burke: Implications of California Supreme Court’s Marriage Decision

Dinesh D'Souza: Homosexual Rights vs. Democracy         

Michael Medved: Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Recycles Bad Idea

California Governor Vetoes Same-Sex ‘Marriage' Bill again

Homosexuals Hope to Win Marriage Rights with Help from Straight Friends

San Diego City Council, mayor split over same-sex marriage

San Diego City Council declines to sign on to marriage court brief

Activist Judge in Iowa Rules State DOMA Law Unconstitutional; Marriage Law Foundation Aims to Intervene

Marriage Law Foundation's Brief in Rhode Island Marriage Case Before State's Supreme Court

Marriage in California Could End?

Opponents Call for Boycott of Vermont Marriage Panel

A Liberal Explains His Rejection of Same-Sex Marriage

George Will: When Marriage Became a 'Hate Crime'

Marriages Fall to All-Time Low in U.K.

New York Assembly Supports Same-Sex ‘Marriage' Bill; Senate's Inaction will Kill Legislation

Group Warns Massachusetts Will 'Export' Marriage Destruction

Proposed Constitutional Marriage Amendment Defeated in Massachusetts Legislature

California Assembly Passes Marriage Bypass Bill

North Carolina Speaker Trying to Kill Marriage Amendment Bill

Rhode Island Court to Rule on Same-Sex ‘Marriage'

Maggie Gallagher: What Do Americans Think about Marriage?

Linda Chavez: Celebrating Marriage

Maggie Gallagher: The Future of Marriage

Thomas Sowell: New York Times Story on Marriage Decline Got it Wrong

Gregory Koukl: Same-Sex 'Marriage' — Challenges & Responses

Glenn Stanton on Why Marriage Matters

E. Douglas Clark: Save the Children! What the Marriage Amendment Debate is Really About

William C. Duncan: State Marriage Amendments will not Ban Private Contracts

Monte Stewart Speech at UCLA Marriage Debate, 2006

Jay Sekulow: New Jersey Supreme Court Says No Fundamental Right to Same-Sex 'Marriage'

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse Tells Why We Must Win the Fight for Marriage

Professor Scott FitzGibbon: Testimony in Support of the Federal Marriage Amendment

Professor Richard Wilkins: Why Defend Marriage? Just Look Abroad

Professor Richard Wilkins: Legalizing Same-Sex 'Marriage': A Modern Attack on the Future of America

Marriage in the Courts

COHABITATION

"Guide to Family Issues: Cohabitation vs. Marriage": Part I | Part II

"Cohabitation is very fragile, and when unmarried parents split, for the child it might as well be a divorce. Among those who are marrying there's increased stability, but overall the children of the nation are getting a rawer and rawer deal from their parents." -- Patrick Fagan, Heritage Foundation

DIVORCE

U.S. divorce rate lowest since 1970

"In the past 30 years, we've had more divorce than any culture has ever had. A lot of young adults now are coming out of the family upheaval of the '70s, and they are cohabiting out of fear. They don't want to mess up the nice clean carpet of marriage — they saw their parents do that." – Glenn Stanton, Focus on the Family