Important
Action Alert!
The first legal same sex marriages ever in the United
States will take place in Massachusetts beginning on
May 17th.
Unless one man, Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney, can stop them.
He is trying to do just that.
Governor Romney deserves our thanks and our
support, no matter where we live.
Because if Massachusetts legalizes same sex
marriage, it hurts us all!
What you can do:
It takes just one minute to send Governor Romney
a message of appreciation and support through our
Web site, by clicking
here. If enough of us around the country let him
know we support him, it will help him in his fight
to defend marriage in Massachusetts and nationwide.
What else you can do:
You can help even more by taking another minute or
two and forwarding this on to others who might also
support Governor Romney.
Brief Background
By one vote, 4-3, the Massachusetts’ Supreme
Judicial Court has ruled that same sex marriage must
be legalized by May 17th. The only way to
stop these unelected judges from defining marriage
against the will of the majority of Massachusetts
citizens is to amend the state constitution.
But in Massachusetts, that is a laborious and lengthy
process.
The state legislature recently approved an amendment
which would define marriage as only the union of a
man and a woman. If it is adopted, it would overturn
the court decision. However, it cannot go to the voters
for ratification before November, 2005. In
the months between May 17th of this year and when
the citizens have a chance to vote on it, thousands
of legal marriages could be performed.
That would create serious problems for everyone
in the country because all states could be
forced by the courts to recognize these Massachusetts
same sex marriages. This could come about because
of a provision of the U.S. Constitution known as the
"Full Faith and Credit Clause." This provision
basically requires that an act that is legal in one
state, such as marriage, must be recognized as legal
in all the states.
So, even though opinion polls show that an overwhelming
majority of Americans oppose legalizing same sex marriages,
the courts could force it on us anyway. And no one
should doubt that there will be a tidal wave of these
cases. Homosexual activists make no secret
of the fact that this is precisely their strategy
to force all states to recognize same sex marriage.
Now that the legislature has given preliminary approval
to an amendment, Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney, a staunch defender of traditional marriage,
has vowed to do whatever he can to stop legalized
same sex marriages from being performed in
Massachusetts until the people can vote on the constitutional
amendment.
Thanks For Helping Defend Marriage!