Special Update: Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment

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Special Update: Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment

Your action and involvement today is vital to protecting marriage in Pennsylvania.

READ ACTION ITEMS AT END OF MESSAGE. PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY!

In a great show of support, hundreds turned out for the Stand Up For Marriage Rally last Tuesday at the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg. Dozens of co-sponsors from the House and Senate attended as well. At current count, there are 89 House co-sponsors and 14 Senate co-sponsors. It was a tremendous kick-off event, but the opposition has swung into action. For example:

Since the Rally:

· Eggs were thrown at the office of one of the co-sponsors.

· Many co-sponsors have been barraged with rude emails and letters that include personal attacks from amendment opponents.

· Activists in support of same-sex marriage have launched a lobbying blitz using untruths and scare tactics to try and weaken support for the Marriage Protection Amendment. They claim their tactics are working.

· Newspaper columnists across the state have been blasting lawmakers who have co-sponsored the Marriage Protection Amendments, and say that those who want to keep marriage as the union of one man and one woman are bigoted hate-mongers.

Now, the Truth:

· Without the Marriage Protection Amendment, Pennsylvania's marriage law could be thrown out in court, and a judge order same-sex marriage legalized in Pennsylvania. It just happened in Maryland last week.

· The Marriage Protection Amendment will prohibit courts from creating counterfeit marriage like "same-sex marriage" or "civil unions" which are marriage in every way - but name. Calling a quartz crystal a diamond may fool some, but it's still not a true diamond.

· The Marriage Protection Amendment won't change anything currently in law in Pennsylvania. Crass opponents are trying to scare senior citizens saying it will take some of their benefits away!?!?! It won't take benefits away from anyone. It just will keep marriage what it has always been, and prevent government (especially judges) from minting counterfeits to marriage in the future.

· If a court legalizes same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania (like one did in Massachusetts) society will undergo a massive restructuring. Terms like father and mother, husband and wife will be stricken from the law (this happened in Ontario, Canada). School curriculum will celebrate same-sex marriages, and describe homosexual relationships in sex education courses (proposed curriculum guidelines in Massachusetts will require 5th graders to be tested on whether they can describe different sexual orientations, and different "types of families. Teaching on these subjects would begin in pre-kindergarten.) Birth certificates will no longer list "mother's name" and "father's name" but instead, "parent A" and "parent B."

Same-sex marriage is about catering to the desires and wants of adults, not the needs or best interest of children.

Marriage as one man and one woman has been the essential foundation of society since the dawn of civilization. Almost every culture, in every part of the world, in every time period from the Stone Age to the present, has recognized this by protecting and honoring the institution of marriage. Marriage is the unique relationship that produces children and provides them with a stable environment of a mom and a dad that will shape and mold the future citizens of every nation. Help protect marriage, children, family and the future of Pennsylvania.

ACTION ITEMS:

· Contact your State Representative and State Senator TODAY. Ask them to co-sponsor the Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment. Thank them if they are co-sponsors. Visit the Citizen Action Center at www.pafamily.org to get contact information.

· Write letters-to-the-editor. Refute the name calling and intolerant words of columnists and others who misrepresent the actions and motives of those who support the Marriage Protection Amendment. Newspaper contact information is available at the Citizen Action Center.

· Enlist others to the cause. We need every hand on deck for this battle. Download a petition from www.PA4marriage.org. Distribute it.

· Forward this email to like-minded people. Print this page and distribute it.

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http://votervoice.net/target.asp?id=pafi:7800311

Thanks to Patte G. for passing this information on to us