tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26032083452006482212011-04-21T22:18:52.756-05:00Supporting the 2008 Federal and State Marriage AmendmentsTroxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03841550600188583800noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603208345200648221.post-33124200523317571402008-06-16T14:29:00.065-05:002008-07-24T09:53:26.612-05:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New 2008 Federal Marriage Amendment(</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">H.J.RES.89</b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> introduced on May 22nd. (check to see if your representative is on the list):</span><br /><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.j.res.00089:">Current text and status of the bill</a></li><li><a href="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.J.RES.89&amp;congress=110&amp;size=full">More information on the bill and a quick link to contact your representative</a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007502.cfm">Focus on the Family's citizenlink action alert for the FMA</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=11451996&amp;type=CO">AFA's Action alert to email and call your representative</a></li><li><a href="http://capwiz.com/afanet/issues/bills/?bill=11451941&amp;alertid=11451996">Click here to search for current co-sponsors by party and state. Very useful info! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/19/08)</span></a><br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Senate version of the 2008 Federal Marriage Amendment (</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">S.J.RES. 43</b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> introduced on June 25. (check to see if your senator is on the list):<br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.j.res.00043:">Current text and status of the bill</a></li><li><a href="http://capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=11547266&amp;type=CO">AFA's Action alert to contact your senators about this new bill <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/26/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&amp;ContentRecord_id=c14ba867-ca90-6f36-c022-8fd2ddecc99d&amp;Region_id=&amp;Issue_id=">Senator Wicker introduced Federal Marriage Amendment <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/26/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007742.cfm">Focus on the Family's citizenlink action alert for the FMA <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 7/1/08)</span></a><br /></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Why do we need a FEDERAL marriage amendment now more than ever?</span><br /></span><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/KenBlackwell/2008/06/13/a_supreme_constitutional_showdown?page=full">"A supreme constitutional show down" by Ken Blackwell</a></li><li><a href="http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/165826">"Breaking up is hard to do" How will other states handle divorce and custody issues for those getting married in California who live in other states?</a></li><li><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNR5LrngBzsAUooxlOE-XsC8PhHwD919VOQO1">California's ruling will affect other states(AP article)</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=134506">First LGBT caucus formed this year(2008) in our congress</a></li><li><a href="http://links.mail-family.org/servlet/MailView?ms=MjAzOTg1OQS2&amp;r=MTIyMTU5ODQ1NTIS1&amp;j=NTE3NDE1NDMS1&amp;mt=1">Dr. James Dobson talks bout the need for marriage amendments on the state and federal level <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">(Added 6/17/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.frc.org/marriage/redefining-marriage-will-affect-all-americans">FRC: The California Supreme Court's Edict Redefining Marriage Will Affect All Americans <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">(Added 6/17/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=28314">President Bush supports the current FMA announced by the White House today. (This is partly why time is critical as he will be out of office in 7 months) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/17/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=28314">The "activist" plan to change traditional marriage nationwide <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/20/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=28313">Great article outlining the need for a FMA as well as other important information regarding the problems with non-traditional marriage in our society <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/20/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=28314"></a><a href="http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=19789727&amp;BRD=2737&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=576361&amp;rfi=8">The Bulletin: Consequences Of California Same-Sex Marriages <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/20/08)</span></a><br /></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Websites fighting for state and federal marriage amendments:</span><br /><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><a href="http://www.protectmarriage.com/">*Protectmarriage.com: California Constitutional Amendment initiative for Nov. 2008</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nationformarriage.org/site/c.omL2KeN0LzH/b.3836955/">Nation for Marriage <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/25/08)</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.nomcalifornia.org/site/c.htJSJaMQIuE/b.3958623/">*California NOM <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/25/08)</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.yes2marriage.org/">*Florida Constitutional Amendment initiative for Nov. 2008</a></li><li><span><span><span><span><a href="http://azpolicy.org/"><span><span class="txt">*Center for Arizona Policy <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/25/08)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></li><li><a href="http://www.savemarriageny.org/">New York's Save Marriage Coalition</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007614.cfm">Focus on the Family's citizenlink regarding FMA - House Version</a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007742.cfm">Focus on the Family's citizenlink action alert for the FMA - Senate Version <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 7/1/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007642.cfm">Citizenlink: California marriage amendment <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/17/08)</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/issues/TraditionalFamily/samesexmarriage.aspx">Alliance Defense Fund(These folks are key to almost every legislative victory for faith, family, and freedom recently.</a></li><li><a href="http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=11451996">American Family Association</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mafamily.org/issues/index.php?item=17&amp;pid=5"><span class="txt">Massachusetts Family Institute</span></a></li><li><span class="txt"><a href="http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=15266">Liberty Counsel - Lots of good resources on this page and a petition to congress concerning the current Marriage Amendment <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/19/08)</span></a></span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What's the problem with non-traditional marriage in our society anyway?<br /></span><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/februaryweb-only/2-16-41.0.html?start=1">This article goes into great detail about the implications of non-traditional marriage citing statistics and many sources to back it up. This is a must read. <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">(Added 6/17/08)</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.frc.org/content/ten-facts-about-same-sex-marriage">Great article about this from Family Research Council. Use this when making the case for traditional marriage to your representative or anyone else. Sometimes we even have to remind ourselves why its important because we are bombarded with liberal philosophy.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=140120">"Fatherlessness and same-sex parenting" <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/17/08)</span></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/februaryweb-only/2-16-41.0.html?start=1"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2008/05/20/california_decision_will_radically_change_society">Townhall.com: California decision will radically change society <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/21/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007666.cfm">Citizenlink: Clerks Reassigned after Refusing to Perform Gay 'Marriages' <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/23/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007666.cfm"></a><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=67978">WND: A good case to be made for Traditional Marriage <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/27/08)</span></a><br /></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Other articles outlining the implications of non-traditional marriage:<br /></span><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=136648">Onenewsnow.com reports on the country of Norway</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200806/COM20080616c.html">Senator Sam Brownback weights in on the need again for a Federal Marriage Amendment in 2008</a></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://blogs.jsonline.com/mcilheran/archive/2008/06/18/your-beliefs-are-going-to-be-called-hatred.aspx">* YOUR beliefs will be hated. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/20/08)</span><br /></a></span></span><br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join the discussion at the following forums:</span><br /><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><a href="http://www.f3forums.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=895&amp;start=20&amp;st=0&amp;sk=t&amp;sd=a"></a><a href="http://www.f3forums.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=895">F3 Forums-FMA discussion</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://forum.hucksarmy.com/viewtopic.php?f=142&amp;t=12934">HucksArmy- FMA discussion</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Other important resources to stay active and knowledgeable with this and other legislation:</span><br /><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><a href="http://www.house.gov/">House of representatives website</a></li><li><a href="http://www.senate.gov/">United states senate website</a></li><li><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2006-378">2006 House vote for the FMA (55% in the house voted for it. That is encouraging, however we will need more than that for it to pass)</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution#Amendments">What does it take legally to amend the constitution?</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution">History of our past constitutional amendments</a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizenlink.org/CLFeatures/A000003814.cfm">Here is a map showing the states that have already passed a constitutional amendment by their relative voting percentages.(Clearly this shows that most Americans understand the importance of traditional marriage in our society)</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg">Map showing the current laws in each state regarding traditional marriage</a></li><li><a href="http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php">How a Bill becomes law <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/20/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.domawatch.org/index.php">ADF: DOMA WATCH - Watching Marriage Laws State by State <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/20/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html#list">Congressional district maps with many different view levels <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/23/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/news/specials/gaymarriage/map/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Another useful <span style="font-style: italic;">interactive</span> map from "NPR" showing the state laws regarding marriage <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/25/08)</span></span></a></li><li><span><a href="http://www.npr.org/news/specials/gaymarriage/map/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/states/">This interactive US map shows even more specific laws for each state regarding GLBT rights <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/27/08)</span></a><br /></span></span></li><li><a href="http://www.thecapitol.net/FAQ/cong_schedule.html">2008 Congressional Schedule. This will tell you when congress is in and out of session.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/26/08)</span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.house.gov/house/orgs_pub_hse_ldr_www.shtml">Current House Leadership <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/26/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SJ00001:@@@P">2006 Senate version of the FMA - shows final vote and co-sponsors <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(Added 6/26/08)</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.congress.org/afanet/issues/bills/?bill=8799576&amp;cs_party=all&amp;cs_status=all&amp;cs_state=ALL">Detailed version of who co-sponsored the senate 2006 FMA and who did not <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/28/08)</span></a></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2006-163&amp;sort=district">Roll Call vote for the senate 2006 FMA <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/28/08)</span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://www.ivotevalues.org/get.cfm?i=WX07L24">What can pastors and and churches legally do to help these initiatives? <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/27/08)</span></a></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd">The absolute best tool out there to locate representatives relative to their districts</a></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/29/08)</span></a><br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />Federal Marriage Amendment News:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">California Marriage Amendment News:<br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/399653.aspx">*Mccain makes clear support for CA marriage amendment <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/27/08)</span></a></li><li><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZmLBrL36NObNyMR0ghXN7vB5hYwD91V898O0"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">* <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The California Supreme Court voted unanimously yesterday to dismiss a lawsuit by militant homosexual activists seeking to prevent the people of California from voting on Proposition 8. The marriage protection amendment will appear on the November ballot</span> (Added 7/17/08)</span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Florida Marriage Amendment News:<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Arizona Marriage Amendment News:<br /></span><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.azpolicy.org/breakingnews062708.php">Arizona senate passes bill that will allow the marriage amendment on the ballot in November. <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/27/08)</span><br /></a></span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">MISC:<br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5725a2.htm">From the CDC: Recent trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Added 6/27/08)</span></a><br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2603208345200648221-3312420052331757140?l=traditionalwedlock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Troxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03841550600188583800noreply@blogger.com7