They Need Our Support
The following information was received from the Family Research Council in Washington, DC and we pass it on to you requesting your prayer support for the efforts being extended on behalf of marriage bills in the states of Massachusetts, North Carolina & Rhode Island.
"Faced with growing pro-marriage momentum, several state leaders are pulling out all of the procedural stops to keep marriage protection amendments out of voters' hands. In Massachusetts, time is winding down to the June 14 deadline when legislators will decide whether or not to put an amendment on the 2008 ballot. Liberals in the Bay State are so desperate that they've called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to intervene. Even the most powerful woman in Congress has yet to change a single vote. In North Carolina, House Speaker Joe Hackney (D) used his power to force a marriage amendment back to committee after sponsors--60 of the 120 members of the North Carolina House--brought it to the floor. As House Minority Leader Paul Stam (R) told reporters, 'This is a test of whether [we have] a democratic institution or not.' Facing the same challenges as Massachusetts, pro-family groups in North Carolina are working quickly to rescue the amendment before the session's end. The ruckus over marriage continues in Rhode Island, where the state Supreme Court has finally agreed to hear the case of a same-sex couple who wed in Massachusetts but now seek a divorce in their home state. Although the justices assured Providence officials they would only rule on whether homosexual marriage would be recognized for the purposes of divorce, the suit creates a dangerous precedent by 'recognizing' these unions at all. If the couple is successful, homosexual activists will have hit the judicial jackpot with a broad loophole for pursuing same-sex 'marriages' in other states."
Let me encourage you to be praying for those who are seeking to uphold marriage between a man and a woman, as God intends it to be. If you live within these states, I would also encourage you to personally get involved in supporting marriage on your home front.
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