----- Original Message -----To:Sent: 6/1/2006 10:33:39 AMSubject: CLA Email Alert: Senate Debates Federal Marriage Amendment
News from the front lines of the fight to preserve religious liberty in America, the CLA Email Alert is a free service of the Christian Law Association. SENATE DEBATES FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
On June 6, the Senate is scheduled to begin debate on the Federal Marriage Amendment. The FMA is intended to constitutionally define marriage in America as between one man and one woman.
This Constitutional amendment is necessary because of court decisions upholding the right of same-sex couples to marry, even in states which have previously enacted Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMAs) or have attempted to amend their own state constitutions to preserve traditional marriage.
This will be an important debate! Christians should consider contacting the two Senators from their state to tell them how they feel about this important Constitutional Amendment. Senators may be contacted in their Washington, D.C. offices, however, citizen comments are sometimes taken more seriously when the call is made to the Senator's local office.
Many political commentators believe the Senate is bringing up the FMA issue only to appease their conservative Christian base in an election year, but that they have no intention of ever actually passing it. An Amendment has to pass by a super majority vote so Democrats as well as Republicans will have to support it. If passed, the Amendment would go to the states and 3/4 of them would have to ratify it to add it to the Constitution.
For contact information on your state's Senators, visit the official website of the U.S. Senate.
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