Express Your Outrage at the Attack on Marriage!

Eagle Forum: As you might have heard, the liberal Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill shamefully misnamed the "Respect for Marriage Act" (H.R. 1116, S. 598), which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), today by a straight party line vote. All 10 Democrats [Feinstein, Leahy, Kohl, Schumer, Durbin, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Franken, Coons, Blumenthal] voted Yes and all 8 Republicans voted No.

DOMA, passed on an overwhelmingly bi-partisan basis and signed by then-President Bill Clinton in 1996, is vital to protect marriage, states' rights and taxpayers. DOMA defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman and requires federal agencies to apply this definition to all federal policies.

Now that six states have legalized same-sex marriage, in many cases by judicial or legislative fiat, overriding the express will of the people of those states, DOMA is more essential than ever to ensure that states choosing to protect traditional marriage are not forced to recognize and subsidize another state’s objectionable definition of marriage.

News reports about today's Committee vote indicate that this is largely a symbolic vote to appease liberals and that Harry Reid will not bring it to the floor.  However, we can't sit silent. Your Senators need to hear from you that DOMA must be protected!

We are hearing some reports from Capitol Hill that liberals in the Senate are considering introducing the bill as an amendment to the Department of Defense (DOD) Authorization Bill.

As outrageous as this sounds, it is becoming a liberal tradition.  This would be the third consecutive year that the liberal Senate has attached an item from the radical liberal wish list to this bill that is so important to our nation's defense, knowing that our legislators respect our military and don’t like to oppose defense-related authorization bills. Last year, they attempted to attach a repeal of the 1993 law prohibiting homosexuals from openly serving in the military, and the year before that, liberals attached a federal “hate crimes” bill to the DOD Authorization Bill.

Take Action

Your Senators need to hear that you expect them to protect marriage and to not only vote against, but to loudly decry any effort to move this bill forward.
Call them today and tell them to oppose the so-called "Respect for Marriage Act!"

Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121

Further Reading: Democrats Push to Repeal Defense of Marriage Act,Associated Press

Isaiah 5:20 NIV: Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

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