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USCCB: Fabric of Society Depends on Basic Legal Definition of Marriage Position Protects Roles of Fathers, Mothers Marriage Existed Before State, Not Open To Redefinition

By ADF Alliance Alert

USCCB: ?'To claim that defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman is somehow irrational, prejudiced, or even bigoted, is a great disservice not only to truth but to the good of our nation,' Archbishop Kurtz said. 'Marriage exists prior to the state and is not open to redefinition by the state. The role of the state, instead, is to respect and reinforce marriage. Thursday?s decision, by contrast, uses the power of the state to attack the perennial definition of marriage, reducing it merely to the union of any two consenting adults. But only a man and a woman are capable of entering into the unique, life-giving bond of marriage, with all of its specific responsibilities. Protecting marriage as only the union of one man and one woman is not merely a legitimate, but a vital government interest.'?

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 14, 2010 (boomark / email).