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Articles:

Homosexual Marriage and One Holy Catholic Church
The Vatican's strong pronouncement that, after 6,000 years of civilized history, marriage is still between only one man and one woman, drew predictable fire from some rather unpredictable places in Colorado. State politicians joined liberals of all kinds in telling the Vatican to "stop telling us how to vote".

Remarks before Civil Justice & Judiciary Committee for divorce bill
Approximately 33 years ago our society began what at that time was a liberal experiment called "no-fault divorce." Today, a third of a century later, our society is experiencing considerable negative fallout from the way we approach divorce. The problems continue to worsen each year at a slow but constant pace, not unlike the "frog in the pot".

April 19, 2004
The Politics of Marriage and the Federal Marriage Amendment
Colorado has become something of a ground zero for the marriage wars. Only problem is, fellow Republicans are again going soft on us. Many don't want to support a resolution in support of the Federal Marriage Amendment, either because they have bought the line about "tolerance" toward homosexuality, or because, while they believe marriage is one man and one woman, they don't want to put that conviction into the Constitution.

April 14, 2004
Stronger families top concern of Americans
Americans believe that strengthening the family is more important than protecting the environment or increasing job opportunities. A new poll has found that nearly 6 in 10 Americans view the state of the family as either "not very strong" or "weak and losing
ground."

November 8, 2002
Letter to Colorado Springs Gazette on City Council Decision on Domestic Partners
The decision by the City Council to extend marriage benefits to same-sex partners of city employees is an ominous one for our city and our state. To date, Colorado Springs had held out against this trend in Colorado cities toward legal recognition of homosexuality, preserving an important precedent for people across our state interested in preserving historical ideas of gender, sexuality, marriage, and family. That precedent is now gone.

Q&A on 2002 Children of Divorce Protection Act
The bottom-line question regarding divorce is this: are we willing to place the interests of our children, the most vulnerable members of our society, above our own?

PDF Files:

Marriage in Peril -- Alliance Defense Fund


Links:

Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) status

Rep. Shawn Mitchell (R-Broomfield) on Civil Unions and Marriage

News 4 Denver's expose on Denver sex club--video interview with Rep. Schultheis

See a list of National Marriage Pledge signers

Maggie Gallagher on what marriage is for

Marriage: The Safest Place for Women and Children