OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Marriage Protection Amendment

Date: Sept. 30, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Marriage


MARRIAGE PROTECTION AMENDMENT -- (House of Representatives - September 30, 2004)

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 801, proceedings will now resume on the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 106) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

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Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, the men and women targeted by this constitutional amendment are Americans, loved and respected by their parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, children and grandchildren, neighbors, friends, coworkers, and this Member of Congress. Collectively, we believe in equal justice and strive to defeat discrimination and absolutely reject the State-sponsored hatred before the Congress today.

The Constitution belongs to all Americans to protect and extend equality and justice for all. Our constitution must never be soiled by this type of bigotry and hate-filled amendment.

My faith teaches me to believe in a loving God, and it is in this spirit that I proudly stand with millions of Americans, and especially with my gay and lesbian friends, neighbors, colleagues, constituents, and coworkers to oppose this constitutional amendment.

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