Dear John,
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-W.I.) has said the Senate will take up the same-sex marriage bill when the Senate returns to Washington after the election. The Senate will return on November 14 for the start of the dangerous "lame duck" session of Congress. Senator Susan Collins (R-M.E.), Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Senator Rob Portman (R-O.H.) have worked with her to draft new language that they claim fixes the very dangerous flaws we have been warning about. Unfortunately, it does not. To ensure your senators know that this language is insufficient and should not be supported, they need to hear from you NOW even before the election!
Will you take a moment to call your senators? Tell them that a vote to redefine marriage, no matter how the bill may be amended, will go much further than Obergefell—it will seriously threaten religious freedom by undermining the ability of Americans to live out their sincerely-held beliefs. As we’ve already seen, redefining marriage harms children and leads to more indoctrination by the Left.
Republican senators are being targeted for calls by the Left and lobbied by colleagues to support the bill. Some have indicated they believe it will be easier to pass when they return. It’s urgent that they hear from supporters of natural marriage and religious freedom.
The Baldwin-Collins-Tillis text would go much further than affirming “the status quo” on same-sex marriage. It would still:
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Super-charge already-existing attacks on religious liberty due to the legalization of same-sex marriage,
- Legislatively cement anti-family policies harmful to children,
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Make faith-based adoption and foster-care agencies a greater target for frivolous litigation, curtailing or ending their ability to help children find homes,
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Threaten the tax-exempt status of adoption and foster care agenciesand other vitally needed non-profit organizations, whether religious or secular, and
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Tacitly vilify millions of Americans who believe in natural marriage by labeling that belief “sex discrimination,” tantamount to racism.
If anything has been made clear over the past decade, it is that the legitimization of same-sex marriage has not stopped there; it has led to attacks on those who disagree and has spread to other areas of culture. The attacks on parental authority and the denigration of concerned parents at school board meetings are only the latest manifestation of a trend that was accelerated by the legitimization of same-sex marriage.
Will you take a moment right now and call your senators to ask them NOT to support the bill, even as amended?
Thank you!
