Marriage Protection Week 2003
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nfotxnMy dearest American friends this is the time for you to excercise your rights to freedom of speech and assembly.
This dogma is so unabashedly partisan to the fundamental Christian right it's outrageous.
Marriage Protection Week, 2003This government continues to make it completely obvious that they intend to be a threat to the human rights of all Americans. What comes after protecting marriage? Extensibly single or unmarried parents could become targets that children need to be "protected" from. How soon before all Christian beliefs become government policy? How soon before America becomes a total Christian theocracy?
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Marriage is a sacred institution, and its protection is essential to the continued strength of our society. Marriage Protection Week provides an opportunity to focus our efforts on preserving the sanctity of marriage and on building strong and healthy marriages in America.
Marriage is a union between a man and a woman, and my Administration is working to support the institution of marriage by helping couples build successful marriages and be good parents.
To encourage marriage and promote the well-being of children, I have proposed a healthy marriage initiative to help couples develop the skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy marriages. Research has shown that, on average, children raised in households headed by married parents fare better than children who grow up in other family structures. Through education and counseling programs, faith-based, community, and government organizations promote healthy marriages and a better quality of life for children. By supporting responsible child-rearing and strong families, my Administration is seeking to ensure that every child can grow up in a safe and loving home.
We are also working to make sure that the Federal Government does not penalize marriage. My tax relief package eliminated the marriage penalty. And as part of the welfare reform package I have proposed, we will do away with the rules that have made it more difficult for married couples to move out of poverty.
We must support the institution of marriage and help parents build stronger families. And we must continue our work to create a compassionate, welcoming society, where all people are treated with dignity and respect.
During Marriage Protection Week, I call on all Americans to join me in expressing support for the institution of marriage with all its benefits to our people, our culture, and our society.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week of October 12 through October 18, 2003, as Marriage Protection Week. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
This dogma is so unabashedly partisan to the fundamental Christian right it's outrageous.
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Date: 2003-10-06 05:43 pm (UTC)there is nothing to say but.....
Date: 2003-10-06 05:55 pm (UTC)>>We must support the institution of marriage and help parents build stronger families. And we must continue our work to create a compassionate, welcoming society, where all people are treated with dignity and respect.
--except for the sodomites...
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Date: 2003-10-06 06:19 pm (UTC)...and justice for all???
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Date: 2003-10-06 07:02 pm (UTC)It was "Protection of Marriage." That implies it has to be protected from someone or some thing.
Guess who? They're not even trying to be subtle now. It might as well be "Keep the Gays in Their Place Week."
This makes me sick.
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Date: 2003-10-06 07:13 pm (UTC)Then again, some people are infertile... and in that case, the Feds should propose the 2004 National Unborn Children Registry (also known as the Leave No Scraped Child Behind act). This will allow infertile couples to be matched with the unwanted and unborn children that are saved from the abortionists!
I think such a registry can be set up for, oh, $87 billion or so.
Why be marry since you'll end up in an institution?
Date: 2003-10-06 07:22 pm (UTC)- For every 2 couples who deserve to be married, there is one couple who shouldn't be married.
- What about people who are not married but living "in sin?"
- What about single people who choose to not get married?
- What about the people who are in an endless circle of getting married and divorced and remarry?
- What about anyone in the U.S. who is not a cristian and living in the U.S.?
"Groan!"
Re: Why be marry since you'll end up in an institution?
Date: 2003-10-07 12:39 am (UTC)Ick!
Date: 2003-10-06 07:31 pm (UTC)MarriageProtectionWeek.com
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Date: 2003-10-06 08:05 pm (UTC)...what an ass. This administration cannot be ushered out soon enough.
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