Pro-Family Rally on the DC Mall August 18-19

August 18th this year will mark the launch of the Marriage Reform Movement in America. I have spent the past four years building networks of individuals and organizations who are sick and tired of entitled governmental destruction of marriage. MensNewsDaily.com, August 8, 2007

Victory in Alaska on Same-sex Benefits Advisory

A statewide advisory, to ban health benefits for the live-in partners of homosexual public employees, passed with 53% of the vote. In some areas, where the advisory was the only ballot issue, it passed 3-1. In 1998, 68% of Alaskans voted for a state amendment to ban same-sex marriage, but in 2005, the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of providing state funded health benefits to the non-employed homosexual partners of state employees.

The advisory vote was a precursor to a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to ban health benefits for homosexual partners. ktuu.com, 4-4-07.

Indiana's Senate Passes Marriage Protection Amendment with 78% Support

The state already has a statute limiting marriage to one man and one woman, but supporters of a constiutional amendment worry about activist judges striking down the statute. The legislature approved the same amendment in 2005, but to amend the state constitution, an amendment must pass through the legislature twice and then be approved on a statewide ballot. The bill will move to the House, where the outcome is uncertain. Courier Press, 2-12-07.

Traditional Marriage Wins Another Victory in Hawaii

A House Judicial Committee will not vote on a bill establishing civil unions for homosexual couples, which is a signal that the bill does not have enough support to become law.

In 1998, Hawaiians amended their state constitution to limit marriage to heterosexual couples after the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriages.