Star Parker Urges Republican Senators to REJECT the Respect for Marriage Act and Defend MARRIAGE
November 16, 2022 | District of Columbia
A group of conservative leaders in July urged lawmakers to reject the “Respect for Marriage Act,” which would codify “marriage” between people of the same sex. This bill also would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1996.
DOMA defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman for federal purposes and allows states to refuse to recognize so-called marriages between two people of the same sex, even if recognized as marriage in other states.
The so-called Respect for Marriage Act would not allow states to make this choice. Liberal lawmakers seek to codify Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which held that people of the same sex have a constitutional right to “marry.”
Star Parker, founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, joined conservative leaders in urging Republican lawmakers to defend DOMA in July. Signatories included CURE’s vice president for Government Relations & Coalitions Marty Dannenfelser; CURE board member Ken Blackwell; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council; Penny Nance, president and CEO of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee; Ryan Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center; and Alan Sears, founder of Alliance Defending Freedom…. (Excerpt from Black Community News)
