Family Research Council Turns Up Heat on McCain
March 17, 2008
There’s a little whisper campaign out there among grassroots social conservatives who are concerned that John McCain may want to tamper a little with the language in the Republican Party platform when it comes to marriage. McCain denied it in an interview last Thursday with FOX News but the perception still exists.
McCain is AGAINST an amendment to the U.S. constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. He believes this is better left up to each state. Well, read the latest press release from the Family Research Council’s Senior Vice President Connie Mackey:
"Last Thursday night, Senator McCain tepidly endorsed the GOP's platform concerning the protection of life and the preservation of marriage. His response to this question as well as his federalist position regarding the definition of marriage leads one to believe that his endorsement is not definitive. Senator McCain needs to clarify that the language concerning the social issues in the Republican Platform is safe and will not be tampered with.
"How could Senator McCain remain in the federalist camp on marriage when a U.S. District Court in Nebraska ruled that the Nebraska marriage amendment violated the U.S.Constitution? Regardless of that court being overruled by the 8th circuit, the fact remains that more than two dozen state amendments are just a few U.S. judges away from being declared unconstitutional. Senator McCain should recognize, as the U.S. Supreme Court did in the Boddie case, that states regulate marriage 'absent some specific federal constitutional or statutory provision.' When the reality of successful constitutional challenges threatens the family, the cornerstone of society, then the federal government needs to provide the foundation to guide the states."
By the way, here’s what it says in the 2004 Republican Party Platform:
We strongly support a Constitutional amendment that fully protects marriage, and we [oppose] forcing states to recognize other living arrangements as equivalent to marriage. The well-being of children is best accomplished [when] nurtured by their mother & father anchored by the bonds of marriage. We believe that legal recognition and the accompanying benefits afforded couples should be preserved for that unique and special union of one man and one woman which has historically been called marriage.
Attempts to redefine marriage in a single state or city could have serious consequences throughout the country, and anything less than a Constitutional amendment, passed by the Congress and ratified by the states, is vulnerable to being overturned by activist judges.
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