Following the California Supreme Court's decision to legislate from the bench, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has reintroduced a constitutional amendment in the Senate to protect marriage from redefinition by state and federal judges.
The Senate amendment states: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman." It mirrors House legislation sponsored by Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga.
“Invariably, couples from that state will now move to states like Mississippi, or the other states that have prohibitions on same-sex ‘marriage,’ ” Wicker said, “and they will ask that those 'marriages' be recognized.”
Tom McClusky, vice president for government affairs at the Family Research Council, said amending the Constitution would be best for kids, who are the real victims of same-sex “marriages.”
“Children are best served by having both a mother and a father,” he said. “To deprive a child of (that) is something that no government should be trying to push.”
The amendment needs a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate. It then would go to the states for approval.
