California Supreme Court Urged to Overturn Marriage Decision

Flush with Victory from Elections, Radical Activists Even More Emboldened to Strike at Marriage in the Courts

WASHINGTON, DC - Matt Daniels, president and founder of the Alliance for Marriage, called upon the House and Senate today to reintroduce AFM’s Marriage Protection Amendment in the new Congress in response to the appeal of a lower court ruling in California upholding marriage as a man and woman.

“Radical Activists, flush from mid-term elections and their recent victory before the New Jersey Supreme Court, are now more emboldened than ever to strike at marriage in the courts,” said Matt Daniels, president and founder of the Alliance for Marriage. “Given the ongoing attack on marriage in courts across the country including California -- AFM's Marriage Protection Amendment is clearly the only hope for the American people to determine the future of marriage under our laws.”

“On Election Day, Americans overwhelmingly demonstrated once again at the ballot box that the future of marriage transcends political party and partisan politics,” said Daniels. “Radical activists know this truth too well and will continue sue in court to destroy the common sense definition of marriage in America.”

Voters in Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin, overwhelmingly approved state marriage amendments on the ballot. Twenty seven states have now approved marriage amendments to their constitution protecting marriage as a man and woman. This brings to forty-five the total number of states with either statutory or constitutional protections for marriage.

"Most Americans believe that gays and lesbians have a right to live as they choose. But they don't believe they have a right to redefine marriage for our entire society," said Daniels. "Americans want our laws to send a positive message to children about marriage, family and their future."

"The constitutional problem created by almost a decade of activist lawsuits to destroy our marriage laws demands a constitutional fix," Daniels added.

The Alliance for Marriage is a non-partisan, multicultural coalition whose Board of Advisors includes Rev. Walter Fauntroy -- the former DC Delegate who organized the March on Washington for Martin Luther King Jr. -- as well as other civil rights and religious leaders, and national legal experts.

The Alliance for Marriage is a research and education organization dedicated to ensuring that more children in America are raised in a home with a mother and a father.