St. Joseph Caravans defend Traditional Marriage in New York, Maine, and Rhode Island |
| By John Ritchie |
| July 21, 2009 |
On Thursday, July 16, three motivated teams of young TFP volunteers, called St. Joseph Caravans, started a tour of New York, Maine, and Rhode Island, where they will rally support for traditional marriage.
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The Caravans will distribute flyers offering "Ten reasons why homosexual 'marriage' is harmful and must be opposed," and calls on Americans to firmly and peacefully oppose the advance of the homosexual movement.
Pro-homosexual groups are pouring millions of dollars into New York, Maine, and Rhode Island to force through same-sex "marriage." The future of marriage is being decided in those states.
"Like counterfeit currency, homosexual 'marriage' is not true marriage. It is morally wrong, sinful, offensive to God and a violation of natural law," said TFP spokesman John Ritchie. "To claim that marriage can be anything other than the union of one man and one woman is a flat denial of reality," he continued.
This summer, the state of Massachusetts is suing the United States, challenging the constitutionality of part of the Defense of Marriage Act. The challenge caused concern among pro-family advocates who believe the effort is one more step in the process to undermine the traditional family, the basic cell of society, and to destroy the innocence of our children and grandchildren.
"Parents don't want their children in grade school to be told that the homosexual lifestyle is fine, but that's already happening," said Ritchie. "It's part of the homosexual movement's concerted effort to force the sexual revolution into the mainstream culture and banish God and His law from the public square."
