This week the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued strong support for Congressman Tim Huelskamp’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and woman.
Representative Tim Huelskamp introduced the Marriage Protection Amendment (HJ Res. 51) last year, and recently took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to speak on the values of marriage between one man and one woman. Rep. Huelskamp praises Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, Chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, for the strong, clear support on behalf of the USCCB for traditional marriage and the Marriage Protection Amendment:
“I am truly grateful for this endorsement of our Marriage Protection Amendment by Archbishop Cordileone and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Likewise, I am proud of their unwavering commitment to strong families and marriage between one man and one woman. With the support of strong institutions like the USCCB, we continue to secure support in Congress and around the nation for this critical Amendment.
“Further, we must continue to fight against an Administration and unelected activist federal judges who refuse to respect marriage and the will of the people and their elected representatives to make laws protecting marriage. President Obama, his Attorney General Eric Holder, and elite liberal judges have made it clear – they are at war against religious liberty, against constitutional principles, and against traditional marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the ultimate defense against their attacks.”