Nelson Wrong on Marriage--Leaves Florida Vulnerable to Activist Judges

NELSON WRONG ON MARRIAGE--LEAVES FLORIDA VULNERABLE TO ACTIVIST JUDGES

Friday, October 27, 2006

TAMPA, FL - Congresswoman Katherine Harris, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, pointed to Wednesday's alarming New Jersey High Court ruling that instructs the state legislature to grant same-sex couples benefits identical to those of married couples as yet another example of why a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage is so critical for our nation and why Bill Nelson is the wrong choice for Florida. Despite the increasing activism of liberal judges bent on imposing gay marriage, Nelson voted to kill a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the U.S. Senate.

According to an article printed in today's Florida Today, Nelson states that he doesn't believe marriage should be granted protections in the U.S. Constitution. Rather, he says he prefers the U.S. Constitution not used as a tool to "take away the civil rights of a certain class of people,"

Congresswoman Harris commented, "New Jersey's High Court ruling is an alarming example of the ongoing battle against marriage being played out in courts across the nation and reminds Florida voters exactly what is at stake in this election. Without a Constitutional amendment, gay-rights activists will increasingly pursue court challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, and Bill Nelson has vowed that he will not help the people of Florida fight off this assault on our traditional values."

In today's Washington Post, Jan LaRue, chief counsel for Concerned Women for America stated, "Couples from every state in the union could go to New Jersey, marry, go back to their home states and file a lawsuit and try to get that state to recognize that marriage."

The New Jersey ruling carries grave implications for every state in the country, and Floridians who cherish the sacred institution of marriage have a very clear choice this November; Bill Nelson believes affording protections to traditional marriage is tantamount to taking away the "civil rights of a certain class of people." Congresswoman Katherine Harris supports a Constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman and will continue to do so in the U.S. Senate.

Katherine Harris, the Republican Candidate for the United States Senate, currently serves as the Representative for Florida's 13th Congressional District. After receiving a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, she continued a distinguished career in public service to her native state that began in the State Senate and as Florida's last elected Secretary of State. She resides in Longboat Key with her husband Anders Ebbeson and his 24-year-old daughter, Louise along with the constituents of District thirteen.

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