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Definition
- The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.
- The marriage vow or contract.
Constitutional Quotes
- None Found
2004 Republican Platform Quotes
- Ushering in an Ownership
Era
- Tax Relief: Making it
Happen, Making it Permanent
- In 2001,
President Bush signed historic tax relief into law. This year, 43
million families with children are receiving an average tax cut of
over $2,000. The 2001 law:
- Reduced the marriage penalty for 33 million married couples;
- In 2001,
President Bush signed historic tax relief into law. This year, 43
million families with children are receiving an average tax cut of
over $2,000. The 2001 law:
- Tax Relief: Making it
Happen, Making it Permanent
- Building an Innovative,
Globally Competitive Economy
- Tax Reform
- In 2000 we rightly declared: "The federal tax code is dysfunctional. It penalizes hard work, marriage, thrift, and success - the very factors that are the foundations for lasting prosperity."
- Tax Reform
- Strengthening
Our Communities
- Supporting Judges
Who Uphold the Law
- In the federal courts, scores of judges with activist backgrounds in the hard-left now have lifetime tenure. Recent events have made it clear that these judges threaten America's dearest institutions and our very way of life. In some states, activist judges are redefining the institution of marriage.
- There are different ways to achieve that goal, such as using Article III of the Constitution to limit federal court jurisdiction; for example, in instances where judges are abusing their power by banning the use of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance or prohibiting depictions of the Ten Commandments, and potential actions invalidating the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
- Supporting Judges
Who Uphold the Law
- Protecting Our Families
- The Next Steps in
Welfare Reform
- We endorse President Bush's plan to extend the benefits of welfare reform by strengthening work requirements and promoting healthy marriages, and offering training, transportation, and child care services to help people become self-sufficient.
- Promoting Healthy
Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood
- We support the President's welfare reform proposals that promote child well- being and stronger marriages. We recognize the importance of having in the home a father and a mother who are married. The two-parent family still provides the best environment of stability, discipline, responsibility, and character. We recognize that fathers play a critical role in providing stability for their children. Studies show that children are much more likely to do well in school and avoid crime and drugs when they have a responsible father in their lives. Promoting responsible fatherhood will have long- lasting benefits for families and for communities. We support President Bush's initiatives to reaffirm the important role fathers play in their children's lives and to help men meet the responsibilities of fatherhood.
- Protecting Marriage
- We strongly support President Bush's call for a Constitutional amendment that fully protects marriage, and we believe that neither federal nor state judges nor bureaucrats should force states to recognize other living arrangements as equivalent to marriage. We believe, and the social science confirms, that the well-being of children is best accomplished in the environment of the home, nurtured by their mother and father anchored by the bonds of marriage. We further believe that legal recognition and the accompanying benefits afforded couples should be preserved for that unique and special union of one man and one woman which has historically been called marriage.
- After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence, and millennia of human experience, a few judges and local authorities are presuming to change the most fundamental institution of civilization, the union of a man and a woman in marriage. Attempts to redefine marriage in a single state or city could have serious consequences throughout the country, and anything less than a Constitutional amendment, passed by the Congress and ratified by the states, is vulnerable to being overturned by activist judges. On a matter of such importance, the voice of the people must be heard. The Constitutional amendment process guarantees that the final decision will rest with the American people and their elected representatives. President Bush will also vigorously defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which was supported by both parties and passed by 85 votes in the Senate. This common sense law reaffirms the right of states not to recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other states.
- President Bush said, "We will not stand for judges who undermine democracy by legislating from the bench and try to remake America by court order." The Republican House of Representatives has responded to this challenge by passing H.R. 3313, a bill to withdraw jurisdiction from the federal courts over the Defense of Marriage Act. We urge Congress to use its Article III power to enact this into law, so that activist federal judges cannot force 49 other states to approve and recognize Massachusetts' attempt to redefine marriage.
- The Next Steps in
Welfare Reform
Republican Marriage Values
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Administrative Policy Initiatives
- None Found
Republican Sponsored Legislature
Judicial Cases
- None Found
Advocacy Organizations
- Eagle Forum
- Family Research Council
- Focus on the Family
- Liberty Counsel
- ProFamily Legislative Network
Links of Interest
Related Issues and Relationship
- Grace - Parent Value
- Religious Freedom - Enabling Value
- Family Unit is Key to Happiness and Success - Enabled Value
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