The Family Research Council issued a statement in support of the proposed anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment, headlined "FRC Calls on Congress to Defend Marriage and States' Rights," claiming it's necessary to amend the federal Constitution "to protect state marriage laws." But that's simply a lie. They're not seeking to "defend states' rights." They want a uniform national definition of marriage -- theirs -- to be imposed on all states. It's real chutzpah to say that nationalizing marriage law and overturning at least one state's marriage measure (in Massachusetts) and quite possibly Vermont's civil union law as well, is "defending states' rights."
Another FRC release makes clear that its motivation is anti-gay animus and homophobia, plain and simple:
"If we do not immediately pass a Constitutional amendment protecting marriage, we will not only lose the institution of marriage in our nation, but eventually all critics of the homosexual lifestyle will be silenced. Churches will be muted, schools will be forced to promote homosexuality as a consequence-free alternative lifestyle, and our nation will find itself embroiled in a cultural, legal and moral quagmire."
The ex-gays at Exodus International go even further, as they chime in with "the legalization of same-sex marriage is a deathblow to children."
Meanwhile, the "mainstream" conservative Heritage Foundation,
which enjoys close links to the Bush administration, has plastered
its home page with a plethora
of anti-gay marriage/pro Federal Marriage Amendment columns -- as
if the lead item on the conservative agenda were to rewrite the
nation's most sacred document, imposing one federal standard that
forces states to exclude gays from marriage. And the culture
warfare goes on, and on.