The RNC, in its search for relevance, responds to the growing acceptance of marriage equality

[brooklynite]

RESOLUTION FOR MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN

WHEREAS, the Institution of marriage is the solid foundation upon which our society is built and in which children thrive; it Is based in the conjugal relationship that only a man and a woman can form; and

WHEREAS, support for marriage has been repeatedly affirmed nationally in the 2012 Republican National Platform, through the enactment of the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, (signed Into law by President Bill Clinton), and passed by the voters of 41 States including Califomla via Proposition 8 in 2008; and

WHEREAS, no Act of human government can change tile reality that marnage is a natural and most desirable union; especially when procreation is a goal; and

WHEREAS, the future of our country is children; it has been proven repeatedly that the most secure and nurturing environment in which to raise healthy well adjusted children is in a home where both mother and father are bound together in a loving marriage; and

WHEREAS, economically, marriage is America's greatest weapon against child poverty no matter what ethnic badcground Individuals are; and, based on the facts of stunning recent studies, (6) marriage is t he best way for society to get out of poverty and raise emotionally healthy children; and

WHEREAS, The U. S. Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of laws adopted to protect marriage from the unfounded accusation that support for marriage is based only on irrational prejudice against homosexuals;

therefore be it RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee affirms its support for marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and as the optimum environment in which to raise healthy children for the future of America;

and be it further RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee implores the U. S. Supreme Court to uphold the sanctity of marriage in its rulings on California's Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act.

The RNC will be voting on this resolution this weekend

[drm604]

1. Things sure are different on their planet.

I mean... they must be from a different planet right?