For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 17, 2004
Statement by the President
The sacred institution of marriage should not be redefined by a few
activist judges. All Americans have a right to be heard in this
debate. I called on the Congress to pass, and to send to the states
for ratification, an amendment to our Constitution defining and
protecting marriage as a union of a man and a woman as husband and
wife. The need for that amendment is still urgent, and I repeat that
call today.
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