NHCLC selected to spearhead California Marriage Amendment Campaign

WASHINGTON, June 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/Reverend SamuelRodriguez, Jr., president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) and Matt Daniels, president of the Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AFM) today announced the launch of the California Latino Steering Committee to Protect Marriage, as radical activists in Sacramento continue to strike at the commonsense definition of marriage in the state legislature and courts.

"Marriage is under grave threat in the state of California. And if we lose in California, we could well lose the national struggle to save marriage," said Matt Daniels. "Activists lawyers are challenging Proposition 22 before the California Supreme Court. Simultaneously, a bill introduced by San Francisco Assemblyman Mark Leno was recently approved in the California Assembly, designed to overturn Proposition 22."

On March 7, 2000, 61.4% of California voters cast their ballots in support of Proposition 22 -- the California Defense of Marriage Act. While short of a state constitutional amendment, this popular referendum protects marriage in California as the union of a man and a woman.

"For several decades, America has been wandering in a wilderness of social problems caused by family disintegration," said Rev. Sam Rodriguez, an AFM Advisory Board Member. "Tragically, as bad as our current situation may be, it could soon become dramatically worse. This is because California courts and the legislature are poised to erase the legal road map for marriage and the family from state law."

Initial members of the Latino community in California serving on the Steering Committee include: Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Rev. Felix Posos, Northern Pacific Latin American District of the Assemblies of God, Dr. Jessie Miranda, Alianza Ministerial Evangelica Nacional, Dr. David Lazo, Church of Power, Dr. Sergio Navarrette, Assemblies of God, Pacific Latin, and Rev. Gilbert Montelongo, Tabernacle of Praise.

The Alliance for Marriage Foundation is a non-partisan, multicultural coalition whose Board of Advisors includes Rev. Walter Fauntroy -- the former DC Delegate who organized the March on Washington for Martin Luther King Jr. as well as other civil rights and religious leaders, and national legal experts. www.allianceformarriage.org

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