Today I call upon the Congress to promptly pass, and to send to the states for ratification, an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of man and woman as husband and wife.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Calls for constitutional action to legally define marriage between a man and a woman.
- In plain terms
- We should change the constitution to define marriage traditionally.
- What can you take from it?
- Advocate for specific legal definitions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who should define marriage?
- How does law affect values?
Another view
It limits legal recognition to one definition.
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