Dear Marriage Supporter,
With Fathers' Day tomorrow, what better time to give a gift to protect marriage in honor of your own dad?
Dads aren't perfect—and those of us who are dads know that better than anyone! But even imperfect dads make unique and valuable contributions to the lives of their kids. And marriage is the link that binds the family together—father, mother and children.
Same-sex marriage advocates claim that any two parents are "just the same" as a married mom and dad. And that's the new regime they want to force on America—Parent A and Parent B, as the new Massachusetts birth certificates put it.
Don't let it happen!
Between now and Monday night, we need to raise $20,000 to help the state marriage campaigns in Washington, Maryland, Minnesota and Maine organize volunteers and begin spreading the word in advance of the November elections. Voters in thirty-two consecutive states have voted to protect marriage—but if we lose in even one state this November, gay marriage advocates will trumpet that victory all the way to the Supreme Court.
By making a gift to STAND FOR MARRIAGE AMERICA, you can give directly to the state campaigns, and NOM will match your gift up to $20,000.
Happy Fathers' Day!
Contributions or gifts to Minnesota for Marriage, Protect Marriage Maine, Maryland Marriage Alliance - No on 6, and Preserve Marriage Washington are not tax deductible.
MN - PAID ADVERTISEMENT: Prepared and paid for by the Minnesota for Marriage committee, 2355 Fairview Ave N, Box 301, Roseville, MN 55113, in support of the marriage protection amendment.
WA - Paid for by Preserve Marriage Washington, 16212 Bothell-Everett Highway, Ste. F, #276, Mill Creek, Washington 98012.
MD - Maryland Marriage Alliance - No on 6, Brian Duggan, Treasurer.
21 Comments
I got my dad a DVD of the Simpsons. Over a dozen classic episodes from the 90's. My mom, dad, brothers, sister(not sure if she'll be here, she's at a friends house) and myself are all going to be watching it tonight
Please remember to check with your father first. If your father is in favor of marriage equality, then a donation of this type would be very distasteful.
Happy Father's Day to all you great dads. Always remember that you are needed and appreciated!
"[Fathers] are the single greatest untapped resource in the lives of American children. Natural, renewable, and by and large nontoxic, they couldn't be healthier for the country's children. We can't afford to let another one get away."
-Kyle Pruett, M.D., Yale Medical School
Happy Fathers' Day to all Dads!
This is one area I can at least partially agree with NOM supporters. I hope all fathers have a great day, as well; of course, I would include a number of fathers NOM would prefer had never become parents.
Reformed,
If you have to ask your father where he stands on this subject then you have more far pressing concerns to deal with...
Happy Fathers day!
To all the great dads out there, happy Father's day!
HAPPY FATHERS DAY
I am a gay father living in Canada where we don't have same-sex marriage. In Canada "marriage is marriage" - all marriages are treated equally all across the country under federal law. What a proud moment it was for me, my partner, our families and friends when our minister married us in the sight of God with my grown son proudly standing as my best man.
The best thing a father can do for his children is to love and be faithful to their mother.
Happy Fathers Day to all the noble fathers out there. Fathers aren't a luxury--they're a necessity!
John Colgan -
Hope your kid had a great Mother's Day last month with his two "dads."
You don't have marriage in Canada: it went away when both a man and woman were no longer required. Now you have this weird partnership thing, a sorry imitation of what used to be a great institution for uniting moms, dads and kids.
With the alliance of the sodomites and the radical feminists against fathers, this was a great day to remember why we have Fathers Day. If the marriage corruption supporters along with the feminists many of whom are lesbians get their wish then fathers will be reduced to nothing more than samon going up river to sperm.
Today was a day of why we are in this fight. So I bought my Dad who knows I am a NOM supporter a specific card of just how I feel about fathers. He appreciated this as this message in the card was worth more than another useless bottle of aftershave.
We have to save marriage from the Canadian socialism and their sodomites who are ripping children from the opportunity and right to a mother and a father.
"The best thing a father can do for his children is to love and be faithful to their mother. "
Yeah, and maybe if she's not too annoying or disrespectful, that's what he'll feel like doing. Otherwise, the best thing he can do for his children is to be a good example and leave.
Thanks, John.
I get you now.
Bye.
Rick, I get frustrated with the priorities of this blog, I'm sorry. It seems like everyone here is only concerned with making men more meek and subservient and obedient. When someone here says something like "Fathers aren't a luxury--they're a necessity!" it doesn't have a whiff of respect and admiration for men, it doesn't sound like she's saying "we had better give men the respect they deserve because we really need them, feminists are wrong to think we don't." It has a strong stench of disrespect and admonition instead, like she's saying, "men ought to man up and support their female overlords who have custody of their kids and control of the courts and their paychecks." In this sense, they see same-sex marriage as endorsing homosexuality and men not caring for women, they just resent them deciding not to bother, and want to shame them back to their bosoms. It really has nothing to do with children or marriage, it's just about their place on the pedestal being questioned.
John, since you've quoted my quote, I'll be happy to answer your comment. Thank you for sharing your perspective. I can see you're frustrated with what you perceive to be my motivation behind my comment; however, perhaps I can lay your concerns to rest by simply modifying my original statement:
The best thing a father can do for his children is to love and be faithful to their mother and the best thing a mother can do for her children is to love and be faithful to their father. As a married man and woman, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and together, as fully devoted, equal partners in both marriage and parenting, their potential to impact the lives of their children for good, is incalculable. Married moms and dads who model complete unity with each other, will be able to pass on that important life lesson to their children; learning unity in the home will enhance a child's abilty to practice it outside of the home. Men and women are distinct in important ways from each other; their interactions with their children reflect that distinction; both are necessary to fully nurture a child in their relationships with the same and with the opposite sex. Both are critical for the full deveopment of a child.
So, once again, Happy Fathers Day to the noble men out there who are giving 100% to the irreplaceable role of fatherhood.
Well, John Howard, put your fears to rest.
I am 100% in recognition of the intrinsic value fathers have in relationship to their children. They are not just good for a pay check; they are not subservient to their wives. They are equal partners in parenting, and in marriage, and ought to be deeply appreciated for the sacrifices they make for wife and children. Fortunate is the woman so blessed to have a husband completely devoted to his marriage and his children; wives can show thier gratitude by offering the same, in kind. Together, a husband and wife who are completely devoted to each other and their marriage, can do more for their children than any other organization, whether public or private. No other success they may achieve as individuals will compensate for failure in their roles as mother and father, or as husband and wife.
(please forgive if a similar post shows up--I posted something else, and it disappeared, so this is round 2)
Regards.
OK, well the biggest contributor to a man being devoted and valuable is feeling necessary. And I think the talk about an inevitable future of designer babies and changing sex and encouragement of being gay undermines feeling necessary, and therefore lessens devotion and happiness. What would really really help, therefore, is at least affirming that men are necessary for reproduction, and that everyone has an equal right to marry and reproduce, and no one has a right to make babies except with a person of the other sex, and both sexes are legally and morally required.
John Howard, that works for me.
And yet, men are necessary for more than just reproduction. Men are necessary to raise their offspring; to be a male role model, and not just any male role model, but the most important man in the child's life--his/her own father. Children need the love, protection, and guidance of their father; they need to see their father love their mother and vice versa. They need the kind of nurturing that only a father can give, which is different than the nurturing of a mother. Both mother and father are necessary, and they can accomplish more for their children as a unified, married couple, than any other human pairing can do.