[Msd-youthannounce] Fwd: [Msd-news] UUA President Responds to Bush Proposal

[Molli Freeman-Lynde]

Hey y'all, i thought you might want to see this.
Molli
> 
> 
>      From the UUA and Mid-South District Office: 
> 
>                                    (Boston, MA -
> Feb. 24, 2004)  
> 
>      In response to today's announcement that
> President Bush will back a 
> federal constitutional amendment to bansame-gender
> marriage, UUA president William 
> G. Sinkford issued the following statement:  
> 
>         Amending the United States constitution to
> deny same-gender couples 
> the rights and responsibilities of marriage would be
> to enshrine
> discrimination into the document that provides the
> foundation for our 
> democracy.  While the constitution has been amended
> in the past, it has never been 
> altered with the express intent to deny equal
> protection to an entire class of 
> citizens, and now is no time to start.  Instead,
> successive generations of 
> Americans have found new ways to honor the spirit of
> the constitution by extending 
> its promise to an ever-widening circle of American
> citizens.  The document 
> that granted freedom and full citizenship to African
> Americans and gave women 
> the right to vote must not be used as a weapon with
> which to attack the families 
> of our country's gay and lesbian citizens.  
> 
>         This statement and comprehensive information
> on the UUA's support for 
> the freedom to marry can be found on the UUA website
> at
> www.uua.org.
> 
> John Hurley
> Director of Information and Public Witness
> Unitarian Universalist Association
> (617) 948-6131
> www.uua.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mid-South District Office, UUA
> On the web at www.uua.org/msd
> 9 Meaders Lane, Oxford, MS  38655
> Eunice Milton Benton, District Executive
> Email: Embenton at aol.com
> Phone:  662-234-4423 
> Fax: 662-234-2566 
> 
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> Staff are possible only 
> because congregations in our district make fair
> share contributions to the UUA 
> Annual Program Fund and Mid-South District.  Thank
> you for your generosity!   
> 
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