Brokeback Maryland II

The FRC's Tony Perkins issued the following statement on the activist Maryland judge who devalued marriage by striking down the tradition of "one man-one woman" marriage.

"Just as they have in numerous other states, another aberrant judge has launched a judicial assault on the bedrock of our society. We now look to the Maryland Appeals Court to restore some sanity to the judicial process and overturn yesterday's court decision for if it is upheld will wreak havoc on our society, redefining the institution of marriage and denying children a mother or a father.

"This is emblematic of a concentrated effort across the country to cause social upheaval by abusing our court system. Groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, who represented the plaintiffs, have also been instrumental in similar suits across the country.

"This ruling will bolster efforts in Congress to vote on and pass a Marriage Protection Amendment. Many states, including Maryland and neighboring Virginia, are moving forward to place marriage protection amendments on state ballots. This judicial assault reinforces the need to fully protect marriage before the next judicial attack on society's most basic institution."

We are appalled by the threat to American families embodied in this hedonistic ruling. The "if it feels good, do it" mentality has no business in American courtrooms. If men have the right to marry men and women have the right to marry women, then the traditional marriages of men and women have absolutely no meaning. American families deserve better than this.