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The Music City
Couples Network, an organization of hundreds
of loving and committed gay and lesbian
couples believes that the Federal Marriage
Amendment is an unconscionable assault on
the rights of millions of American citizens,
and is joining other organizations seeking
its defeat.
According to
the Human Rights Campaign (HRC),
the amendment “would not only deny marriage
to same-sex couples but could also deny any
state legislature or electorate from ever
voting to pass their own state’s domestic
partnership, civil union or marriage laws.
Under the Federal Marriage Amendment, courts
could be barred from enforcing the legal
protections
that a legislature provides through civil
union or domestic partnership laws.”
Civil marriage,
other forms of relationship recognition, and
basic civil rights protections are essential
components that make all families, including
families headed by same-sex couples, safer
and more secure. Civil marriage and
religious marriage are two separate things.
Religious
institutions will never be forced to bless
relationships with which they disagree, just
as today religious institutions can refuse
to marry couples of different faiths or
individuals who have been divorced. |
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Advocacy
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Gay & Lesbian Couples
Advocacy
Fundamental principles of
fairness and justice demand
that our society offer fair
and just legal protections
to gay and lesbian spouses.
The Music City Couples
Network, founded in 2000, is
an affiliate of
Couples-National Network,
(which
no longer is in operation),
which is comprised of
thirteen local affiliates
across the country, exist to
support healthy, loving
long-term relationships
between same-sex couples.
Any committed and loving
relationship between two
human beings, is a rare and
precious gift, regardless of
sexual orientation. It
requires a partnership of
sensitivity and
selflessness, of warmth and
humor, of wonder and
beauty.
It is fundamental to
personal growth. It enables
couples to face formidable
challenges together with
courage. It enriches the
spouses daily. It e empowers
them to work for the
wellbeing of each other,
their families and the
community at large, to
accept the richness and
diversity of every
individual.
Americans ought to be free
to live in peace as they
choose. The Federal
government should not be
telling people how to live
their private lives-and such
an attempt to deny citizens
of
Constitutionally-protected
rights should most certainly
not be codified in the
Constitution of the United
States.
Provided by
Formerly know as
Couples-National
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