Free Web-based Radio Show Asks 'Same-Sex Marriage – Who Cares!?'

President Bush pushes for constitutional amendment to blur lines between church and state. The Senate and experts clearly see and speak out against legalized discrimination.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) June 8, 2006 -- A constitutional amendment to define marriage blurs the line separating church and state. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Now, our 108th Congress has introduced House Joint Resolution #56 to define marriage. Do we really want our lawmakers defining marriage? If so, what else will they define for us?

President Bush has decided it’s time to step up his role in supporting House Joint Resolution #56 to define marriage. Specifically, Bush seeks to amend the U.S. Constitution to legally define marriage as follows:

SECTION 1. Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.

Why? The results of such an amendment would legally deny law-abiding, tax-paying citizens access to more than 1,138 federal rights, protections and responsibilities automatically granted to married heterosexual couples. Who cares? You should! It’s a life and death issue for millions of committed couples who want to make legally binding decisions for their partners. And that’s just ONE of the 1,138 federal rights, protections and responsibilities automatically granted to married opposite-sex couples currently denied to law abiding, tax paying same-sex couples. Care to learn more?

A free web-based radio show, “Same-Sex Marriage: Who Cares!?” produced by NewVoices, Inc. features national and internationally known experts who discuss, explore and expose the harmful results of House Joint Resolution #56. Each show features an expert who offers balanced, insightful wisdom on this issue, and it is freely accessible 24x7x365 at moosemeals.com/souldancing.htm

Click in and listen to experts such as retired Colonel Cammermeyer who’s life story was featured in a made-for-television movie “Serving In Silence,” starring Glenn Close as Colonel Cammermeyer. This movie received three Emmy Awards and the prestigious Peabody Award.

This amendment affects children as well. Click onto show #14 to listen to Dr. Kenneth Morgen (previously featured on Oprah) to learn how he and his of partner of 28 years, Dr. Sam Westrick have spent considerable time and money – not required of heterosexual couples - to create a family that enjoys just a few of the many rights and privileges of marriage.

Listen to Dr. Andrew Koppelman, Professor of Law & Political Science at Northwestern University School of Law speak about how we amend our constitution, and how this particular amendment would affect everyone. Learn how Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon our first US legally married lesbian couple has since lost civil rights available to any opposite-sex married couple.

NewVoices.com believes today’s (06/06/06) Senate test vote is only the beginning. Should the amendment to our constitution to define marriage make its way to your voting booth, NewVoices.com wants you to be prepared.

For additional information contact NewVoices.com producer Georgia Jones at 209-694-8340 or visit NewVoices.com as well as Souldancer, the host of Same-Sex Marriage, Who Cares!? at 760-232-9681.

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