A Christian lawyer says pro-family forces in Texas won a major victory when the Defense of Marriage Act became law in the Lone Star State.
Governor Rick Perry recently signed the Defense of Marriage Act, making Texas the 37th state in the nation to recognize marriage as between a man and a woman. Kelly Shackelford with Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute says the fight was a long one.
“There was a lot of politics and partisanship, and certainly the homosexual community didn’t want this bill passed,” the attorney says. “In fact, the irony is the very day that this passed in Texas, a lawsuit was filed by the ACLU in Nebraska to strike down their Defense of Marriage Act.”
Shackelford says every state needs similar legislation, noting that other states' laws could be imposed upon them. He says any state that does not have a Defense of Marriage Act is in danger.
“Massachusetts, for example, could decide any day now to legalize same-sex marriage — and when they do that, the homosexual-rights community has been real clear that they want people from every state to fly to [Massachusetts], get married, come back and try to force recognition of that [alleged marriage] in each and every state,” he says.
“If you don't have a Defense of Marriage Act, you're standing without a major defense against that attempt to force a new definition of marriage in your state.”
Shackelford says a key goal for anti-family forces is the re-definition of marriage.
(This article courtesy of Agape Press.)
