Gov. Rick Perry Signs Pledge Supporting a Federal Marriage Amendment

Gov. Rick Perry has signed a pledge to support a Federal Constitutional Amendment that would define marriage as being the union of a man and a woman. Perry has been falsely quoted as supporting New York’s move to legalize gay marriage recently. In actuality, Perry only said that New York, as a sovereign state, has the right to pass their own laws. But Perry’s position is also that on a matter such as marriage, the states have the right to collectively ratify a Federal Constitutional Amendment (it takes 3/4 of the states) to uphold the importance of traditional marriage as the basic institution of society:

REUTERS: Texas Governor and Republican presidential contender Rick Perry has signed a pledge vowing to support a Constitutional amendment declaring marriage to be a union of one man and one woman, the group sponsoring the pledge said on Friday.

“Kudos to Governor Rick Perry for making it clear: he’s a marriage champion,” National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown said in a statement.

By signing the pledge, “Perry makes crystal clear that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, gay marriage is going to be even a bigger issue in 2012 than it was in 2008,” Brown said, “because the difference between the GOP nominee and President (Barack) Obama is going to be large and clear.”

The pledge also includes a vow to support the Defense of Marriage Act in court, appoint judges and an Attorney General who will respect “the original meaning of the Constitution,” and appoint a presidential commission to investigate harassment of “traditional marriage” supporters. . . . Read More