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Article: Marriage proposal: religious right, political allies launch crusade to alter constitution.
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- Church & State
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- October 1, 2003
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The Rev. Jerry Falwell is on the warpath again.
Promoting a petition drive on behalf of a Federal Marriage Amendment, Falwell has lately and loudly started proclaiming that the efforts of gay Americans to achieve equality under the law are threatening the survival of the republic and the future of Christianity.
In an August e-mail to his supporters, Falwell quoted right-wing columnist Pat Buchanan to insist that "Christianity, dying in Europe, is under siege in America." In particular, Falwell believes that lesbians and gay men are bent on destroying Christianity by undermining heterosexual marriage.
"We must aggressively combat the homosexual ...