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Article: Foes of gay marriage eye federal amendment.(News)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- November 30, 2004
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Riding high on President Bush's reelection and on decisive victories to ban gay marriage in 11 states, activists in the traditional-marriage movement say they now have a mandate to claim their ultimate prize: an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
"The American people are now trying whatever democratic means are available to them. This is a dress rehearsal for what is to come. We are going to win," said Matt Daniels, president of the Washington-based Alliance for Marriage, which authored an ill-fated federal constitutional amendment earlier this year.
Voters approved constitutional amendments traditionally defining marriage in every state where they were ...