[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       TRUE CONSERVATIVES SUPPORT THE FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, full-page ads across official Washington say 
it all: ``True conservatives oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.''
  Oh, really? As one of a handful of Members of Congress with a 100 
percent rating from the American Conservative Union, I think I can 
legitimately claim that title, and I profoundly disagree with the 
assertion in the ads.
  In fact, true conservatives believe in conserving, protecting, and 
defending the foundational institutions of our society and of Western 
Civilization. True conservatives believe, as I do, that marriage was 
ordained by God, established by law, that it is the glue of the 
American family and the safest harbor to raise children. And true 
conservatives also know that the only effective response to judicial 
activism at the State and Federal level is a constitutional amendment 
that defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman.
  Do not believe what one reads, Mr. Speaker. True conservatives 
support the Federal Marriage Amendment.

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