[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MARRIAGE PROTECTION AMENDMENT

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                               speech of

                        HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 30, 2004

  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Dr. D. James 
Kennedy and his supporters for their support of the Marriage Protection 
Amendment.
  Dr. Kennedy is a well-known Christian television and radio 
broadcaster whose programs reach some three million people, weekly. Dr. 
Kennedy is President of Coral Ridge Ministries, a Christian 
broadcasting organization, founder and president of Evangelism 
Explosion, a Christian lay-evangelism training program used in every 
nation, and Senior Minister of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort 
Lauderdale, Dr. Kennedy is a respected and articulate advocate of the 
return to Christian moral standards in public life.
  Dr. Kennedy's Center for Reclaiming America has collected the names 
of more than 430,000 petition signers who believe marriage is the union 
of a man and a woman, and they are opposed to efforts to redefine it. 
These 430,000 citizens from across the nation have petitioned Congress 
to pass the Marriage Protection Amendment.

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