NM Supreme Court redefines marriage
Thursday, Dec 19, 2013
Attorney sound bite: Jim Campbell
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Jim Campbell regarding the New Mexico Supreme Court’s decision Thursday in Griego v. Oliver to redefine marriage in New Mexico law:
“The government’s purpose for recognizing marriage is to bring together one man and one woman as husband and wife to be a father and a mother to any children their union produces. The New Mexico Supreme Court ignored that time-tested understanding of marriage and replaced it with the recently conceived notion that marriage means special government recognition for close relationships. This unfortunate result prevents New Mexicans from deciding the future of marriage--its very definition as well as its role in society--through an inclusive democratic process. Regrettably, the court constitutionalized a view of marriage previously unknown in the Land of Enchantment and never chosen by the people.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
“The government’s purpose for recognizing marriage is to bring together one man and one woman as husband and wife to be a father and a mother to any children their union produces. The New Mexico Supreme Court ignored that time-tested understanding of marriage and replaced it with the recently conceived notion that marriage means special government recognition for close relationships. This unfortunate result prevents New Mexicans from deciding the future of marriage--its very definition as well as its role in society--through an inclusive democratic process. Regrettably, the court constitutionalized a view of marriage previously unknown in the Land of Enchantment and never chosen by the people.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
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