Talk:Federal Marriage Amendment

Amendment introduced 2002

• "Alliance for Marriage Pushes Constitutional Amendment," Traditional Values Coalition, May 15, 2002.

"The "pro-family" Alliance for Marriage "announced the introduction of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution designed to protect marriage as a union between one man and one woman" on May 15, 2002, in the U.S. House of Representatives "with strong bi-partisan support." [1]

"The Amendment's primary sponsor was former Mississippi Democratic Congressman Ronnie Shows with bi-partisan cosponsors Reps. David Phelps (D-IL), Ralph Hall (D-TX), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) and Chris Cannon (R-UT).