Latest News and Developments
About Marriage
Check the links
below for the latest developments in marriage ministry at the local,
regional, state, national, and international levels. Check this page often for topics
that will change regularly.
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Hartwood Ministries, necessarily endorse any of the links found on this
page, or the materials and ideas contained within. This page is provided
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information.
Marriage
State Marriage
Constitutional Amendments
Source: Family Resource
Council
For an overview of all the
pending or recently-passed state constitutional amendments (marriage
protection amendments) which have been on ballot during 2004, click here.
No Defender of
Marriage (Commentary)
Source: Salem Radio
Commentary; August 13, 2004
In 2002, Senator John Kerry
signed a letter to every legislator in the state of Massachusetts, urging
them to vote "no" on a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts State
Constitution that would have protected traditional marriage in the Bay
State.
For the rest of Salem Radio's High Hewitt's commentary on this subject,
click here.
Traditionalists Holding Legislators Accountable
Source: Agape Press; July 26, 2004
For advocates of
traditional marriage and family values, the recent and ongoing debate on
Capitol Hill regarding same-sex "marriage" and legislation that would
limit marriage to the traditional arrangement - one man, one woman - has
taken on tremendous importance. For more on this subject, click
here.
Gay
Marriage Only the Beginning (Commentary)
Source: Family News in Focus;
April 13, 2004
If homosexual activists
succeed in redefining traditional marriage, the next step is making it a
crime to speak God's truth about homosexuality.
For more on this subject, click
here.
Covenant
Ministry Strengthens Marriage
Source: Christian World
News; March 5, 2004
Some studies show divorce rates
are just as high among Christians as non-believers. One group is trying to
change that by changing the way Christians look at marriage.
For more on this subject, click
here.
