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<p>Conservative and religious groups across the country are campaigning to promote traditional marriage this week, but a California church group has fired back with "Marriage Equality Week," promoting same-sex "marriage."</p> <p>President Bush declared Oct. 12-18 Marriage Protection Week, and more than two dozen groups are using their pulpits, airwaves and grass-roots resources to tell the public and lawmakers that marriage is between a man and a woman, and should be protected from judges and activists working to redefine it.</p>

This week, October 12 through 18, has been designated Marriage Protection Week by the president. A coalition of Christians and conservatives is using this week to explain to our society how marriage is being threatened and why we must protect it. The urgency of this issue cannot be overstated. This summer, a Canadian court ruled that Canada's ban on homosexual "marriage" was unconstitutional. Since then, the city of Toronto has issued 757 marriage licenses to same-sex couples. One-third of those couples were from the United States. Three weeks after the Canadian court decision, in LAWRENCE V. TEXAS, the United States...

Marriage is a sacred institution, and its protection is essential to the continued strength of our society. Marriage Protection Week provides an opportunity to focus our efforts on preserving the sanctity of marriage and on building strong and healthy marriages in America.Marriage is a union between a man and a woman, and my Administration is working to support the institution of marriage by helping couples build successful marriages and be good parents.To encourage marriage and promote the well-being of children, I have proposed a healthy marriage initiative to help couples develop the skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy...

President Bush has proclaimed Oct. 12-18 as Marriage Protection Week, calling the institution's preservation "essential to the continued strength of our society." The president issued the proclamation Oct. 3, one day after a coalition of 25 evangelical Christian and conservative organizations announced a campaign to preserve marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The effort, campaign leaders said, will begin with Marriage Protection Week and will work toward passage of a constitutional amendment to preserve the biblical and traditional definition of the institution. The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and other organizations formed the coalition...