Lynn C. Woolsey: “I honor the long-term marriages of my colleagues, all, in this…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2006

I honor the long-term marriages of my colleagues, all, in this Congress, but this so-called Marriage Protection Amendment isn't about trying to reduce the divorce rate, or it is not about helping married couples work through their problems. This bill is about keeping two adults from making a life-long commitment to each other. With everything that is happening in this world, it seems like this should be the least of our worries. Mr. Speaker, it is time for the majority party to quit intruding on our private lives and start working on the issues that really matter to the American people and to their families. The American public wants us to work together, to bring our soldiers home from Iraq, to address the rising cost of gas, to raise the minimum wage. Faced with such important issues, amending the Constitution to decide what we should do in our private lives is nothing more than a cheap stunt.

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Lynn C. Woolsey

California

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