Mike Pence: “full-page ads across official Washington say it all: ``True conservatives oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.'' Oh…”

“full-page ads across official Washington say it all: ``True conservatives oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.'' Oh, really? As one of a handful of Members of Congress with a 100 percent rating from the American Conservative Union, I think I can legitimately claim that title, and I profoundly disagree with the assertion in the ads. In fact, true conservatives believe in conserving, protecting, and defending the foundational institutions of our society and of Western Civilization. True conservatives believe, as I do, that marriage was ordained by God, established by law, that it is the glue of the American family and the safest harbor to raise children. And true conservatives also know that the only effective response to judicial activism at the State and Federal level is a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. Do not believe what one reads, Mr. Speaker. True conservatives support the Federal Marriage Amendment.”