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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Art Kelly <akelly@americantarget.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> apologistdave@gmail.com; apologetics@gathman.org; Jimmy Murphy <jmurf80@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, August 4, 2010 7:21:48 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Apologetics] Sen. DeMint Statement on Judicial Decision on California's Proposition 8<BR></FONT><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Denton, Wesley (DeMint) [mailto:Wesley_Denton@demint.senate.gov] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 04, 2010 5:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Denton, Wesley (DeMint)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RELEASE: DeMint Statement on Judicial Decision on California's Proposition 8<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina)</SPAN></I></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 110%" class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Contact: Wesley Denton (202) 228-5079</SPAN></I></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 120%" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WASHINGTON, D.C.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, made the following statement:</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 120%" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>“Today’s wrongful court decision is another attempt to impose a secular immorality on the American people who keep voting to preserve traditional marriage,” said Senator DeMint. “Traditional marriage has been the foundation of civil society for centuries and we cannot simply toss it aside to fit the political whims of liberal activists with gavels. Marriage is a religious institution that was codified into law to protect it. Now, the courts are trying to deprive the majority of Americans who value marriage the democratic ability to protect it any longer. If our marriage laws are valueless, they will become meaningless. History and research have shown that strong nations depend on strong families, and that the best chance for a child’s success in life depends on having a family with a mother and father. I hope the Supreme
Court will defend the democratic judgment of the people of California.”<BR><BR></SPAN></P>
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