The Constitution grants the federal government NO authority to define marriage or family relations.

The Tenth Amendment:

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

The law of our Creator defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman. The marriage covenant is the foundation of the family, and the family is fundamental in the maintenance of a stable, healthy and prosperous social order. No government may legitimately authorize or define marriage or family relations contrary to what God has instituted.

The Founders understood that Family, as commonly understood among the people, is necessary to the General Welfare of a nation. 

We affirm the importance of Biblical scripture in establishing the Founders’ intent, as eloquently stated by Noah Webster:

“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitution and laws… All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts in the Bible.”

We oppose any judicial ruling or amending the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution re-defining marriage with any definition other than the Biblical standard.

We call for an end to all taxation and economic formulas that discourage marriage, incentivize cohabitation and child bearing outside of marriage or authorize or provide government funding for policies and programs that further erode the jurisdiction of the family or parental rights.

HOMOSEXUALITY, TRANSGENDERISM, OTHER DEVIANT BEHAVIORS

• We reject the notion that homosexuals, transgenders or those who are sexually deviant are deserving of legal favor or special protection, and affirm the rights of states and localities to proscribe offensive sexual behavior. 
• We oppose all efforts to impose a new sexual legal order through any courts or legislatures. 
• We stand against so-called “sexual orientation” and “hate crime” statutes that attempt to legitimize inappropriate sexual behavior or stifle public opposition to its expression. 
• We oppose government funding of “partner” benefits for unmarried individuals. 
• We oppose any legal recognition of homosexual or civil unions.

BIOLOGICAL SEX IN SOCIETY

• One’s biological sex at birth cannot be changed, even with surgical and hormonal alterations.
• Individuals, organizations or governments should never be required to change official records to reflect a gender differing from that at their birth.
• No one or no entity has the right to force anyone to accept another person’s claim to be of a gender differing from their birth. 
• We oppose any use of taxpayer funds to facilitate attempts at biological sex change, or penalizing parents for refusing to go along with a biological sex change by a minor child. 
• It is improper to allow biological males to compete in female sports, or to have access to bathrooms, locker rooms, or prison facilities that don’t conform to their biological sex, no matter what degree of biological sex transformation or hormonal therapy they have undergone.

PARENTAL RIGHTS

• We recognize that parents have the fundamental right and responsibility to nurture, educate, and discipline their children. 
• We oppose the assumption of any of these responsibilities by any governmental agency without the express delegation of the parents or legal due process. 
• We affirm the value of the father and the mother in the home.
• We oppose efforts to legalize adoption of children by homosexual singles or couples.

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