ROBERT M. NEELD, Democrat
Candidate for U.S. Congress

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAPE CORAL, FEBRUARY 11 – Here is a statement from Robert M. Neeld, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for the 14th Congressional District, concerning the Bush/GOP initiative to ban gay marriages by Constitutional amendment.

For the first time in our nation’s history, the president and his party are offering an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would cut our freedom.

Furthermore, Congressional action on this onerous amendment would clearly set our Constitution on a collision course with other Amendments, enacted by Congress and ratified by the states, that expand and illuminate our rights as a free people.

This so-called Family Marriage Amendment targets and marginalizes Americans who choose to live in relationships of their choice. The elevation into federal law of the Bush/GOP Right Wing definition of marital status along religious guidelines would also bring us a step closer to a theocracy, a situation specifically addressed in the 1st Amendment.

Congress can’t be in business to tell state legislatures what they can or cannot do. This would undermine the Fair Faith and Credit Act, which allows states to abide by each other’s statutes.

I will strongly oppose this onerous amendment in the Congress.

For more information: Robert Neeld (239)549-9588