The Defense Of Marriage Act, or DOMA, would deny legal recognition of same-sex unions, and the initiative is already drawing fire from homosexual rights groups. The bill's broad support will also make it less prone to attacks by local and national media, which traditionally side with gay and lesbian groups, DOMA's most vocal opponents, said Matt Daniels, president of MFI, in an interview with CNS .
Marriage is the foundation of our civilization.
The bill is currently being debated in the Massachusetts State House. Current state law does not specifically allow or disallow same-sex marriages. In testimony given before the Legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary, state Rep. Ruth Balser said homosexual rights is the new civil rights movement. This is my generation's civil rights movement. Rev. Ray Hammond of the Bethel AME Church, Laraine Wright of the Mormon Church, and Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., of King for America.