Federal Marriage Amendment Vote Scheduled for June

The Senate is expected to vote on the Federal Marriage Constitutional Amendment in June. The text of the Amendment:

Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman.

HRC will be hand delivering postcards urging a "no" vote to Senators during the week before the vote. You can add yours to the stack at the HRC Action Center.

Back in 2000, Michael Ventura wrote a great column on the controversy over gay marriage. Andrew Sullivan wrote a critical response to President Bush's radio address on the FMA during the 2004 election campaign. And The Economist has written two fine articles as well: "The case for gay marriage" and "New fuel for the culture wars."