Dr. Dobson Denounces Connecticut Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

October 10, 2008

Colorado Springs, Colo. –– Focus on the Family Chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., issued the following statement today in response to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s decision to order same-sex marriage in that state:

“Today’s ruling by the Connecticut Supreme Court to impose same-sex marriage adds another tragic example of runaway judges trampling on citizens’ right to decide public policy for themselves. In doing so, the court has placed the desires of adults over the needs of children who, social science research proves, do best when they are raised by their married mom and dad living in the same home.

“We decry this decision by justices unelected and unaccountable to the people, and will do whatever is necessary to oppose it. Not only have these judges knowingly deprived Connecticut children of a mother or a father, but they have usurped the role of the legislators to create law. Short of a federal marriage-protection amendment, marriage can only be truly protected by defining it in state constitutions. I pray the citizens of California, Arizona and Florida will seize the opportunity next month to settle this marriage crisis in their states once and for all.”

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