Let the leadership of the USCCB and the Pa Catholic Conference be heard through our voices....

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, chairman of the USCCB's Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, is urging support and co-sponsorship for

• the Marriage Protection Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (HJ Res 51),
• the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act (HR 3133 / S 1808), and
• the State Marriage Defense Act (HR 3829 / S 2024)

The USCCB has a special web page to facilitate contact with our federal elected officials (http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/marriage-family).

• While both Senator Casey and Senator Toomey identify themselves as Catholic, neither is co-sponsoring S 1808 or S 2024.
• No Catholic member of the House of Representatives from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (i.e., Bob Brady, Mike Fitzpatrick, Pat Meehan) is co-sponsoring HJ Res 51, HR 3133, or HR 3829.

Email Sen Casey, Sen Toomey, Rep Brady, Rep Fitzpatrick, and Rep Meehan - with copies to the archbishop and his auxiliary bishops - requesting co-sponsorship/support of HJ Res 51, HR 3133 / S 1808, HR 3829 / S 2024:


As per the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference's special web page, HB 300 /SB 300 "is intolerant and prejudiced against people of faith....It is clear that our religious liberty will be trampled by HB/SB 300 - Catholic charitable ministries will no longer be able to make contributions to the common good of Pennsylvania without violating their religious beliefs....HB/SB 300 will run afoul of religious freedom and expose even more Pennsylvanians to discrimination."  HB 300 has six co-sponsors from Bucks County: Representatives Tina Davis, John Galloway [Catholic], Scott Petri, Marguerite Quinn, Steve Santarsiero, and Kathy Watson.  Bucks County's Sen. Chuck McIlhinney [Catholic] is a co-sponsor of SB 300.

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