In Response to My request to Vote Against the Marriage Amendment

Dear Ms. Leader:

Thank you for contacting me regarding the issue of marriage and a
Federal Marriage Amendment. I appreciate your concerns and want my
position to be very clear.

As a United States Senator, I will support and protect the
traditional, common sense definition of marriage in law as only a legal
union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. While it was my
hope that the existing Defense of Marriage Act could accomplish this goal,
I believe that recent events and future court decisions indicate that a
constitutional amendment is needed to protect the rights of the people in
the States to define the institution of marriage.

To that end, I will vote for a Marriage Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution when the Senate considers one in July.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact me. If you would like
to receive an e-mail newsletter about my initiatives to improve America,
please sign up on my website (http://allen.senate.gov). It is an honor to
serve you in the United States Senate, and I look forward to working with
you to make Virginia and America a better place to live, learn, work and
raise a family.

With warm regards, I remain



Sincerely,


Senator George Allen