Contact: Kathleen Domingo, Catholics for the Common Good, 213-291-3580

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following statement is submitted by William B. May, President of Catholics for the Common Good (CCG) regarding the vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee to repeal DOMA (SB 598):

It was disgusting to see adults trivialize marriage by bickering about benefits for gay couples while the rights and interests of children in the marriage of their mothers and fathers were being thrown under the bus.

Children have a right to know and be cared for by their mothers and fathers, and government has an obligation to promote the recognition of that right by encouraging men and women to marry before having children. But "marriage equality" says it should be discriminatory to promote marriage between a man and a woman as having any unique value or benefit for children and society. That is a lie.

Today, Senator Feinstein and the other 9 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee made a statement that the government has no interest in the only institution that not only unites a man and a woman with each other, but with any children born from their union.

Catholics for the Common Good is the sponsor of the Stand with Children Project, a movement to recruit and train an army to take back marriage and family by promoting the centrality and integrity of marriage for children and society.