by Charles McVety ,
2/17/05
In anticipation of debate commencing on anti-marriage Bill C-38, eaders of the defendMaRRIaGE Coalition launched the Defend Marriage Campaign in Ottawa on Tuesday. Speaking in front of the defendMaRRIaGE Campaign Bus at the Supreme Court of Canada Building, Dr. Charles McVety, spokesman for the coalition, called on all Canadians of Faith to work at defeating Prime Minister Paul Martin’s anti-marriage egislation.
"We are encouraging Canadians to practice democracy and press their Member of Parliament to vote on behalf of their constituents and not for self-interest or special interest." Dr McVety said. "The defendMaRRIaGE Campaign will focus on individual Members of Parliament. We encourage Canadians to visit, write, fax and call their MP. We're going to be holding many defendMaRRIaGE rallies with the campaign bus, in front of the offices of MPs."
also speaking at the campaign launch were Dianne Watts from REaL Women of Canada; Richard Bastien of the Catholic Civil Rights League; Jean-Morse Chevrier from Campaign Life Coalition and Dominic Tse from the Toronto Chinese Coalition
The defend MaRRIaGE Coalition announced that it is printing over 1 million brochures in several languages, thousands of lawn signs and other pieces of literature. In addition, the coalition will be undertaking a national paid advertizing strategy
Dr McVety went on to encourage Canadians to visit the Coalition's website www.defendMaRRIaGE.ca for up-to-date campaign information.
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