ACLJ Prepares for House Vote on Marriage Amendment with Nearly 550,000 Americans Signing on in Support of Amendment.WASHINGTON -- The American Center The American Center is a high-rise tower in Southfield, Michigan. It was built in 1975 and stands at 26 floors, with one basement floor, for a total of 27. The building's main use is that of a typical office tower. It also includes a parking garage and retail spaces. for Law and Justice, which specializes in constitutional law, said today it has assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. nearly 550,000 names on petitions of support for a federal marriage amendment The Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) (also known as the Marriage Protection Amendment) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would define marriage in the United States as a union of one man and one woman. - just days before the U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote on an amendment. "The American people An American people may be:
ACLJ Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (Washington, DC) , which is working to protect marriage in both the legal and legislative arenas. "This upcoming vote in the House is a critical vote - and we are hopeful that legislators will get the message that most Americans do not want to see marriage redefined to include anything other than a union between one man and one woman. We are communicating with the leadership in the House to let them know that more than one-half million Americans want to protect the institution of marriage and support a federal marriage amendment to accomplish that goal." The ACLJ continues to collect signatures on its Petition to Preserve Marriage online at www.aclj.org - which calls on Congress to approve a federal marriage amendment. Leadership in the House has said a vote on a federal marriage amendment will occur before Congress adjourns in early October. In addition to working on the legislative front, the ACLJ is working in the courts in a number of states including New Jersey, Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. , and Connecticut to protect marriage as an institution
between one man and one woman.
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