June - December 2005 stories

Commentary & News Briefs
Agape Press 12/1/05
Randy Thomasson of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families (CCF) says the appointment is like President Bush selecting Hillary Clinton to head up his administration. "By placing a leading homosexual, pro-abortion Democrat activist in charge of his entire administration, Arnold has taken a disastrous turn to the left," says Thomasson.

Governor appoints Democrat to run staff
San Diego Tribune 12/1/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the conservative Campaign for Children and Families, expressed outrage at the appointment.  "By placing a leading homosexual, pro-abortion Democrat activist in charge of his entire administration, Arnold has taken a disastrous turn to the left," Thomasson said in a statement.

Governor stuns with aide choice
Sacramento Bee 12/1/05
In a news release headlined, "Arnold's Left Turn," Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, ripped the appointment of Kennedy, who is open about her homosexuality and once served as executive director of the California Abortion Rights Action League.
 
Governor tabs Democratic activist as chief of staff
San Jose Mercury News 11/30/05
Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, a group that opposes gay marriage, said in making the appointment, Schwarzenegger has betrayed conservatives.  "By placing a leading homosexual, pro-abortion Democrat activist in charge of his entire administration, Arnold has taken a disastrous turn to the left,'' Thomasson said in a statement.

Governor, Kennedy say they're on the same page
Sacramento Bee 11/30/05
The appointment drew fierce opposition from the right wing of Schwarzenegger's party Wednesday. The Campaign for Children and Families issued a statement saying that Schwarzenegger's "left turn" had angered "pro-family, conservative voters."

Arnold takes sharp turn to the left
Human Events Online 11/30/05
Campaign for Children and Families President Randy Thomasson does a good job summing up California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s choice of liberal Susan Kennedy as his chief of staff. “Arnold Schwarzenegger has become a liberal Democrat. By placing a leading homosexual, pro-abortion Democrat activist in charge of his entire administration, Arnold has taken a disastrous turn to the left.

California Gov. Schwarzenegger picks abortion advocate as new chief
LifeNews.com 11/30/05
“Arnold Schwarzenegger has become a liberal Democrat," said Randy Thomasson, the president of Campaign for Children and Families. "By placing a leading ... pro-abortion Democrat activist in charge of his entire administration, Arnold has taken a disastrous turn to the left," Thomasson explained. "Conservative voters who supported him are waking up from their dream and stepping into reality -- and the reality stinks."

Gay marriage foes get approval to start gathering signatures
KXTV Sacramento 11/17/05
Two of the initiatives are supported by former Republican Assemblyman Larry Bowler, and activists Ed Hernandez and Randy Thomasson. They are both entitled "Marriage. Elimination of Domestic Partnership Rights." A nearly identical initiative was submitted to Attorney General Bill Lockyer earlier this year under the working title "The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Act."

The Buzz: GOP drowns its sorrows in Campbell fundraiser
Orange County Register 11/14/05
Quote of the week: "I think Schwarzenegger's endorsement of Proposition 73 might have hurt it, because voters turned against him." Randy Thomasson, Campaign for Children and Families, discussing reasons the parental notification measure lost.

Gays plan election offensive
Los Angeles Times 11/12/05
That measure's creator, Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families, has called same-sex marriage unnatural and damaging to children. "Marriage has been a special relationship that states have traditionally honored and recognized," he said Friday. "This is not like a national battle on marriage. This is protecting the good and natural institution of marriage in California as California voters have demanded."

Prop. 73 proponents wonder what's next
Orange County Register 11/11/05
"This will be back in the future," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. "It's just going to take more money. It's going to take more education."

Gov. plays it right, left and down the middle
Los Angeles Times 10/2/05
The split was most striking this week when Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage and signed four measures to bolster domestic partnerships.  Randy Thomasson, a lobbyist for religious conservatives, thanked the governor for his veto, then expressed outrage that he signed "other radical sexual agenda bills." The governor's staff calls it "Arnoldism." Schwarzenegger said he tries to follow a centrist path. "I have not deviated," he said in an interview in his Capitol office. "I have not moved one inch to the left or one inch to the right."

Commentary & News briefs
Agape Press 9/30/05
Randy Thomasson of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families says it is "outrageous" that Schwarzenegger has signed those bills that have "push[ed] the transsexual and homosexual agenda" upon the state's citizens. Still, Thomasson applauds the governor's action on AB 849 and for "doing the right thing by vetoing 'gay marriage' licenses."  The CCF spokesman maintains that the only way to protect marriage long-term in the Golden State is for the voters to qualify and pass the Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative on the 2006 ballot.

Crowds march in protest of gay marriage veto
KPIX Ch. 5 9/30/05
The most vocal opponent to gay and lesbian marriages is a group called The Campaign for Children and Families. Spokesman Randy Thomasson says traditional marriages offer children the best chance.  "Children do better developmentally when they have both a mother and a father," Thomason says. "Single parents know this. It's harder to raise children when you're a single parent.  Men and women are different in what they give to children."

Schwarzenegger vetoes same-sex marriage bill
Christian Broadcasting Network 9/30/05
Randy Thomasson, one of California's leading opponents of gay marriage, said Schwarzenegger's done the right thing.  The bill would have made California the second state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Gay marriage bill vetoed, as promised
San Francisco Chronicle 9/30/05
"It's outrageous that Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed other radical sexual agenda bills that undermine marriage and push the transsexual and homosexual agenda upon other Californians, without any regard for people's moral or religious values," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families.

Governor's gay rights tightrope
San Jose Mercury News 9/30/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the conservative group Campaign for Children and Families, applauded the veto but lamented his signing of other bills pushed by the gay community.

Governor vetoes bill, rejects gay marriage
Associated Press 9/30/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, a group that opposed the bill, said Schwarzenegger had done the right thing.  But he said voters should approve an initiative next year that would put a ban on same-sex marriages in the state Constitution.  Thomasson criticized Schwarzenegger for signing four other bills Thursday that bolstered gay rights.

Schwarzenegger vetoes same-sex marriage bill
CNSNews.com 9/30/05
"We thank Governor Schwarzenegger for doing the right thing by vetoing 'gay marriage' licenses," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, a group that lobbied against the bill.  But the fight isn't over, he said: "Long-term, there's no way to protect God's sacred institution of marriage for one man and one woman unless Californians qualify and pass the VoteYesMarriage.com initiative on next year's ballot."

O'Connell: No change in science
Los Angeles Daily News 9/29/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the nonprofit Campaign for Children and Families, said his group would like intelligent design to be taught in California's public schools in the interest of academic honesty. "To keep it out is anti-education," Thomasson said. "You can't just tell children that they come from monkeys and forget all about any other theory for how life began and the incredible design of the universe and the human body."

Judge revives battle over pledge
Los Angeles Times 9/15/05
"When the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered the craziest ruling in American history by striking down the Pledge of Allegiance three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and stopped the insanity," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, a religious liberties group. "The lower courts striking down the pledge again is like a dog returning to its vomit."

Pledge again ruled unconstitutional
San Francisco Chronicle 9/15/05
"This is another bad ruling that warps the U.S. Constitution and dashes parents' hopes of patriotism in the next generation," said Randy Thomasson, president of the California-based Campaign for Children and Families.

Federal judge rules Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional
San Jose Mercury News 9/15/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the conservative California Campaign for Children and Families, said, "This is another bad ruling that warps the U.S. Constitution and dashes parents' hopes of patriotism in the next generation.''

Schwarzenegger's promised gay marriage veto gets lukewarm response
FoxNewsChannel.com 9/11/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, which is heading an effort to get a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages on the California state ballot in 2006, said the governor was "half right" in his comments.  It should be left up to the people, "it should not be left up to the courts," said Thomasson, who added that since a majority of Californians passed Proposition 22, they will pass a constitutional amendment, too.

New battles over gay marriage
Associated Press 9/10/05
''If you don't specifically protect marriage rights for marriage in your text, a judge down the road could say, 'I don't see that. I'm not going to protect marriage rights for marriage,''' said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. ''The people of California don't want counterfeit marriage, they don't want something that's unclear, they don't want something that would throw away marriage rights.''

Calif. Governor plans to veto homosexual 'marriage' bill; traditionalists pleased
Agape Press 9/9/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families, reacted to the governor's announcement. "We thank the governor for understanding the constitutional restrictions on the Legislature, and [for] announcing he will respect the peoples' vote to protect marriage licenses for a man and a woman," he stated in a press release.

California Governor to veto same-sex marriage bill
USA Today 9/8/05
Foes of same-sex marriage hope to qualify a measure for next year's ballot that would amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriages. They urged Schwarzenegger to veto the new bill. "He'll actually become a hero to the majority of Californians" for vetoing it, says Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families.
 
A marriage of convenience
San Francisco Chronicle 9/8/05
Prop. 22 supporter Randy Thomasson scoffed at Leno's logic: 4.6 million Californians voted "to keep marriage between a man and a woman." Those folks weren't voting against out-of-state same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage bill faces veto in California
CNSNews.com 9/8/05
"We thank the Governor for understanding the constitutional restrictions on the Legislature and announcing he will respect the peoples' vote to protect marriage licenses for a man and a woman," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), which helped lead the year-long effort to defeat same-sex marriage legislation.

Big gay rights bill set for veto
Sacramento Bee 9/8/05
Just as the governor finished touring a Salvation Army warehouse in Sacramento on Wednesday to thank volunteers for sending clothing to victims of Hurricane Katrina, Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, showed up outside and told reporters he was demanding a veto. "The only real option to be the people's governor - the only option for the people's governor - is to use the veto pen," Thomasson said. "We're looking for action. We need a veto."

Schwarzenegger to veto historic 'gay marriage' bill
Baptist Press News 9/8/05
"We thank the governor for understanding the constitutional restrictions on the legislature and announcing he will respect the peoples?vote to protect marriage licenses for a man and a woman," Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, said in a statement. "The governor has spared himself and average Californians much grief with his quick decision."

Legislature OKs gay marriage
Los Angeles Times 9/7/05
"The only word I can see here is prostitution," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. "Instead of obeying the voters and the Constitution, the Democratic politicians have prostituted themselves to the homosexual marriage agenda. It's not gay, it's bad."

Schwarzenegger urged to sign, veto same-sex marriage bill
CNSNews.com 9/7/05
But the Campaign for Children and Families, a group that helped lead opposition to AB 849, believes there's a "real chance" that Gov. Schwarzenegger will veto AB 849. "Eighty percent of Republicans voted to protect marriage on the ballot five years ago," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. And that's why Schwarzenegger can't afford to sign the "gay marriage license" bill, Thomasson added.

Same-sex marriage bill on Arnold's desk
WorldNetDaily.com 9/7/05
The Campaign for Children and Families says Schwarzenegger can't afford politically to sign the bill because 80 percent of Republican voters, his base for re-election, said yes to Proposition 22. "He'll actually become a hero to the majority of Californians when he vetoes it," said the group's president, Randy Thomasson.

California Senate overturns people's vote on marriage, critics say
CNSNews.com 9/2/05
"We call on Arnold Schwarzenegger to end his silence and announce that he will veto AB 849 because it unconstitutionally repeals the people's vote on marriage," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, which has led opposition to the bill.

State Senate votes to let gays marry
Los Angeles Times 9/2/05
"How can God bless California when our lawmakers do this?" asked Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, which is collecting signatures for one of several initiatives that would amend the state Constitution to outlaw gay marriage. "The Democrat-controlled Senate has completely overturned the people's vote on marriage."

State Senate approves same-sex marriage bill
Oakland Tribune 9/2/05
"This corrupt deed by state legislators will energize voters to sign the VoteYesMarriage.com petition a month from now, to protect marriage rights for one man and one woman once and for all," Thomasson predicted in his statement Thursday.

Same-sex marriage showdown in California
WorldNetDaily.com 9/1/05
The Campaign for Children and Families urged supporters in an e-mail to contact their legislators and ask them to oppose the legislation. "This would violate Proposition 22, which California voters passed to say marriage is only for a man and a woman," said a statement from the group.

Gay-vows fight back in Senate
Oakland Tribune 8/31/05
But Campaign for Children and Families president Randy Thomasson said Tuesday the volume of calls and e-mails urging senators to oppose the bill "has noticeably picked up in the last week ... We're generating heat upon them." "Debra Bowen, Deborah Ortiz and Jackie Speier will definitely harm their chances for statewide office if they overturn California voters on something as sacred as marriage between a man and a woman," said Thomasson.

California Senate poised to vote on 'gay marriage' bill
CNSNews.com 8/31/05
"This homosexual 'marriage' license bill attacks what God created and the people have affirmed -- that the sacred institution of marriage is for one man and one woman," said Randy Thomasson, CCF president, in a press release urging conservatives to mobilize against the bill.

Same-sex marriage, key measure, face Senate showdown
San Diego Union-Tribune 8/30/05
Thomasson said, however, that the Democrat-dominated Legislature's decision to pass so many gay-rights bills doesn't help its image.   "It sours the public on the Legislature even more than it already is," he said. "These bills show the special-interest agenda of the Democrats."

California committee sends 'gay marriage' bill to full Senate
Baptist Press 8/26/05
"We call upon Gov. Schwarzenegger to announce that he will veto this anti- marriage, anti-voter bill," Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, said in a statement.

Revived measure removes gender from legal definition
San Francisco Chronicle 8/26/05
"We call upon Gov. Schwarzenegger to announce that he will veto this anti- marriage, anti-voter bill," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. "It's high time for the 'Terminator' to tell California families where he stands on AB849."

Gender-neutral marriage bill heads to Senate floor
KTVU Bay City News 8/25/05
Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, opposes the bill. "A man and a woman are designed to fit together," he said. "Check out the equipment. It's physiologically true."  Groups including the Campaign for Children and Families are calling on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto the bill if it reaches him. "If the governor stays silent and does not brandish his veto pen, then this bill will land on his desk and become his worst nightmare," Thomasson said.

California court affirms gay parenting
Christian Science Monitor 8/25/05
"This blows apart the definition of family more than ever," says Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families in California. "It's about the courts pushing social engineering on the unsuspecting public."

Court affirms gay couples' parental status
Los Angeles Times 8/23/05
By contrast, Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, which opposes gay marriage, said the court's position "goes against nature."  "Despite junk science and frustrating rulings like this, children still need a mother and a father," Thomasson said. "A child does not have two mommies or two daddies; a child comes into this world because she has a mother who gave her egg and a father who gave his sperm."

State Supreme Court rules on parental rights for same-sex couples
KXTV Channel 10 Sacramento 8/22/05
"This ruling goes against Nature," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, a conservative group that is fighting efforts to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. "It ignores the self-evident truth that God designed a man and a woman to fit together and participate in the miracle of procreation."

Petition drives target marriage measure votes
Washington Times 8/1/05
Another amendment is offered by VoteYesMarriage.com, led by Randy Thomasson, founder and executive director of Campaign for Children and Families... Mr. Thomasson said his group's longer amendment is necessary. "If you don't have the word 'rights' in a marriage amendment, you are literally guaranteed to allow homosexual marriage by another name in the future," he said.

Coalition prioritizes gay rights
Press-Enterprise 7/17/05
Randy Thomasson, an organizer of VoteYesMarriage.com, which will begin collecting signatures Aug. 1 to place another version of an anti-gay-marriage amendment on the 2006 ballot, said same-sex marriage and domestic-partnership rights undermine marriage. "If marriage can mean anything, it can ultimately mean nothing," said Thomasson, president of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families.

Senate committee revives bill to legalize gay marriage
Associated Press 7/13/05
Opponent Randy Thomasson, who has proposed a constitutional amendment for next year's ballot that would outlaw gay marriage and remove most of the benefits of domestic partnerships, said the bill smacked of an abuse of process. "This is really a no-brainer," Thomasson testified. "It's sad when it was defeated in one house it was reincarnated here."

Senate committee revives same-sex marriage bill
San Francisco Chronicle 7/13/05
Randy Thomasson, the president of the Campaign for Children and Families, the lead opponent of the bill, testified that the Legislature was not the proper venue to legalize same-sex marriage because California voters outlawed it. Rather, he said legalization should be put to voters once more in the form of a ballot measure. "The courts have already said you cannot create same-sex marriage in this Legislature," he testified. "It must be done by a vote of the people."

California gay marriage bill revived
San Jose Mercury News / Knight Ridder News 7/13/05
Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, which opposes gay marriage, said the measure's revival was encouraging people to sign petitions to qualify a ballot measure that would create a constitutional ban on gay marriage. "The Democrat politicians' intolerant attack upon marriage will backfire," he said in a statement after the vote. "Californians are quickly learning that the Democratic Party has become the party of homosexual `marriage.'"

Logic doesn't always apply when it comes to gay marriage
Sacramento Bee 7/13/05
"The attack on marriage continues Tuesday," reads a notice dispatched by the Campaign for Children and Families in advance of a hearing before the state Senate Judiciary Committee on a newly revived gay marriage measure. That view is not to be taken lightly, nor dismissed as bigotry, as some gay marriage advocates are wont to do. Those who oppose gay marriage are utterly sincere in their belief that marriage as an institution would be threatened, as sincere as those who believe that denying gay couples the right to marry is a denial of their civil rights. And opposition to gay marriage may be the prevailing view of California voters, who passed a law to that effect just a few years ago.

Revived Calif. 'gay marriage' bill passes Senate committee
Baptist Press 7/13/05
"Californians are quickly learning that the Democratic Party has become the party of homosexual 'marriage,'" Randy Thomasson, president of the California-based Campaign for Children and Families, said in a statement. "This anti-marriage, anti-voter bill gives average Californians another good reason to leave the Democratic Party altogether."

Fish bill gutted; now smells like once-defeated homosexual 'marriage' legislation
Agape Press 7/13/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), was among those who testified against the bill before the Judiciary Committee. "It was an absurd hearing," he says bluntly.

Senate in Oregon OKs gay unions
Washington Times 7/10/05
But traditional-values groups such as the Campaign for Children and Families are ramping up opposition. "Mark Leno, be careful what you wish for," said Randy Thomasson, president of the campaign. He said Mr. Leno's nonstop efforts to legalize same-sex "marriage" in California will galvanize a petition drive to put the question of same-sex "marriage" to voters next year. The petition drive is set to begin later this month.

California gay marriage bill defeated
Citizen Link 7/3/05
Randy Thomasson, executive director of the Campaign for Children and Families, said AB 19 fell at least four votes short of the number it needed for passage, (the Legislature is still finalizing the votes) with a dozen Democratic members either voting against it or abstaining. "We're praising God, and we're thankful to the thousands and thousands of Californians who took time to pick up the phone and call their legislators," Thomasson said. "We're glad for pastors that met with legislators in their offices." AB 19 would have deleted the phrase "a man and a woman" from the California marriage law, Thomasson said. "So it would have redefined marriage to make homosexual marriage licenses legal in every single California county."

Gay union ruling pushed
Contra Costa Times 7/2/05
Lower courts should be allowed to rule on the issue before the Supreme Court, said Randy Thomasson, who sued Newsom to end the marriages. "I guess the real question is: What is more important, a vote of the people or the opinions of a few judges?" said Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. "I'll go with the people any time."

State's domestic partner law survives a legal challenge
San Francisco Chronicle 6/30/05
"Thankfully, the voters of California don't need to accept this," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families and a backer of one of three proposed initiatives on the issue. "They can override the judges and protect marriage once and for all in the state Constitution."

Canada on verge of legalizing same-sex 'marriage'
Agape Press 6/29/05
Randy Thomasson is president of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families and one of the organizers behind the VoteYesMarriage.com campaign, which is seeking to place the Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative on the 2005 ballot. Canada's "ice-cold attack" on marriage, he says, is making voters in the Golden State "red-hot to protect marriage rights for one man and one woman once and for all."

Lawsuit against abortion conscience clause can continue, judge rules
LifeNews.com 6/29/05
Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, a pro-life California group, contends the state wouldn't lose any federal money if it didn't force health care entities to be involved in the abortion business. "California doesn't have to lose any federal funds," Thomasson said. "Instead of behaving like a lawyer for the wealthy abortion groups, Lockyer should immediately draft legislation to conform California to the new federal law."

Gay marriage bill backers seeking revival in Senate
San Diego Union Tribune 6/29/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, said that reviving the same-sex marriage bill in the Senate will backfire, persuading more voters to sign petitions for the new ballot measure, thus furthering "the cause of protecting marriage for a man and a woman." "If Leno blatantly pushes forward, attacking marriage and California voters," Thomasson said, "he will bring down the Democratic Party by making it the party of homosexual marriage."

Agape Press news & commentary
Agape Press 6/21/05
According to the California-based group Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a state lawmaker's plan to introduce a pro-homosexual amendment to a bill already passed by the State Assembly could very well backfire.

Calif. gay marriage bill to be revived
Associated Press / San Jose Mercury News 6/20/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, predicted Monday that Leno's gambit would give momentum to that effort (the Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative). "Mark Leno, be careful what you wish for," Thomasson said. "The Democrat politicians' obsession with destroying the essence of marriage will keep this issue front and center for California voters."

Same-sex marriage is 'dead for the year'
San Francisco Chronicle 6/4/05
"The Democrat politicians' push for gay marriage and bringing it up for a floor vote will only serve to fuel the drive for marriage protection in the state Constitution," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, a conservative group opposed to gay marriage. "The threat to marriage is now obvious: It's not just from judges. It's from the majority party at the state Capitol."

California defeats 'gender neutral' marriage
Washington Times 6/4/05
Californians must pass "a true-blue state constitutional amendment" to protect marriage from politicians and judges, said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families.

Calif. 'gay marriage' bill loses; conservatives applaud defeat
Baptist Press 6/3/05
"We’ve avoided this particular bullet, but more attacks on marriage are coming from judges in San Francisco," Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, said in a statement. "The people of California are learning that to keep everything about marriage for a man and a woman, they absolutely must pass a true-blue state constitutional amendment to override the politicians and judges who have such blatant disregard for marriage and the voters."

California gay 'marriage' bill dies
LifeSiteNews.com 6/3/05
"We've avoided this particular bullet, but more attacks on marriage are coming from judges in San Francisco," explained Randy Thomasson, president of Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families. "The people of California are learning that to keep everything about marriage for a man and a woman, they absolutely must pass a true-blue state constitutional amendment to override the politicians and judges who have such blatant disregard for marriage and the voters."

Calif. bill on same-sex marriage defeated for third time
Christian Post 6/3/05
Randy Thomasson, President of Campaign for Children and Families and one of the organizers of VoteYesMarriage.com, commented on the need for a constitutional marriage amendment in California. "The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative will provide true protection to marriage for a man and a woman, recognizing it as a very special institution that deserves the highest honor," said Thomasson.

Same-sex marriage bill falters in California
CNSNews.com 6/2/05
"This is a tentative victory you can feel good about," said the Campaign for Children and Families, a traditional values group that has lobbied long and hard against AB 19.

Gay unions bill fails in Assembly
San Diego Union Tribune 6/2/05
To clarify the ban on gay marriage, a group called Campaign for Children and Families has launched a drive to qualify a ballot measure that would explicitly ban same-sex marriage. The proposed constitutional amendment would prohibit "bestowing statutory rights" of marriage on unmarried people.

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