This set of FAQs can be found on the USCCB’s website: http://www.usccb.org/defenseofmarriage/faqs.shtml

For more information, view  the “Marriage: Unique  for a Reason” website: http://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/faq/

More information is also available at the Minnesota Catholic Conference's Marriage Amendment Resource page: http://mncc.org/issues/marriage

FAQs 

The Meaning of Marriage & Sexual Difference

Marriage Amendment Campaign (2012, Year B)

[The key opportunities, explicit in the Scriptural readings of the day, are August 26 and October 7, as noted below; other possibilities are suggested. This list is not exhaustive; it is a prospectus for the year, indicating a range of opportunities. Nor does it imply that a homilist would employ each opportunity, which are relatively independent of each other.]

Feb. 12 – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day

The First Reading, Psalm, and Gospel speak of healing – an opportunity on World Marriage Day to speak of the healing potential of the loving, committed relationship of marriage for the spouses, who witness to the healing love of God for the world, in imitation of Christ’s selfless love (Second Reading).

Background Information 

Between Man and Woman: Questions and Answers About Marriage and Same-Sex Unions

USCCB Materials

MN Catholic Conference

Frequently Asked Questions on the Defense of Marriage: USCCB

Please run these in your parish for one month or more during this year leading up to the election.

Marriage Minute:  What is Marriage?

Marriage is the lifelong partnership of mutual and exclusive fidelity between a man and a woman ordered by its very nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of children. The bond of marriage is indissoluble – that is, it lasts “until death do us part.” At the heart of married love is the total gift of self that husband and wife freely offer to each other. Because of their sexual difference, husband and wife can truly become “one flesh” and can give to each other “the reality of children, who are a living reflection of their love” (Familiaris Consortio, no. 14).