GOP leadership: Texas will defend conservative values, traditional marriage

On the day that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the future of gay marriage in America, about 250 opponents of same-sex marriage gathered on the south side of the Capitol to hear the state’s political leadership promise that Texas will remain a bastion of “freedom, family and faith.”

It was the Texas Faith and Family Rally, an annual event sponsored by Texas Values and Concerned Women for America of Texas.

“Our core values are being attacked on a daily basis … by government fiat in our courts and in our schools, “ said state Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels. “They want to redefine marriage between a natural man and natural woman the same way the want to redefine the Constitution. It’s just not going to stand with me.”

Campbell said these values had to be defended here, “because there is no other Texas to move to.”

Comments from Rick Perry and David Dewhurst at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/gop-leadership-texas-will-defend-conservative-valu/nW4rQ/.