PETITION IN SUPPORT OF ROMANIA’S

DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE
Sponsored by The World Congress of Families

Whereas the Alliance of Romania’s Families collected over 650,000 signatures on a peti-
tion for a defense-of-marriage amendment to the Romanian Constitution

Whereas Romania is a socially conservative country whose citizens are overwhelmingly religious

Whereas the Romanian Senate recently passed an amendment to that nation’s Family Code
defining marriage as the “union freely consented to between a man and a woman”

Whereas the Romanian Chamber of Deputies is expected to take up the measure before its June
recess.

Whereas the bureaucracy of the European Union in the past has attempted to intimidate those
member-states defending traditional marriage and the natural family

Whereas Europe is plagued by below-replacement birthrates

Whereas the average birthrate for the EU is 1.5 children per woman, with 2.1 needed to replace
current population

And, whereas equating same-sex couples with families can only weaken the natural family –
which does society’s vital work of procreation and childrearing
Therefore, we the undersigned pro-family leaders, scholars and activists hereby state our uncon-
ditional support for Romania’s defense of marriage.

We applaud the Romanian people for taking this courageous step in defense of a divinely ordained insti-
tution which predates governments and on whose health the future of society depends. And we encour-
age Romania’s Chamber of Deputies and others in the government to fully codify the proposed definition
of marriage and, eventually, to so define marriage in Romania’s Constitution.

Signed,
1 Dr. Rick Scarborough – President, Vision America
2. Christine Vollmer – President, Latin American Alliance
for the Family (Venezuela)
3. William Saunders – Director, Center for Human Life and
Bioethics of The Family Research Council
4. Linda Harvey – President, Mission America
5. Allan C. Carlson – International Secretary, World Con-
gress of Families
6. Larry Jacobs – Global Coordinator, World Congress of
Families
7. Don Feder – Communications Director, World Congress
of Families
8. Christine Carmouche – Chairman, GrassTopsUSA
9. Gary Bauer – President, American Values
10. John Vining – Director, Church of God Ministries
11. Farooq Hassan – President, Pakistan Family Forum
12. Isabel Hillestad – Institute for Family Policies, Norway
13. Lola Velarde – President, European Network, Institute
for Family Policies (Spain)
14. Father Thomas Euteneuer – President, Human Life In-
ternational
15. Austin Ruse – President, Catholic Family And Human
Rights Institute
16. Rabbi Daniel Lapin – President, American Alliance of
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Jews And Christians
17. Glen Lavy – Senior Vice President, Alliance Defense
Fund (for identiIication purposes only)
18. Sharon Slater – President, Family Watch International
19. Katarzyna Mazela – Vice President, Forum of Polish
Women
20. Don Schmierer – President, His Servants
21. Enrique Gomez Serrano – President of the Board, Red
Familia (The Family Network)
22. Wendy Wright – President, Concerned Women for
America
23. Janice Shaw Crouse – Senior Fellow, Beverly LaHaye In-
stitute
24. Richard Wilkins – Managing Director, The Doha Inter-
national Institute for Family Studies and Development
(Qatar)
25. Michele Dow – President, United Mothers, Fathers and
Friends (Canada)
26. Larry Cirignano – Founder, CatholicVote.org
27. Julio Servo – Brazilian pro-family activist and author
28. Kris Mineau – President, Massachusetts Family Insti-
tute
29. Janet Folger – President, Faith2Action
30. Rev. Tristan Emmanuel – President, Equipping Chris-
tians for the Public Square Centre (Canada)
31. Silvio Dalla Valle – Luci sull’Est, In Defense of Christian
Values (Italy)
32. Ron Wexler – The Ten Commandments Commission
33. Steven Smoot – President, The Family First Foundation
34. Pastor Alexey Ledyaev – New Generation Church
(Latvia)
35. Gwendolyn Landolt – National Vice Chairman, REAL
Women of Canada
36. Vadim Previdenyuk – Watchmen On The Walls
37. Fr. Maxim Obukhov – Director, Moscow Pro-life Center
38. C. Preston Noell – President, Tradition, Family and
Property, Inc.
39. Robert Knight – Director, Culture and Media Institute
at Media Research Center
40. Maria Sophia Aguirre – Professor of Economics,
Catholic University of America
41. Marie-Claire Hernandez – President Family & Society
(Mexico)
42. Jesus Hernandez – Family & Society (Mexico)
43. Robert Jason – Christian News Ministries (Canada)
44. Lech Kowalewski – President, Friends of Human Life
(Poland)
45. Ewa Kowalewska – Director, Human Life International
(Poland)
46. Dan Zeidler – U.S. representative, Latin American Al-
liance for the Family
47. Elinor Montgomery – Chairperson, Voice of the King-
Iisher
48. Miguel Moreno – President, Trinity Foundation (Bo-
livia)
49. Gary L. Cass – Chairman, Christian Anti-Defamation
Commission
50. Genia Samborska – President, For Human Dignity All-
Ukrainian Charity Fund” (Ukraine)
51. Nadiya Burmaka – Director, ScientiIic and Practical
Hope Center (Ukraine)
52. Eleonora Grojsman – President, Center for Healthy
Pregnancy and Newborn (Ukraine)
53. Iryna Jermak – Journalist, all Ukrainian Catholic weekly
“Parish Newspaper”
54. Ganna Kuchma – Director, Kiev branch, Gift of Life
55. Leonid Ghorchytsia – Director, Vinnica Medical Center
(Ukraine)
56. Natalia Bovtun – Director of Kiev branch and vice-pres-
ident of national Ukrainian Large Families Association
“Chance”
57. Oksana Naumych – President, Responsible Parenthood
Association (Ukraine)
58. Nadiya Maliczeva – Director, Kiev New Life Center
59. Jury Pidlisnyj – Director, Family and Marital Life Insti-
tute, Ukrainian Catholic University
60. Aleksander Dobrojer – Director, Love Renewal Center
(Ukraine)
61. Ludmila Kordun – President, Defense of Orphans and
Handicapped Children Committee (Ukraine)
62. Galina Maslennikova – President, Homoamans Foun-
dation (Russia)
63. Father Jaroslaw Szymczak, – Chairman of Marriage and
Family Theology Faculty, Institute for Family Studies
(Poland)
64. Rabbi Yehuda Levin – Spokesman on Moral Issues,
Rabbinical Alliance of America and Union of Orthodox of
Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada
65. Rabbi Aryeh Spero – President, Caucus for America
66. Carol Soelberg – President, United Families Interna-
tional
67. Molly White – Founder, Women for Life International
68. Patrice J. Pederson – President, The Family Caucus
69. Edmund Adamus – Director, Department of Pastoral
Affairs, Catholic Diocese of Westminster (U.K.)
70. Simon Polinder – WCF representative, The Netherlands
71. Dorota Czudowska – Former MP, Polish Parliament
72. Don Wildmon – Chairman, American Family Associa-
tion
73. Tom Minnery – Senior Vice President of Government
and Public Policy, Focus On The Family
74. Ted Baehr – Chairman, Christian Film & Television
Commission
75. Babette Francis – National and Overseas Coordinator,
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Endeavour Forum (Australia) Impact of Homosexual Parenting”

76. Martha Lorena de Casco – Member of the Honduran
Parliament
77. Garcia de Villeda – Project Coordinator, School for Par-
ents, OfIice of the Vice President, Republic of Honduras
78. Patricia Gonnelle – Association of Citizens, Network for
Life and The Family (Chile)
79. Adriana Avendano Munoz – Coordinator, Project Hope
Corporation (Chile)
80. Norma Trevino de Villarreal - Interdisciplinary Group
for Women’s Issues (Mexico)
81. Laurence Stephan – Geneva Representative, World
Movement of Mothers (MMM)
82. Brian Camenker – President, Massachusetts Resistance
83. Denise Mountenay – Co-director, Women for Life Inter-
national
84. Peter LaBarbera – President, Americans for Truth
85. Michael S. Heath – Executive Director, Christian Civic
League of Maine
86. Howard Phillips – Chairman, Conservative Caucus
87. Bill Federer – President, American Priorities Founda-
tion
88. Alberto J. Vollmer – former Venezuelan Ambassador to
The Holy See
89. Randy Thomasson – President, Campaign for Children
And Families
90. Dr. Scott Lively – President, Defend The Family Interna-
tional
91. Dawn Stefanowicz –author of “Out From Under, The
92. Tatjana Murashov – Chairman of the Board, Family Cen-
ter (Latvia)
93. Stanislav Murashov – Member of the Board, Family
Center (Latvia)
94. George Kogan – Communications Director, TAPROOT
Republicans of Illinois
95. Paul Lagan – President, Alliance for Life Ministries
96. Princella Johnson – Eastern Virginia Center of Hope
97. Sharon Nixon-Escochea – Salt & Light Ministry, Journey
of Faith Church
98. Rochelle Connor – God and Government
99. Ron Gray – Leader, Christian Heritage Party of Canada
100. Mary E. Thurrott – Christian Action Party of New
Brunswick (Canada)
101. Irina Stecenko – General Director, Baltic Information
Agency (Latvia)
102. Nicu Vandici – Director, Trans World Radio Romanian
Foundation
103. Algimantas Ramonas – Chairman, National Parents
Association (Lithuania)
104. Alicia MG De La Torre – President, Woman, Art And
Culture Organization (Mexico)
105. Maurine Proctor -- President, Family Leader Network
106. Dr. John Howard – Founder, The Howard Center for
Family Religion & Society
107. Dr. Tom Ward -- President, National Association of
Catholic Families

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