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Texas man on a 1-man mission to get US Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling reversed
A 27-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas has formed a federal super PAC to fight the US Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage.
On July 16, Ammon J. Taylor named himself president and treasurer while registering the Restore Marriage PAC with the Federal Election Commission, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
He has opened a bank account, created a Facebook page and website, notified the press and is now seeking support and volunteers among those who oppose same-sex marriage.
His main mission is to rally a convention of states to amend the Constitution (Article 5) to enable states to quash the Supreme Court’s June ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
Thirty-eight states would need to ratify changes.
‘Most Americans think that since the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage, the issue is settled. It is not,’ Taylor, who is a Mormon and married with one child, said.
‘Article V of the Constitution allows for a meeting of the States to propose constitutional amendments. This is a check and balance on the Federal Government, including the Supreme Court. It is our only Constitutional recourse to save marriage,’ he said in a press statement.
Taylor’s father, Art, an Iowa attorney, is his advisor having himself spearheaded Nebraska’s initiative to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. It passed overwhelmingly in 2000 but was nullified by the recent court decision.
The news report quoted Professor Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia and an expert on the Constitution, calling Taylor’s initiative a ‘pipe dream.’
‘Money or no money, wise or unwise, there is very little chance of an Article V Convention happening anytime soon. There is too much fear that it might rewrite large sections of the Constitution, among other reasons.’
Proponents and PACs that back same-sex marriage say they stand ready to oppose Taylor’s initiative.
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