Ga. Churches Set On Marriage Ban: ; Congregants Urged to Support Change to State Constitution

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ATLANTA - Many Georgia churches are preparing sermons and some plan to slip voter-registration cards into bulletins to encourage congregants to vote for this fall for a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriages.

"It's one of the major moral issues facing us today," said Ray Newman, a lobbyist for the 3,500-church Georgia Baptist Convention, which strongly supports changing the constitution to define marriage as a union strictly between a man and a woman. "We're very pleased this vote is going forward."

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Ga. Churches Set On Marriage Ban: ; Congregants Urged to Support Change to State Constitution

Several religious leaders actively lobbied the measure. Most support it, including...

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