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Washington D.C., Mar 27, 2013 \/ 06:04 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Citing concerns for the well-being of children and respect for the democratic process, participants in the national March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., stressed the importance of marriage for society.<\/p>\n

\tSara Barrios from New York City told CNA that without the biologically-based institution of marriage, the foundations of family and society \u201cwill fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tWithout a man and a woman, \u201cit is impossible to have children,\u201d Barrios added. \u201cEven same-sex couples have to go outside what they call a union, to get a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tProtests both for and against a redefinition of marriage coincided with the start of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26. The high court will rule this summer on two cases that could have drastic consequences for the way the nation understands marriage.<\/p>\n

\tDefenders of marriage argue that the state has no right to redefine an institution that precedes it and is rooted in nature and biology. Men and women naturally come together to create children, and marriage is designed to reflect this unique reality, they argue.<\/p>\n

\tThousands of participants for the March for Marriage chanted \u201cone man, one woman\u201d in both English and Spanish as the March progressed along its route from the National Mall to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\tOrganizers estimated well over 10,000 participants at the march, which was the first of its kind in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\tPatricia Barley, of Durham, N.C., told CNA that she decided to march not only because she believes in the traditional definition of marriage, but also because \u201cI think it\u2019s important that the Supreme Court and the government recognize the voices of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tJim McCrery, a high school student from Washington, D.C., said that he was at the march because \u201cthough there is there separation of church and state, the country is still guided by morals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe added that he doesn\u2019t think two men or two women \u201ccan give what a man and a woman can give to their children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tSister Bernadette Morse, a sophomore undergraduate student at Franciscan University said that although she was a religious sister, she was at the march to support marriage for all of society. She added that she hoped the protest would be a \u201cvisible sign\u201d that Americans are united in defending the truth of marriage.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI want my brothers and sisters to be able to receive the gift of marriage that God has given us, in order to make of themselves a whole gift and bring forth life as we were created for,\u201d Sr. Bernadette explained.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt means everything to me because it\u2019s the way He called us to be fully alive through making a gift of ourselves,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

\tCaitlin Seery, program director for the Love and Fidelity Network, came alongside more than 60 students from around the country, including some 40 from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio.<\/p>\n

\t\u00a0The Love and Fidelity Network is a web of more than 25 college organizations and hundreds of college students that support the traditional understanding of marriage and sexual ethics.<\/p>\n

\tSeery explained that for college students, marriage is \u201cvery much on their minds,\u201d and they are \u201cstanding up\u201d for their beliefs and the \u201cchild\u2019s right to a mother and father.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tSamantha Lei, who came from New York with her school-age daughter and her daughter\u2019s friend, explained that it is important for society to recognize that marriage is between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cKids grow up better with a daddy and a mom,\u201d she stressed, adding that she hoped \u201cthat the judges will listen to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThese are the fundamentals of America,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

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