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Washington D.C., Apr 12, 2014 \/ 03:45 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Two U.S. bishops leading efforts to defend and promote marriage offered their support for this year\u2019s national March for Marriage and invited their fellow bishops to do the same.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe are very grateful for this opportunity to express our support for the March for Marriage and to encourage participation in this event,\u201d said Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo and Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\tIn an April 7 letter, they encouraged their fellow U.S. bishops to promote the march in their respective dioceses.<\/p>\n

\tBishop Malone is the chairman of the U.S. bishops\u2019 Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, and Archbishop Cordileone chairs the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage.<\/p>\n

\tThe 2014 March for Marriage will be held in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2014. It is the second national demonstration to support the institution of marriage existing as a unique union between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

\tThe first March for Marriage was held March 26, 2013, during the first day of arguments before the Supreme Court concerning the federal definition of marriage and states' ability to define marriage.<\/p>\n

\tIn June 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government should accept the definitions of marriage offered by each state rather than holding its own definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

\tThe court also discarded a case defending a California amendment approved by voters to defend the definition of marriage. The high court dismissed the case on procedural grounds, allowing a lower court\u2019s ruling that the amendment was unconstitutional to stand.<\/p>\n

\tThe bishops said that this year's march will be held days before the third annual Fortnight for Freedom, a two-week period of prayer, education and advocacy in support of religious liberty both at home and abroad.<\/p>\n

\tThe 2014 march, the bishops said, \u201cwill provide an ideal occasion for participants to celebrate and give public witness to the unique meaning of marriage,\u201d particularly \u201cat a time when the religious liberties and conscience rights of those who promote and defend marriage are increasingly threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe March for Marriage will be an important means to promote and defend marriage for the good of our culture, to pray for our federal and state governments, and to stand in solidarity with people of good will,\u201d they added. \u201cIt also complements well the bishops\u2019 Call to Prayer for Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThis is a critical time for marriage in our country, as marriage amendments are being struck down by federal courts and appeals of these decisions are being made. We are deeply grateful for any support you can offer for this march,\u201d they told their brother bishops.<\/p>\n

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