Human Sexuality and Civil Rights

1. All persons hold the unalienable rights to life, liberty and property, and therefore they hold equal dignity and protection under due process of law;
2. The historic family unit, rooted in heterosexual faithful monogamous marriage and the raising of children, is the basic institution in society;
3. There are those persons, whether by choice, circumstance or the brokenness of adversity, who do not participate fully or partly as members of the historic family unit.

Therefore, we affirm:

1. Marriage is defined as the union of one man and one woman;
2. No punitive laws shall exist to restrict private association – whether heterosexual or homosexual; and
3. All persons shall accept accountability for the public consequences of their private associations and actions, and they shall in no way deprive others of life, liberty or property.

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