Contact: Catherine Wyatt, Vision America Action, 936-559-0822, catherine@visionamericaaction.org

MEDIA ADVISORY, June 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- Vision America Action President Dr. Rick Scarborough pronounced June 17, 2008 "a tragic day for America."

"Thanks to a 5-to-4 decision of the California Supreme Court, on this day, the largest state in the union will begin issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples," Scarborough observed. "It's another body blow to the institutions of marriage and the family by judicial autocrats."

On May 15, by a one-vote margin, the California high court overturned Proposition 22, a statute providing that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California." In 2000, Californians passed Prop. 22 by a vote of 61%. But, Scarborough noted, "All it took was five votes on the California Supreme Court to negate the will of millions, exercising their democratic franchise."

Scarborough charged: "The Court even refused to issue a stay of enforcement, though pro-marriage activists collected 1.1 million signatures to put a marriage-protection amendment on the November ballot." The referendum has secured ballot status.

"In their unbridled arrogance, the California justices refused to wait 4 months to allow voters to amend the state's constitution to protect holy matrimony. These aren't the actions of judges but activists bent on promoting their favorite cause at all costs," Scarborough declared.

Though 45 states have a marriage-protection amendment or statute, each will now come under attack. Since California has no residency requirement, same-sex couples will flock there from across the country and return home to challenge the marriage laws of their own states. Homosexual organizations are urging these couples to wait until after the November election to file law suits.

Scarborough warned: "Those who think the judicial assault on marriage won't affect them had better think again. It will impact on everything from adoption to public-school curriculum. Church-based agencies will be forced to place children with same-sex couples or get out of the adoption business. The schools will be required to teach that there's absolutely no difference between a family with a mommy and a daddy and one with two mommies, or two daddies."

Scarborough urged the people of California and America to "resist this monumental evil." The Vision America Action President implored them to "speak out loudly for marriage, the family and God-based morality – and to vote their values in November."

Vision America Action is conducting a series of church-based rallies across the United States this year to educate, mobilize and activate values voters.

For more information on Vision America Action, go to www.visionamericaaction.org. To schedule an interview with Dr. Scarborough, contact Catherine Wyatt at (936) 559-0822 or catherine@visionamericaaction.org