Healthy Marriage Month By the Governor of the State of
Alabama A Proclamation February 02,
2007
WHEREAS, Marriage is not just another lifestyle choice but the
foundation of healthy families and a healthy future for America; and
WHEREAS, Marriage, in every known human society, creates new families, binds
men and women together in a network of affection, mutual aid, and mutual
obligation, commits parents to their children, and connects children to a wider
network of welcoming kin. Marriage is the outward, visible sign of a man and a
woman’s desire to create a lasting love, and forge a tie so strong that a
child’s heart can rely upon it; and
WHEREAS, Mounting scientific evidence confirms that children raised outside
of marriage are more likely to commit crime, to fail at school and on the job,
to abuse drugs, to lapse into physical and mental illness, to become teen
parents, to suffer material deprivation, and perhaps saddest of all, to become
the victims of child abuse; and
WHEREAS, Marriage as an institution deserves our special respect and concern
because healthy marriages create a way for children to enjoy the full emotional,
moral and financial protection of both parents; and
WHEREAS, We recognize the special place of marriage in American society and
in American hearts; and
WHEREAS, We honor marriage as the extraordinary vow that ordinary people make
and guide their lives by every day; and
WHEREAS, We acknowledge the irreplaceable importance of lasting, healthy
marriages to the well-being of children and therefore, to the future of our
nation; and
WHEREAS, We wish to applaud and encourage efforts by our state and local
governments, our faith communities and by leaders of civil society to strengthen
marriages:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim
February 2007, as
Healthy Marriage Month
in the State of Alabama.
Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the
State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 2nd day of February 2007.
Governor Bob Riley
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