Whereas the Alliance of Romania’s Families collected over 650,000 signatures on a petition for a defense-of-marriage amendment to the Romanian Constitution

Whereas Romania is a socially conservative country whose citizens are overwhelmingly religious

Whereas the Romanian Senate recently passed an amendment to that nation’s Family Code defining marriage as the “union freely consented to between a man and a woman”

Whereas the Romanian Chamber of Deputies is expected to take up the measure before its June recess.

Whereas the bureaucracy of the European Union in the past has attempted to intimidate those member-states defending traditional marriage and the natural family

Whereas Europe is plagued by below-replacement birthrates

Whereas the average birthrate for the EU is 1.5 children per woman, with 2.1 needed to replace current population

And, whereas equating same-sex couples with families can only weaken the natural family –which does society’s vital work of procreation and childrearing

Therefore, we the undersigned pro-family leaders, scholars and activists hereby state our unconditional support for Romania’s defense of marriage.

We applaud the Romanian people for taking this courageous step in defense of a divinely ordained institution which predates governments and on whose health the future of society depends. And we encourage Romania’s Chamber of Deputies and others in the government to fully codify the proposed definition of marriage and, eventually, to so define marriage in Romania’s Constitution.

1. Dr. Rick Scarborough – President, Vision America

2. Christine Vollmer – President, Latin American Alliance for the Family (Venezuela)

3.William Saunders – Director, Center for Human Life and Bioethics of The Family Research Council

4. Linda Harvey – President, Mission America

5. Allan C. Carlson – International Secretary, World Congress of Families

6. Larry Jacobs – Global Coordinator, World Congress of Families

7. Don Feder – Communications Director, World Congress of Families

8. Christine Carmouche – Chairman, GrassTopsUSA

9. Gary Bauer – President, American Values

10. John Vining – Director, Church of God Ministries

11. Farooq Hassan – President, Pakistan Family Forum

12. Isabel Hillestad – Institute for Family Policies, Norway

13. Lola Velarde – President, European Network, Institute for Family Policies (Spain)

14. Father Thomas Euteneuer – President, Human Life International

15. Austin Ruse – President, Catholic Family And Human Rights Institute

16. Rabbi Daniel Lapin – President, American Alliance of Jews And Christians

17. Glen Lavy – Senior Vice President, Alliance Defense Fund (for identification purposes only)

18. Sharon Slater – President, Family Watch International

19. Katarzyna Mazela – Vice President, Forum of Polish Women

20. Don Schmierer – President, His Servants

21. Enrique Gomez Serrano – President of the Board, Red Familia (The Family Network)

22. Wendy Wright – President, Concerned Women for America

23. Janice Shaw Crouse – Senior Fellow, Beverly LaHaye Institute

24. Richard Wilkins – Managing Director, The Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development (Qatar)

25. Michele Dow – President, United Mothers, Fathers and Friends (Canada)

26. Larry Cirignano – Founder, CatholicVote.org

27. Julio Servo – Brazilian pro-family activist and author

28. Kris Mineau – President, Massachusetts Family Institute

29. Janet Folger – President, Faith2Action

30. Rev. Tristan Emmanuel – President, Equipping Christians for the Public Square Centre (Canada)

31. Silvio Dalla Valle – Luci sull’Est, In Defense of Christian Values (Italy)

32. Ron Wexler – The Ten Commandments Commission

33. Steven Smoot – President, The Family First Foundation

34. Pastor Alexey Ledyaev – New Generation Church (Latvia)

35. Gwendolyn Landolt – National Vice Chairman, REAL Women of Canada

36. Vadim Previdenyuk –Watchmen On The Walls

37. Fr. Maxim Obukhov – Director, Moscow Pro-life Center

38. C. Preston Noell – President, Tradition, Family and Property, Inc.

39. Robert Knight – Director, Culture and Media Institute at Media Research Center

40. Maria Sophia Aguirre – Professor of Economics, Catholic University of America

41. Marie-Claire Hernandez – President Family & Society (Mexico)

42. Jesus Hernandez – Family & Society (Mexico)

43. Robert Jason – Christian News Ministries (Canada)

44. Lech Kowalewski – President, Friends of Human Life (Poland)

45. Ewa Kowalewska – Director, Human Life International (Poland)

46. Dan Zeidler – U.S. representative, Latin American Alliance for the Family

47. Elinor Montgomery – Chairperson, Voice of the Kingfisher

48. Miguel Moreno – President, Trinity Foundation (Bolivia)

49. Gary L. Cass – Chairman, Christian Anti-Defamation Commission

50. Genia Samborska – President, For Human Dignity All-Ukrainian Charity Fund” (Ukraine)

51. Nadiya Burmaka – Director, Scientific and Practical Hope Center (Ukraine)

52. Eleonora Grojsman – President, Center for Healthy Pregnancy and Newborn (Ukraine)

53. Iryna Jermak – Journalist, all Ukrainian Catholic weekly “Parish Newspaper”

54. Ganna Kuchma – Director, Kiev branch, Gift of Life

55. Leonid Ghorchytsia – Director, Vinnica Medical Center (Ukraine)

56. Natalia Bovtun – Director of Kiev branch and vice-president of national Ukrainian Large Families Association “Chance”

57. Oksana Naumych – President, Responsible Parenthood Association (Ukraine)

58. Nadiya Maliczeva – Director, Kiev New Life Center

59. Jury Pidlisnyj – Director, Family and Marital Life Institute, Ukrainian Catholic University

60. Aleksander Dobrojer – Director, Love Renewal Center (Ukraine)

61. Ludmila Kordun – President, Defense of Orphans and Handicapped Children Committee (Ukraine)

62. Galina Maslennikova – President, Homoamans Foundation (Russia)

63. Father Jaroslaw Szymczak, – Chairman of Marriage and Family Theology Faculty, Institute for Family Studies (Poland)

64. Rabbi Yehuda Levin – Spokesman on Moral Issues, Rabbinical Alliance of America and Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada

65. Rabbi Aryeh Spero – President, Caucus for America

66. Carol Soelberg – President, United Families International

67. Molly White – Founder, Women for Life International

68. Patrice J. Pederson – President, The Family Caucus

69. Edmund Adamus – Director, Department of Pastoral Affairs, Catholic Diocese of Westminster (U.K.)

70. Simon Polinder –WCF representative, The Netherlands

71. Dorota Czudowska – Former MP, Polish Parliament

72. Don Wildmon – Chairman, American Family Association

73. Tom Minnery – Senior Vice President of Government and Public Policy, Focus On The Family

74. Ted Baehr – Chairman, Christian Film & Television Commission

75. Babette Francis – National and Overseas Coordinator, Endeavour Forum (Australia)

76. Martha Lorena de Casco – Member of the Honduran Parliament

77. Garcia de Villeda – Project Coordinator, School for Parents, Office of the Vice President, Republic of Honduras

78. Patricia Gonnelle – Association of Citizens, Network for Life and The Family (Chile)

79. Adriana Avendano Munoz – Coordinator, Project Hope Corporation (Chile)

80. Norma Trevino de Villarreal - Interdisciplinary Group for Women’s Issues (Mexico)

81. Laurence Stephan – Geneva Representative, World Movement of Mothers (MMM)

82. Brian Camenker – President, Massachusetts Resistance

83. Denise Mountenay – Co-director, Women for Life International

84. Peter LaBarbera – President, Americans for Truth

85. Michael S. Heath – Executive Director, Christian Civic League of Maine

86. Howard Phillips – Chairman, Conservative Caucus

87. Bill Federer – President, American Priorities Foundation

88. Alberto J. Vollmer – former Venezuelan Ambassador to The Holy See

89. Randy Thomasson – President, Campaign for Children And Families

90. Dr. Scott Lively – President, Defend The Family International

91. Dawn Stefanowicz –author of “Out From Under, The Impact of Homosexual Parenting”

92. Tatjana Murashov – Chairman of the Board, Family Center (Latvia)

93. Stanislav Murashov – Member of the Board, Family Center (Latvia)

94. George Kogan – Communications Director, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois

95. Paul Lagan – President, Alliance for Life Ministries

96. Princella Johnson – Eastern Virginia Center of Hope

97. Sharon Nixon-Escochea – Salt & Light Ministry, Journey of Faith Church

98. Rochelle Connor – God and Government

99. Ron Gray – Leader, Christian Heritage Party of Canada

100. Mary E. Thurrott – Christian Action Party of New Brunswick (Canada)

101. Irina Stecenko – General Director, Baltic Information Agency (Latvia)

102. Nicu Vandici – Director, Trans World Radio Romanian Foundation

103. Algimantas Ramonas – Chairman, National Parents Association (Lithuania)

104. Alicia MG De La Torre – President, Woman, Art And Culture Organization (Mexico)

105. Maurine Proctor – President Family Leader Network

106. Dr. John Howard – Founder, The Howard Center for Family Religion & Society

107. Dr. Tom Ward -- President, National Association of Catholic Families

108. Ken Blackwell -- Chairman, Coalition for a Conservative Majority

109. Tom DeLay -- former Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives

110. Zenaida V. Rotea -- Board Member, World Union Of Catholic Women's Organization, Catholic Women's League of the Philippines