Protecting Family Values

I believe my values are shared with most Mississippians. As a Southern Baptist, I am a strong supporter of Christian family values.  I do not support gay marriage and believe in the traditional definition of marriage. 

In my first term in Congress, I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Despite being signed into law on September 21, 1996, President Obama’s instructed the U.S. Department of Justice not to defend DOMA in the courts.  I was deeply troubled by the President's decision. Despite this decision, DOMA will remain in effect unless Congress repeals it or the Supreme Court strikes it down. 
 
Unelected judges in some states have taken it upon themselves to alter the legal definition of marriage to mean something other than a union between one man and one woman.  It is important that those states do not impose their laws on Mississippi and other states that have rejected attempts to redefine marriage.
Date Title
12/13/11 Wicker Amendment Protecting Military Chaplains Set to Become Law
1/24/11 Protecting the Most Precious Gift
12/22/10 Wicker Supports Passage of Defense Bill Stripped of Pro-Abortion Language
12/20/10 Wicker Opposes Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
11/30/10 Wicker Statement on Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Report
1/21/10 Wicker's Statement on 37th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
11/17/09 Wicker & Harper Defend "In God We Trust"
11/9/09 Wicker Says Hate Crimes Provision Politicized Defense Bill
7/21/09 Wicker to Oppose Judge Sotomayor’s Nomination to Supreme Court
4/17/09 Sen. Wicker to Deliver Keynote Address for the Mississippi Valley State Founder’s Day Prayer Breakfast - Monday