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WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Matt Daniels, president
and founder of the Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AFMF), Mario Paredes,
executive board member and president of the newly created Catholic
Association of Latino Leaders (C.A.L.L.) today announced the group's
participation at a rally for marriage and family in Denver during the
Democrat National Convention.

    The Catholic Association of Latino Leaders, whose executive board
includes San Antonio Archbishop Jose Gomez, will join prominent national
Latino leaders from across the country, including Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of
the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, to encourage
political leaders to stand up for marriage.

    "The Catholic Association of Latino Leaders is committed to being a
national voice on social justice issues and to impact the national dialogue
and its outcome," said Mario Paredes, Executive Board Member and President
of C.A.L.L. "The future of marriage and family in America is no different.
We, in the Latino community, must stand and make our voices heard united as
one."

    The newly created Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (C.A.L.L.) is
an organization of men and women committed to being a national voice for
Catholic, Latino business and professional leaders in the United States.

    Latino voters are some of the strongest supporters of AFM's Marriage
Protection Amendment. During Convention Week, Hispanics will rally to
encourage political leaders to stand up for marriage.

    In September, AFMF will also urge Republican leaders at their National
Convention in Minneapolis to protect marriage.

    "For far too long the votes of Latinos have been taken for granted by
Republicans and Democrats," said Rev. Sam Rodriguez, President of the
National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and Advisory Board Member
of the Alliance for Marriage Foundation. "As our numbers grow, our
influence is growing, and it is time for leaders of both political parties
to put protecting marriage and strong family values at the center of their
agenda."

    Recently, the Alliance for Marriage Foundation called on both the
Republican and Democratic National Committees -- with open letters to
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and Congressman John Boehner (R-OH),
who will oversee platform committee deliberations at their respective party
conventions -- to include language supporting the Marriage Protection
Amendment in their 2008 platforms.

    The Alliance for Marriage and Alliance for Marriage Foundation are
non-partisan coalitions whose Board of Advisors include Rev. Walter
Fauntroy -- the DC Coordinator for the March on Washington for Martin
Luther King Jr. -- as well as other civil rights leaders, religious leaders
and national legal experts.

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