Initiative filed to protect traditional marriage definition
KXTV, Channel 10 Sacramento 5/19/05
In a prepared statement, backers of the initiative made their aims clear. "We all know that marriage is for a man and a woman," said Randy Thomasson of the group Campaign for Children and Families. "It's high time that we the people override the judges and politicians who've been relentlessly attacking marriage."

Gay 'marriage' to mark 1st anniversary
Washington Times 5/16/05
Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families pledged to start a petition drive to put such an amendment on the 2006 ballot.

Calif. groups push gay marriage ban
Associated Press 5/11/05
Conservative groups in California say they will try to gather enough signatures to put an initiative banning gay marriage on the ballot in 2006. "This disturbing display of arrogance against marriage and the voters means average Californians must take matters into their own hands," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families.

Conservative group writing California Marriage Amendment
CNSNews.com 5/11/05
"The only way to save marriage for a man and a woman is to give it rock-solid protection in the state constitution," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families (CCF). Plans call for the proposed amendment to be placed on the 2006 ballot, following a petition drive.

Limits on marriage, end to partners law defeated
Sacramento Bee 5/11/05
Identical proposals to ban gay marriage and eliminate domestic partnerships in California were defeated Tuesday in the state Senate and Assembly judiciary committees. After the proposals were defeated, the Campaign for Children and Families announced that it would seek signatures to put the matter on the June 2006 ballot via initiative.

Promoters of Calif. homosexual 'marriage' bill not above the law
Agape Press 4/27/05
By using the phrase "valid or recognized," Proposition 22 makes it absolutely clear that same-sex marriage will not be legal in California -- whether imported from other states or created here. The California Court of Appeals in Knight v. Superior Court held exactly that in a unanimous ruling earlier this month.

Gay marriage battle expected in Assembly
Ventura County Star 4/27/05
"The truth is finally out of the closet," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. "The Democratic Party is attacking marriage and rejecting every voter who said to keep marriage for a man and a woman."

Party-line vote on same-sex marriage
San Francisco Chronicle 4/27/05
"This Legislature is not superior to the voters, cannot trash the voters, cannot trash marriage and cannot burn up a section of the Constitution," Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, told the committee.

Gay marriage measure clears Assembly panel
San Diego Union Tribune 4/27/05
"The Legislature has zero authority to pass this bill," said Randy Thomasson, who heads the Campaign for Children and Families. Thomasson and other opponents of same-sex marriage argue that only voters can overturn the state's prohibition of same-sex marriage.

'06 ballot is a goal for foes of gay marriage
Los Angeles Times 4/27/05
If the Legislature votes to allow gay marriage, said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, it "will ignite the majority of Californians" to support a constitutional amendment that would "override the politicians." Thomasson said opponents hope to put an initiative before voters by June 2006 and end lawmakers' attempts to sanction same-sex unions.

California's assisted suicide bill advances
CNSNews 4/13/05
The Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a pro-family organization, was one of 30 organizations opposing the bill in committee. "There are only two options here -- life or death -- and there is no turning back and no room for error," Thomasson said in a press release. "If AB 654 becomes law, hospitals will be transformed from houses of healing into killing centers."

Partners law passes court test
Sacramento Bee 4/5/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, moved the battle from the courtroom to the steps of the state Capitol on Monday. He is supporting proposed legislation that would call for a constitutional amendment to make marriage in California a union between a man and woman. "These bad rulings clearly show the need to pass a constitutional amendment protecting marriage - because if it's not a man and a woman, it's not marriage," Thomasson said.

Domestic partner law upheld
San Francisco Chronicle 4/5/05
"These bad rulings clearly show the need to pass a constitutional amendment protecting marriage -- because if it's not a man and a woman, it's not marriage," said Randy Thomasson, president of a group called the Campaign for Children and Families. He said such an amendment should preserve both marriage and the "rights of marriage" for opposite-sex couples only.

Court upholds California's domestic partners law
CNSNews 4/5/05
Randy Thomasson, who runs both the Campaign for California Families and the Campaign for Children and Families, said Monday's ruling means Californians have no choice but to protect marriage once and for all by amending the state constitution. "If the bureaucracy will empty marriage of all its value, the people must override the bureaucracy and protect marriage rights for a man and a woman, as is only natural and is best for the children," Thomasson said at a Monday news conference.

California courts deliver another 'shocker' to marriage
Agape Press 4/5/05
It is because of rulings like this, says Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families, that "fed-up California voters" have no choice but to rise up and protect marriage from the "clutches of the bureaucracy."

Group warns against living wills
WorldNetDaily 4/1/05
"Stop and think about it," concluded Thomasson. "Food and water is not 'artificial treatment.' Food and water is not a 'machine.' Food and water is basic care for babies and adults of all ages."

Will the church fight or surrender to same-sex marriage?
Christian Broadcasting Network 4/1/05
Campaign for Children and Families spokesperson Randy Thomasson said, "No judge has the right to create gay marriage out of thin air and say it's the law."

Family values hot YC topic
Marysville-Yuba City Appeal-Democrat 3/23/05
"It's no surprise judges are rewriting what they want into the Constitution," said Thomasson. "Whenever a judge says the Constitution is a living, breathing, document, that is a bad judge."

Gay ruling no final answer
Vallejo Times Herald 3/19/05
"When one out of eight Americans live in California, you know this is the biggest gorilla that influences everyone else," said Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families.

Lungren measure aims to halt gay marriage
Sacramento Bee 3/18/05
That's not good enough, said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. "Marriage is more than a word," he said. "This is similar to other proposals that allow states to create marriage by another name. It plugs some of the holes but leaves others open."

Family groups decry California marriage ruling
Family News in Focus 3/16/05
"There is no practical change in California law today," Thomasson said. "This is one judge's ruling; it will be appealed, and it won't reach the California Supreme Court for a year to a year and a half."

Conservatives to appeal Calif. gay marriage ruling
Christian Broadcasting Network 3/15/05
Gay marriage opponent Randy Thomasson remarked, "This outrageous ruling will inspire average people to rise up and fight to protect marriage as it naturally is, for a man and a woman, a husband and a wife."

Coast court OKs gay marriages
New York Sun 3/15/05
"This is a crazy ruling by an arrogant San Francisco judge," a social conservative who was a party to the court case, Randy Thomasson, said. Mr. Thomasson, who is president of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families, noted that Judge Kramer's ruling essentially invalidated a 5-year-old referendum in which 61.4% of California voters declared that marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman.

Local same-sex couples celebrate court ruling
KERO 23 (Bakersfield) 3/15/05
"This is a crazy ruling by an arrogant San Francisco judge who hates marriage, family and hates the voters. Judge Kramer has trashed the voters and marriage for a man and woman," said Randy Thomasson, member of an anti-gay marriage group, Campaign for Children and Families.

Bill would bar use of panic defense
Oakland Tribune / Tri-Valley Herald 3/7/05
Randy Thomasson, president and founder of the Campaign for Children and Families, said his conservative public education group hasn't taken a position on the bill. "But nothing should be an excuse for killing an innocent human being ?murder is murder," said the staunch opponent of gay marriage and other gay-rights measures.

CCF speaks against assisted suicide
Agape Press 3/2/05
Randy Thomasson of Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a leading West Coast advocacy organization, says the misleading poll is "out of touch with the majority of people who are naturally opposed to hospitals killing patients."

California's looming gay marriage battle
Christian Broadcasting Network 2/24/05
Randy Thomasson's Campaign for Children and Families is trying to kill the bill before it even goes to hearings in March or April. He is furious at the Democrats for supporting it. Thomasson said, "AB 19 would impose homosexual marriage licenses throughout the state of California. How dare they exercise this arrogant power to trash the vote of the people, to desecrate marriage and to send a horrible role model to the children? It's outrageous, and we're encouraging everybody in our state to rise up and say no to this bill and yes to marriage."

CCF completes six-day statewide tour for marriage
Christian Post 2/22/05
Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), one of the foremost groups working to protect California families, completed their 6-day, 15-city tour to support natural marriage

Same-sex marriage foes bring campaign to Escondido
North County Times 2/20/05
The Campaign for Children and Families held a press conference in front of Del Dios Middle School to denounce Assembly Bill 19 as damaging to heterosexual marriage, and against the will of God and the voters. Randy Thomasson, the group's president, led the press conference.

Campaign to maintain traditional marriage to stop by Escondido
North County Times 2/19/05
A Sacramento-based group called "Campaign for Children and Families" is scheduled to bring its 15-city tour of California to Escondido Saturday as it spreads the word about defeating a bill that would recognize marriage between "two persons" and drop the specification that they be a man and a woman.

Campaign for Children and Families opposes legalization of homosexual marriage
(English translation of Chinese-language newspaper)
Sing Tao 2/19/05
Established in Sacramento, the capital of California, Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), will travel to 15 major cities from 2/14 to 2/19, beginning from the State Capital to San Diego, to proclaim the unprecedented crisis facing traditional marriage, encourage California voters to stand up to protect the existing marriage system, demand legally from the government to respect the opinion of voters, and urge not to disregard a democratic system and twist the spirit of law-making, which will lead to another bigger wave of disastrous blow to traditional marriage and constitutional system.

Drive against gay marriage to make Inland stops today
Press Enterprise 2/18/05
The Campaign for Children and Families is traveling across the state this week to build opposition to Assembly Bill 19, a measure that would establish marriage as "a personal relationship arising out of a civil contract between two persons." Current law recognizes only marriage between a man and a woman.

Protestan contra plan de legalizar matrimonios gays
(Article in Spanish)
La Opinion 2/18/05
The demonstration was part of a series of protests that the organization Campaign for Children and Families (CCF) is carrying out across the state with the objective to alert the voters of the intentions of some politicians in Sacramento to legalize marriage among homosexuals in the state.

Russian newspaper coverage of CCF's Feb. 14 rally
(Articles in Russian)
2/18/05
Sacramento rally story
Additional photos

Group holds news conference in opposition of marriage bill
Bakersfield Californian 2/17/05
Representatives for the Campaign for Children and Families stood in front of the Liberty Bell at Truxtun and Chester avenues to tell Democratic politicians behind the bill to "keep your hands off marriage," said Randy Thomasson, the group's president.

Tour denouncing gay marriage bill stops in Valley
Antelope Valley Press 2/17/05
Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, brought the pro-family group's "Keep Your Hands Off Marriage" tour to the city Wednesday afternoon to speak in favor of "natural marriage" and the "people's vote."

Opponents of same-sex marriage rights speak out
Bay City News Wire / CBS 5 (San Jose) 2/15/05
Representatives from the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families (CCF) spoke passionately in support of traditional marriage during one leg of a weeklong, statewide series of rallies to protect marriage laws.

AB 19 would allow same-gender marriage; bill opposed by Christian group
Eureka Reporter 2/15/05
"God created marriage for a man and a woman, California voters affirmed this natural and exclusive institution and now Democrat state legislators are arrogantly trashing the people's vote," said the campaign's President Randy Thomasson, who last year sued Mayor Gavin Newsom to stop San Francisco's same-gender marriages, which Thomasson called "counterfeit."

Gay marriage camps gather near City Hall
Stockton Record 2/15/05
She and other opponents of gay marriage listened to Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, who held the news conference to oppose state legislation that would lift California's ban on same-sex marriage.

Quick, but romantic
Modesto Bee 2/15/05
"If you don't have a man and a woman, it's not marriage," said Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families. The group, which sued the city of San Francisco and Mayor Gavin Newsom last year to stop a spree of same-sex marriages, also held news conferences in Stockton and Sacramento.

85 couples stand up for love on Valentine's Day
Sacramento Bee 2/15/05
"The rules of marriage are very fair: You can marry anyone you want, as long as you're of age and not closely related and a member of the opposite sex," said Randy Thomasson, a spokesman for the Campaign for Children and Families. "You cannot create counterfeit marriage without watering down marriage of everyone else."

Sacramento is site of California same-sex marriage protest
Sacramento Union 2/15/05
"God created marriage for a man and a woman, California voters affirmed this natural and exclusive institution, and now Democrat state legislators are arrogantly trashing the people's vote," said Thomasson.

Valentine's Day marked by pro and anti-gay marriage protests
KXTV News 10 Sacramento 2/14/05
A California-based, pro-family group began a five-day protest around the state against gay marriage. Supporters of the Campaign for Children and Families rallied at the State Capitol, Stockton City Hall and Modesto City Hall. The group wants to block the passage of Assembly Bill 19.

S.F. gay weddings' supporters, critics mark anniversary
San Jose Mercury News 2/11/05
Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, dismissed the weekend gay rights celebrations. "These are some liberal, pro-homosexuals who want to celebrate the notorious anniversary of a rogue mayor breaking the law and trashing marriage," said Thomasson, who is holding his own "Keep Your Hands Off Marriage" press events in Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto on Monday, Valentine's Day.

One year later: SF's gay weddings
ABC 7 (San Francisco) 2/11/05
Randy Thomasson, Campaign for Children and Families: "I think a film of this nature is obviously meant to de-sensitize people to protecting marriage for a man and a woman. It's meant to tell people marriage is anything you want it to be."

Group demonstrates support for traditional marriages
Fresno Bee 2/6/05
The rally, one of two sponsored by the Campaign for Children and Families, was headed by Lopez, Randy Thomasson, president of Children and Families; Assembly Member Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto; and Assembly Member Mike Villines, R-Clovis. Another rally is planned for noon on Feb. 14, Valentine's Day, at the state Capitol.

Connecticut lawmakers want same-sex 'marriage' legalized
Agape Press 2/2/05
"The media and politicians won't know that you care about protecting the sacred institution of marriage," Thomasson says in a press release. "Please interrupt your schedule and show the media that you really care about marriage staying between a man and a woman."

Study: MTV content more offensive than that of broadcast TV
BP News / Texas Baptist News Journal 2/1/05
"This should be a wakeup call for parents everywhere to take drastic action to protect their children's eyes and ears from this immoral indoctrination," Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, told Baptist Press.

Why do bare breasts on the beach make some people's flesh crawl?
Torrance Daily Breeze 1/31/05
Randy Thomasson, president of The Campaign for Children and Families, called Johnson's idea "loopy," stating, "We already have too many sexual assaults in our society. This will fuel that fire."

Lawyers fight ban on topless sunbathing
Contra Costa Times / San Jose Mercury News 1/29/05
Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families is aghast at what he's calling the "Drop Your Top" law. Any changes will just encourage public nudity and ruin family outings, said Thomasson, who usually wears T-shirts at the beach because of his fair skin.

Topless sunbathing in California?
CNSNews 1/28/05
"This 'drop your top' proposal is so wrong-headed it's embarrassing," said Randy Thomasson, CCF president, in a press release. "We already have too many sexual assaults in society. If the state encourages women to show their breasts to men and boys at public beaches and parks, inappropriate treatment of women and girls will only worsen."

Transsexuals get free reign in restrooms?
WorldNetDaily 1/26/05
The measure is being blasted by the likes of Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, who says the action will "force women and girls to endure transsexual men entering and using women's restrooms on county-owned property, including parks and libraries where children gather. The resolution also forces county employees and contractors to agree with transsexuality and sex changes, or suffer retribution if they complain or resist."

Group fights proposal to allow men in women's bathrooms
CNSNews 1/24/05
The Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a pro-family group, is urging concerned citizens to attend Tuesday morning's hearing in Oakland, where the five supervisors are scheduled to vote on a resolution that says that transsexuals "shall have full and equal enjoyment of....dressing and bathroom facilities, consistent with the person's gender identity."

8th-graders told stripping, exotic dancing are rewarding career choices
Agape Press 1/21/05
Randy Thomasson, executive director of the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families, sees the incident as another example of schools in his state allowing children to be indoctrinated with concepts contrary to parents' values. He says it also exemplifies what happens when society stops degrading prostitution and strip dancing -- and is yet another reason for Christians to remove their children from public schools.

Timing of push to legalize gay marriage is questioned
San Diego Union Tribune 1/14/05
Randy Thomasson, a critic of expanding gay rights, said he believes Democrats are moving forward because so many have safe seats. But "there are more than a handful of Democrats who could lose their seats over this," said Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families.

Pro-family activists commend communities' stand for parental rights 
Agape Press 1/12/05
Randy Thomasson, who heads the Sacramento-based Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), is crediting the citizens and local leaders of Placer County, where the school district is located, with securing the pro-family victory in this matter. "They were motivated by radio talk shows that were sympathetic to parental rights, e-mail alerts, word-of-mouth and a liberal newspaper story," he says, "and they turned out because they care about their parental rights and moral decision-making."

No Kid Rock at Bush concert
WorldNetDaily 1/12/05
After reading some of Kid Rock's lyrics, Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, was outraged the rapper would be a part of the president's festivities.

Inauguration committee backpedals on Kid Rock
WorldNetDaily 1/6/05
"If this sex-crazed animal, whose favorite word is the F-word, is allowed to sing at Bush's inauguration this will send a clear message to pro-family Americans that the Republican Party has taken them for a ride and ditched them in the gutter," Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, told WND.

Kid Rock too vulgar for inauguration?
WorldNetDaily 1/5/05
After reading some of Kid Rock's lyrics, Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, was outraged the rapper would be a part of the president's festivities. "I just read Kid Rock's sexually explicit lyrics and feel ashamed and dirty for even looking at his songs," he told WND.

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