You don't need to be married to be a good parent, but marriage equality protects children by giving parents more tools with which to protect them.

您不需要结婚成为一个好的家长，但是平等婚姻通过给予家长更多的可以保护孩子的手段来保护孩子们。

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When my daughter Jessica was born, I wanted to protect her from my unhappy marriage, and I broke free.

我的女儿杰西卡出生后，为了保护她不受不幸福婚姻的伤害，我挣脱了这一婚姻。

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Impoverished parents often believe that child marriage will protect their daughters.

贫困家庭中的父母常认为：童婚可以保护他们的女儿。

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Mr Bush did call for a constitutional amendment to protect marriage from "activist" judges.

BBC: President Bush

Lobby group Protect Marriage also continued an online campaign, saying the change will undermine the traditional concept of marriage.

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Furthermore, even if the Defense of Marriage Act is upheld, the law does not protect marriage within any state or city.

CNN: Transcript of Bush statement