“It is time for South Carolina to defend marriage and I need your help to do it.”
— Attorney General Henry McMaster

The South Carolina Marriage Amendment Campaign is a statewide effort to pass Amendment 1 on the November, 2006 General Election ballot. The Amendment defines marriage as an institution for one man and one woman.

The campaign is overseen by the Palmetto Family Committee, a special ballot initiative of Palmetto Family Council. Palmetto Family Committee is registered with the State Ethics Commission.

Palmetto Family Council is a faith-based public policy organization founded in South Carolina in 1994 and headquartered in Columbia just a few blocks from the Statehouse. PFC is affiliated with Focus on the Family and Family Research Council. A Board of Directors composed of community leaders from across the state directs the work of the Council.

The Honorary State Chairman of the effort is Attorney General Henry McMaster.

Members of the Advisory Committee include Statewide Elected Officials, Members of Congress, Members of the South Carolina General Assembly and Community Leaders.

The work of the Committee is an outgrowth of the public policy work of the the Palmetto Family Council.