Ministers ask faithful to help ban gay marriage
Critics denounce drive to register churchgoers who will vote to amend the constitution
By R.G. RATCLIFFE
Houston Chronicle

AUSTIN - About 2,000 socially conservative ministers across Texas will be collecting more than tithes today as they call on their congregations to register to vote so they can be ready to add a ban on gay marriage to the state constitution in the November election.

Texas Restoration Project, which organized the voter-registration drive, says the effort is an attempt to bring morality to government by empowering Christian voters, regardless of party. But critics say the Texas Restoration Project is nothing more than an adjunct of the state Republican Party and Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign.

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