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Drafted by Robert George, Timothy George, and Charles Colson, the 4,700-word document boldly reaffirmed three non-negotiable principles: the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, marriage as the conjugal union of one man and one woman, and religious liberty as the bedrock of a free society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Framed as a line in the sand against growing secular pressures, it declared that Christians could not comply with laws that would compel them to participate in abortion, embryo-destructive research, same-sex \u201cmarriage,\u201d or other practices that violate divine and natural law. The signatories pledged to accept civil disobedience, including imprisonment, rather than betray these convictions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within weeks, the Declaration had gathered over half a million signatures and became a unifying charter for the pro-life, pro-family wing of American Christianity. 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