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Rev. Owens and Other Black Pastors Condemn Obama's Gay Marriage Support

May 21, 2012 – 10:30 am

Rev. Bill Owens is NOM’s liaison to the African-American churches and we are so blessed to have his energy in this great fight! It is the most hallowed phrase emblazoned on American currency. In God We Trust. President Obama shocked many Americans last week with an endorsement, “It is important for me to go ahead […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (5)

CNN Video: Pastor Evans Says He is Disappointed in Obama's Marriage Morph

May 21, 2012 – 9:30 am

Pastor Tony Evans is senior pastor at the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship: He begins: “I was disappointed. As a Christian and as a person who believes the bible has established clearly what marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman and because the reality is that the saga of a nation is […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (7)

Video: Rev. Ralph Martino Says Obama's SSM Stance Makes it "Very Difficult" to Support Him

May 21, 2012 – 8:30 am

CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux talks with Rev. Ralph Martino of First Church of Christ Holiness in Washington, DC about President Obama’s abandonment of marriage: Rev. Martino says: “If this stance continues [of Obama in favor of same-sex marriage] as is it will create some issues and challenges and make it very difficult for individuals to say […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (2)

WashExaminer: Democratic Split Over Gay Marriage Breaks Open

May 21, 2012 – 8:00 am

The Washington Examiner: That didn’t take long. Just over a week since President Obama flip-flopped to endorse gay marriage, a significant split among Democrats has opened and threatens to become Grand Canyon-wide in moderate and conservative states where congressional candidates fear the issue will sink their election chances. On the heels of a new North […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Phillip Blond: The Attempt to Redefine Marriage is a New Form of Totalitarianism

May 20, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Phillip Blond is the founder of the think tank Res Publica in the UK, and appears in this video produced for the World Congress of Families in London: He says: “The attempt to redefine marriage is profoundly important because what its actually saying is that a structure which has persisted, sanctioned by the religions, since […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (16)

UK Blogger Under Investigation for Posting Ad in Support of Marriage

May 20, 2012 – 11:00 am

The UK Christian Concern: A Christian blog writer, who goes by the pseudonym “Archbishop Cranmer”, is under investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for posting an advert on behalf of the Coalition for Marriage. The Coalition for Marriage is campaigning to preserve the current legal definition of marriage as between one man and one […]

Posted in Free Speech, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (21)

Church of Ireland Upholds Marriage as Between One Man and One Woman

May 20, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Christian Post, Europe: The General Synod of the Church of Ireland has passed a motion upholding marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The motion, passed on Saturday, affirms Canon 31, which states that marriage is “a union permanent and lifelong, for better or worse, till death do them part, of […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (1)

Australian Human Rights Commissioner Forced to Resign After Supporting Marriage

May 19, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Jason Rushton, Australian correspondent for LifeSiteNews: A board member of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) has resigned less than 48 hours after Australian media reported that he had signed a document supporting true marriage. Professor Kuruvilla George, who is also Victoria’s deputy chief psychiatrist, signed a pro-marriage submission to a Senate […]

Posted in Australia, Free Speech, Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (13)

Australia's Atheist Prime Minister Remains Opposed to SSM

May 19, 2012 – 12:00 pm

In the Sydney Morning Herald: Prime Minister Julia Gillard will continue to oppose gay marriage in Australia despite US President Barack Obama publicly endorsing it in a national television interview overnight. Ms Gillard today said she stood by her beliefs and would not vote for a private member’s bill set to be introduced in Federal […]

Posted in Australia, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

Christian Marriage Conference in UK Banned for Opposition to Gay Marriage

May 19, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Christian Post, Europe: The organizers of a marriage conference in Britain have been told they can no longer hold the event on their regular hired premises because they support the biblical definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. The Law Society in England has revoked its permission for “Christian Concern” to […]

Posted in Culture, Law, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (15)

NOM's Goddard: Pacquiao Packs a Punch for Traditional Marriage

May 18, 2012 – 5:30 pm

Damian Goddard is the spokesman for NOM’s Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance, and writes in LifeSiteNews: “…Shortly after his being expelled from The Grove, Pacquiao issued the following statement. “I am against gay marriage, but I’m not condemning gays. I have family – a cousin – who’s gay, and friends too. I’m just against gay marriage… To […]

Posted in California, Free Speech, Marriage, MarriageADA, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (11)

Anonymous Writer to WSJ: I'm Anonymous For Fear Of Losing My Career

May 18, 2012 – 12:30 pm

James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal seeks to understand why marriage polls never register the support for marriage we see in actual statewide votes, and can only find an anonymous source to help explain why — read to the last line: Every state where same-sex marriage has been on the ballot, it has lost–usually […]

Posted in Marriage, MarriageADA, Polling, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (26)

Video: Maggie Gallagher Answers Why She Joined the Fight to Protect Marriage

May 18, 2012 – 12:00 pm

NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher participates in a series by The Daily Beast where readers can ask prominent thinkers anything they want. She answers the question why is protecting marriage against redefinition important along with strengthening marriage against divorce and infidelity:

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (23)

The Blaze: Church Receives Violent Threats After Posting "Two Men Are Friends, Not Spouses" Sign

May 18, 2012 – 11:30 am

Billy Hallowel at The Blaze: St. Francis Xavier in Acushnet, Massachusetts, isn’t afraid to insert its voice into the contentious gay marriage debate. The church, which posted a controversial sign voicing its disapproval of gay marriage, is reportedly receiving violent threats as a result of it’s anti-gay marriage messaging. “Two men are friends, not spouses,” […]

Posted in Marriage, MarriageADA, Massachusetts, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (46)

Krauthammer: Obama Is Now Trying to Get Away From SSM As Fast As He Can

May 18, 2012 – 11:00 am

Charles Krauthammer in his weekly column for the Washington Post: “… It’s a howling contradiction to leave up to the states an issue Obama now says is a right. And beyond being intellectually untenable, Obama’s embrace of the more hard-line “rights” argument compels him logically to see believers in traditional marriage as purveyors of bigotry. […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (8)
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