Katrina Trinko of National Review summarizes the post Obama announcement polling: It looks like Barack Obama’s decision to support gay marriage is hurting him in the polls. A CBS/NYT poll out tonight gives Mitt Romney a 3-point lead among voters, 46 percent to 43 percent. A Rasmussen poll conducted after Obama’s announcement on gay marriage […]
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Video: Romney Uses Commencement to Reaffirm Marriage Between One Man and One Woman
May 15, 2012 – 12:00 pm
The Blaze: Mitt Romney doubled down against same-sex marriage Saturday, using his commencement address at Liberty University to reaffirm his belief that marriage is between “one man and one woman.” The presumptive Republican presidential nominee told graduates of the Jerry Falwell-founded evangelical university “culture — what you believe, what you value, how you live — […]
Brian Brown in CNN: North Carolina's Gay Marriage Vote Spells the End of Obama
May 15, 2012 – 11:30 am
Our President Brian Brown’s exclusive op-ed with CNN: North Carolina is so important to the re-election chances of Barack Obama that he picked Charlotte as the host city for the Democratic nominating convention. On May 8, all his careful plans came crashing down when 61% of voters in a North Carolina referendum adopted a constitutional […]
Starbucks CEO Admits Investors Worried About Company's Pro-Gay Marriage Stance
May 15, 2012 – 11:00 am
Drew Zahn at WorldNetDaily: In response to objections over a public statement made earlier this year backing Washington’s same-sex marriage bill, the leadership of Starbucks Corporation assured its investors not to worry, for profits have never been better. Starbucks President and CEO Howard Schultz fielded questions from shareholders over whether taking a stance on the […]
Coalition of African American Pastors Condemns Obama's Flip Flop on Marriage
May 15, 2012 – 10:30 am
The Coalition for African American Pastors: Memphis, TN – A coalition of well-known and highly respected Black clergy headed by the Reverend William Owens, founder and president of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) and other leaders responded strongly to President Obama’s declaration of support for same-sex marriage. Reverend Owens led in the civil […]
Holloway on The President's Still Contorted Position on Same-Sex Marriage
May 15, 2012 – 10:00 am
Over at Public Discourse, Carson Holloway examines some of the tensions and contradictions that remain in President Obama’s flip-flop on same-sex marriage: The president has recently received a good deal of credit from liberal commentators for having come out clearly in support of same-sex marriage. Having once opposed it, and having more recently said that […]
Judge's Ruling Puts David Storobin Ahead in NY Special Election
May 15, 2012 – 8:00 am
The Brooklyn Daily on the ongoing efforts to settle Storobin’s bid to defeat Lew Fidler for ex-Sen. Carl Kruger’s seat: Councilman Lew Fidler’s brief lead over GOP opponent David Storobin in the still-too-close-to-call race to replace prison-bound ex-pol Carl Kruger is about to disappear. Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Larry Martin ordered the Board of Elections […]
WaTimes: Gay Marriage Gives Romney Chance to Fire Up Base
May 15, 2012 – 7:00 am
Seth McLaughlin at The Washington Times: While many Republicans consider the sudden emergence of gay marriage as an issue in the 2012 presidential campaign an unhelpful distraction, social conservatives Sunday insisted the Obama administration has given presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney an opportunity. “I think the president this past week took six or seven states […]
AP: Special Session for Civil Unions Begins In Colorado
May 15, 2012 – 6:00 am
The Associated Press: Gay-rights activists gathered Monday at the Colorado Capitol for a special legislative session to consider civil unions said they were fired up to lobby for a measure that died on a Republican maneuver last week – but skeptical the matter would fare better in the special session. Hundreds of activists wearing red […]
Pat Buchanan: If Obama Gets One More Term He Stacks the SCOTUS and Forces SSM on America
May 14, 2012 – 5:00 pm
Patrick Buchanan’s most recent column in Human Events: “… Obama, by declaring that homosexual marriages should be on the same legal and moral plane as traditional marriage, just took command of the forces of anti-Christian secularism in America’s Kulturkampf. And Nov. 6, 2012, is shaping up as the Antietam of the culture war. … Republican […]
NYTimes: Pastors Immediately Criticized Obama's SSM Flip-Flop on Private Conference Call With President
May 14, 2012 – 4:00 pm
The New York Times on the immediate blowback from the President’s own inner circle of faith leaders: About two hours after declaring his support for same-sex marriage last week, President Obama gathered eight or so African-American ministers on a conference call to explain himself. He had struggled with the decision, he said, but had come […]
CBS Baltimore: African-American Church Leaders Condemn Obama For Gay Marriage Support
May 14, 2012 – 3:30 pm
CBS Baltimore: Just days after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, pastors and priests around Maryland took to their own pulpits with their reaction– and in some cases– condemnation of the president. … When Obama announced that his position on same-sex marriage had evolved, it outraged some African-American pastors like Pastor and […]
Video: Black Pastor Tells CNN His Church Won’t Support Obama, "Plan To Stay Home"
May 14, 2012 – 3:00 pm
Mediaite: President Obama’s headline-grabbing flip-flop on gay marriage may cost him dearly in the more religious parts of the black community, reports CNN today, as pastors tell their congregations the president is wrong in stepping in. In a report on the divide over social issues in the black community, Athena Jones speakers to Rev. Dr.Emmett […]
Daniel Halper: "Obama's Enemies List is Working"
May 14, 2012 – 2:30 pm
More on the Campaign to Re-elect the President’s efforts to demonize and punish their political opponents, via Daniel Halper at The Weekly Standard: Businessman Frank Vandersloot, the CEO of Melaleuca, has been targeted by the Obama campaign after donating money to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. “Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, ‘Keeping GOP Honest,’ […]
Bill Kristol: Defenders of Marriage Must Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Their Peace
May 14, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, on the choice facing Americans this November: “…Will victory in November guarantee prevailing over the long run? Aren’t the defenders of the traditional family—or as we would have it, the defenders of the family—destined to be swamped by the modern tidal waves of individual choice and sexual liberation? […]
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