Rick Santorum responds, via CNN: Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum: “The announcement today by President Obama should come as no surprise to the American public. President Obama has consistently fought against protecting the institution of marriage from radical social engineering at both the state and federal level. The President recently opposed the North Carolina […]
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Rick Santorum Responds to Obama: "I Will Continue to Fight the Cultural Elites"
May 10, 2012 – 10:00 am
Republican Senators Respond to Obama's Marriage Flip Flop
May 10, 2012 – 9:00 am
Via CNN: Sen. Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah: “I’m glad the President finally laid out his position to the American people, but changing the definition of marriage is not something I can support. The sanctity of marriage is not to be taken lightly. Sanctioned by God, this sacred union between a man and a woman […]
RNC Chairman Responds to Obama: "We Call for a Constitutional Amendment on Marriage"
May 10, 2012 – 8:00 am
CNN’s responses to Obama’s marriage announcement includes this one, from Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus: “Because our children’s future is best preserved within the traditional understanding of marriage, we call for a constitutional amendment that fully protects marriage as a union of a man and a woman, so that judges cannot make other arrangements […]
Why Did Obama Flip-Flop on Marriage? WaPo: 1-in-6 Obama Campaign Bundlers is Gay
May 9, 2012 – 6:00 pm
The Washington Post on the money behind the morph: The controversy that has erupted this week over President Obama’s stance on same-sex marriage has cast a spotlight on the importance of the gay community to his re-election fundraising efforts. Many of Obama’s key financial supporters are gay, including finance director Rufus Gifford and Democratic National […]
Maggie Gallagher: Obama's Marriage Flip-Flop Was "Choosing Money Over the Voters"
May 9, 2012 – 5:45 pm
CBS News: “We think it’s a huge mistake. President Obama is choosing the money over the voters the day after 61 percent of North Carolinians in a key swing state demonstrated they oppose gay marriage,” said Maggie Gallagher, co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage and director of the Culture War Victory Fund.
Video: Mitt Romney Strongly Opposes Same-Sex Marriage
May 9, 2012 – 5:30 pm
Mitt Romney said: “I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender and I don’t favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other then by name. My view is that domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights and the like are appropriate but that the others are not.”
Ross Douthat: On Marriage, Has Obama Been Lying to the American People for Four Years?
May 9, 2012 – 12:30 pm
Ross Douthat in the New York Times says if same-sex proponents and journalists were consistent, they would be far more harsh on the President’s waffling on marriage: “…to say that the president’s approach is understandable does not mean that it’s necessarily defensible. Supporters of same-sex marriage have worked very hard to frame their issue, not […]
NewsMax: Sen. Hatch Demands IRS Probe Leak of Marriage Group's Donor List
May 9, 2012 – 12:00 pm
NewsMax on the news we reported earlier this morning about ongoing developments in our quest for definitive answers from the IRS about the leak of our confidential tax documents to the HRC: U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch is asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the possible unauthorized disclosure of the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) […]
Erick Erickson: A Terrible, No Good, Awful Night for Barack Obama (in North Carolina)
May 9, 2012 – 11:30 am
Erick Erickson, CNN political contributor and founder of Red State: “…North Carolina did not pass a ban on gay marriage as the media reports. Rather they refused to allow their definition of marriage to be changed. The marriage definition was put into law years ago, but with an onslaught of judicial activists, the voters in […]
National Journal: NC Vote for Marriage a "Warning for Obama and Democrats"
May 9, 2012 – 11:00 am
Alex Roart of the National Journal: “The overwhelming North Carolina vote to define marriage as legal only between a man and woman is an unequivocal reminder that gay marriage remains unappealing in many parts of the country… That’s a warning for President Obama, who is currently positioned somewhere between supporters of gay marriage – who […]
Media Reacts to Overwhelming North Carolina Victory
May 9, 2012 – 10:45 am
[We will be updating this throughout the day!] NBC Politics: “Our position that marriage is between a man and a woman is gaining support, not losing support,” said Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage.
Jeff Bell on Why Marriage Will be a "Major Factor" in Presidential Race
May 9, 2012 – 10:30 am
Jeffrey Bell in the Weekly Standard: Yesterday’s overwhelming approval of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions by the voters of North Carolina underlines the growing likelihood that the issue will be a major factor in the 2012 presidential election. Consider the following circumstances: … Republican elites and consultants who say the definition […]
PPP: NC Results Convinced Us National Polls Showing Majority SSM Support Are Wrong
May 9, 2012 – 10:00 am
Left-leaning Public Policy Polling, which is based in North Carolina and polled the Marriage Amendment faithfully month by month right up until the final days before yesterday’s vote, was candid about what they learned from seeing marriage hugely outperform their own predictions: They also noted that marriage’s ability to outperform advance polling should be taken […]
Daily Caller: Sen. Orrin Hatch Asks IRS to Investigate NOM Donor Leak
May 9, 2012 – 9:00 am
Matt K. Lewis at the Daily Caller: The saga over who leaked the IRS documents continues… In a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, has requested an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) confidential donor information. […]
Media Coverage of Continuing Fall-Out Over Biden's SSM Comments
May 9, 2012 – 8:00 am
The Livingston Daily: “…Gay-rights advocates have urged the president — who has previously said his views on the matter are “evolving” — to embrace gay marriage before the election. But Brian Brown, president of the conservative National Organization for Marriage, suggested that a debate on gay marriage could benefit Romney in several swing states that […]
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