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DumpStarbucks.com: 24,959!

March 31, 2012 – 1:00 pm

We are so close to meeting Brian Brown’s target of 25,000 by the end of this week. Can you find a friend to go to DumpStarbucks.com and push us over the top!?  

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Dump Starbucks Pledge Signer Says Starbucks "Pushing the Gay Agenda"

March 31, 2012 – 11:00 am

The Seacoast Online interviews one of the good people who signed our Dump Starbucks pledge: “…For Mary Saunders of Rochester, who signed and sent one of the campaign’s form protest letters to the Portsmouth Herald, the threat of the so-called gay agenda is greater than the threat posed by same-sex marriage alone. Saunders said she […]

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Video: Debunking the "Gay Marriage = Economic Stimulus" Myth

March 31, 2012 – 9:00 am

Kalley Yanta debunks the tired meme that claims protecting marriage somehow harms the economy. She argues: “This argument is internally inconsistent with other arguments gay-marriage backers advance. For example, they argue that more gay and lesbian couples are making their homes are making their home in Minnesota, so we should redefine marriage to accommodate them. […]

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Gay British MP: Gay Activists in Britain Avoided U.S. Mistake of Attacking Marriage

March 30, 2012 – 3:15 pm

The Washington Post writes today about David Cameron’s (faltering) attempt to make gay marriage a “conservative” cause in the UK, but what is more interesting to us are these comments by an openly gay Labor MP: “…By offering the proposal, Cameron has put his party out in front of even many gay advocates here who […]

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Update: Storobin Leads by 1 in NY Special Election Recount

March 30, 2012 – 2:30 pm

This election is coming right down to the wire, as PolitickerNY reports: The latest turn in the special election to replace Carl Kruger in the State Senate has given the Republican candidate, David Storobin, a gigantic lead of one vote over his Democratic opponent Lew Fidler, multiple tipsters toldThe Politicker. …And, with all of the invalid […]

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TVNEWSER and Others Take Issue with How MSNBC's Roberts Handled Scheduling Gaffe

March 30, 2012 – 2:00 pm

Alex Weprin of TVNewser: Thomas Roberts was slated to interview the National Organization for Marriage’s Maggie Gallagher, but the camera feed showed an empty chair, with Roberts saying that Gallagher didn’t show up (h/t Inside Cable News). There was just one big, glaring problem: Gallagher was ready to appear, but was in a different studio. […]

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300,000 Oppose SSM in Biggest UK Petition Since Election

March 30, 2012 – 1:00 pm

The UK Telegraph on a groundswell of public support for marriage: More than 300,000 people have joined a campaign against David Cameron’s plan to legalise same-sex marriage. Organisers claimed that their petition had become the biggest public campaign since the 2010 election. It highlights the support for the traditional definition of marriage as the union […]

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Concerned Women of America: Starbucks Disrespects Values Voters

March 30, 2012 – 12:00 pm

The Concerned Women for America blog: …What is most frustrating about Starbucks’ liberal support is that it totally disregards the traditional views of many customers and staff members. Considering that there are twice as many conservatives as there are liberals, Starbucks should heed Mr. Strohbar’s warnings. Ponder the impact of lost business from loyal customers. […]

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"GOP Senators Who Backed SSM Face Backlash at Home"

March 30, 2012 – 11:30 am

This news is slightly dated but still important – the most notable thing that has changed since this was published is that a challenger to Sen. Saland has also emerged! EDITOR’S NOTE: The original content of this post has been removed at the request of the copyright owner.

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PPP Poll Shows NC Marriage Protection Amendment Up 20 Points

March 30, 2012 – 11:00 am

Facts are stubborn things and no amount of PPP’s framing can avoid the simple fact that North Carolina’s Marriage Protection Amendment is up 20 points, six weeks before voters head to the polls. It is also being supported by a majority of Democrats in the state: Learn more about the North Carolina Marriage Protection Amendment […]

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Carl Paladino Throws Support Behind Sen. Saland Challenger

March 30, 2012 – 10:00 am

Politics on the Hudson Albany Watch blog: Carl Paladino, the failed 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate, endorsed Neil Di Carlo today in his GOP primary bid against Sen. Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie. … Like Paladino, Di Carlo is a conservative Republican, and both oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. Saland was one of four Republican senators to vote […]

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New Senate Lines Carefully Exclude Black Churches from Sen. Grisanti's District

March 30, 2012 – 9:00 am

Yet more fall-out from Sen. Mark Grisanti’s unpopular flip-flop on marriage, as Capital Tonight reports: “…[Ramapo Town Councilman Yitzchok Ullman] also argues that the new lines have been “impermissibly drawn based on religious considerations.” He’s not the only one in the state with that complaint. The black churches that used to be represented by WNY […]

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LSN: "Like Marriage? Then Dump Starbucks, Says NOM"

March 30, 2012 – 8:00 am

LifeSiteNews: [NOM co-founder Maggie] Gallagher said that she doesn’t “generally support boycotts.” “But Starbucks has voluntarily decided—as a corporation—to associate its brand with a major political issue,” she said, noting that the decision would seem to contradict the company’s promises in some parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East, not to subsidize political […]

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Dump Starbucks: Letter to the Editor Edition

March 29, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Colleen in Syracuse took action and wrote a letter to the editor of her local Syracuse newspaper explaining why she has pledged to DumpStarbucks: I have just learned that the Starbucks Corp. has begun a public campaign to rewrite our marriage laws and to recognize same-sex marriage. I was shocked to hear of a major […]

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New PPP Poll Shows Marriage Leading in Maryland!

March 29, 2012 – 12:00 pm

The Washington Post claims Maryland is “split” on marriage even though marriage is actually leading by a few points, and leading by an even wider margin when it comes to voter intensity. Also note the charged way the question was asked (voters were asked about making same-sex marriage “illegal”): “…With a referendum on the issue […]

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