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AP on NOM's Dump Starbucks Campaign

March 22, 2012 – 12:30 pm

The Associated Press quotes our co-founder Maggie Gallagher: Following a shareholders’ meeting of the Seattle-based coffee giant on Wednesday, the Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage announced a “Dump Starbucks” protest. The group says it will place ads throughout the country, as well as in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, urging consumers to boycott […]

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WaPo: Michelle Obama's Comments on SCOTUS Sow More Confusion

March 22, 2012 – 12:00 pm

The Washington Post’s Plum Line blog: “…The First Lady [said at a fundraiser last night] that Obama’s appointees to the Supreme Court will uphold the right to “love whomever we choose.” Though her aides say she has said this before, gay rights advocates are seizing on the language for the first time. One prominent advocate, […]

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California Democrats Offer to Help Impose San Francisco Values on North Carolina Voters

March 22, 2012 – 11:00 am

Via LGBT Point of View: Statement of California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton on President Obama’s Opposition to Discriminatory Same-Sex Marriage Ban in North Carolina: California Democrats proudly support President Obama for taking a stand against a divisive ballot amendment that seeks to codify discrimination against same-sex couples into North Carolina’s constitution. As Democrats across […]

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PolitickerNY: NOM "Avenged Carl Kruger’s Despicable Vote" on SSM

March 22, 2012 – 10:30 am

PolitickerNY: National Organization for Marriage, which spent more than $25,000 on independent expenditures for Republican candidate David Storobin in his tight special election last night, is cheering his narrow 120 vote lead for the State Senate in southeastern Brooklyn. “One thing is certain—supporting same-sex marriage is a loser,” the president of the organization, Brian Brown, […]

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Heritage Blog: Institution of Marriage Defended Throughout the Nation

March 22, 2012 – 10:00 am

The Heritage’s Foundry blog overviews recent developments in the fight to protect marriage: The institution of marriage has seen better days in America. The question now is how Americans will think about, shape, and participate in marriage going forward. Will Americans seek to strengthen marriage, including through laws and policies that promote the public goods […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

UK MP: "I Can Handle Death Threats, But Gay Marriage Threatens Freedom of Speech"

March 22, 2012 – 9:00 am

David Burrowes, Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate: The consultation about how to redefine marriage is something of a surprise: prior to the announcement last October, I did not receive one letter, email or tweet demanding a change in the law. The greatest demand has come from the ‘Coalition for Marriage’ which in just three weeks […]

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Local NWCN: R-74 Supporters "Revving Up" Petitions to Preserve Marriage

March 22, 2012 – 8:00 am

Local King 5 News: More than 120,000 signatures are needed by June 6 to get Referendum 74 on the ballot. If that happens, the law is put on hold until after the election. On the ballot in November, voters would decide either yes or no on gay marriage. Opponents say they think they will be […]

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Bill Introduced to Restore Religious Freedom to Chaplains Post-DADT

March 22, 2012 – 7:00 am

WorldNetDaily: A congressman who has introduced legislation to restore religious freedom to military chaplains says Barack Obama’s decision to permit open homosexuality in the armed forces has created an unconstitutional divide that protects the rights of supporters of homosexuality but disciplines adherents to biblical standards of behavior. “When President Obama put his hand on the […]

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Video: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Asked About Controversial Same-Sex Marriage Stance

March 21, 2012 – 5:30 pm

Here is the video of the exchanges this morning at the annual Starbucks shareholder meeting: For more information see our press release and www.DumpStarbucks.com.

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Sioux City Journal: Rally Pushes for Iowa Vote on Marriage

March 21, 2012 – 1:30 pm

The Sioux City Journal: Hundreds of advocates for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage crowded the Capitol rotunda Tuesday where they prayed, sang and rallied before lobbying lawmakers. The effort is likely the last big push this legislative session by groups who want the Democrat-controlled Senate to take up legislation that calls for a […]

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NY Press: Marriage Was "Referendum" Issue in NY Special Election; Fidler "Hammered" for Same-Sex Marriage

March 21, 2012 – 1:00 pm

More from the New York press on the role same-sex marriage played in the New York special election to replace disgraced marriage flip-flopper Sen. Kruger: Brooklyn Daily: “…a war of words between the two men that turned the race into a referendum on their faiths and positions on abortion and gay marriage — hot button […]

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Photopost: Scenes from Inside the Starbucks Shareholder Meeting

March 21, 2012 – 12:30 pm

As our media alert explains, NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher and Jonathan Baker, head of NOM’s Corporate Fairness Project are attending the Starbucks annual shareholder meeting in Seattle, WA today. Here are some photos from inside the meeting:

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NYTimes: "Orthodox Community...Did Not Favor Mr. Fidler's Support of Same-Sex Marriage"

March 21, 2012 – 12:00 pm

The New York Times: “…With all precincts reporting, according to unofficial results received by the New York City Board of Elections, the Republican upstart candidate, David Storobin, 33, held a tenuous 120-vote lead over Lewis A. Fidler, 55, the Democratic city councilman, for the 27th District seat. But there were still at least 757 paper […]

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Pro-Marriage Challenger Upsets Pro-SSM Democrat in NY Assembly Race Overlapping Sen. Grisanti's District

March 21, 2012 – 11:15 am

The Buffalo News on a surprise victory last night of a pro-marriage independent Democrat who took on a pro-SSM establishment Democrat and won! Michael P. Kearns, a Democrat running on the Republican line, scored a stunning upset of landslide proportions over endorsed Democrat Christopher J. Fahey in a Tuesday special election for the 145th Assembly […]

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Michael Brown Exposes the Hypocrisy of GLAAD

March 21, 2012 – 11:00 am

Michael Brown in TownHall: It is time to expose the hypocrisy and intolerance of GLAAD, which is really the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Disagreement (not Defamation), as I have pointed out many times before. Not only does GLAAD seek to silence or discredit opposing voices, but it also praises those who attack those voices, […]

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