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Chicago Tribune: Religious Liberty Key Issue in Illinois GOP Primary

The Chicago Tribune on the effects of same-sex civil unions and religious liberty issues playing a role in the Illinois GOP primary happening today: The issue of religious freedom, raised by all four Republican candidates but identified most strongly with Rick Santorum, finds an interested audience as the contest reaches Illinois. Last year in Illinois, […]

Quad City Times: Rally for Marriage Amendment Slated at Capitol

The Quad City Times: Proponents of traditional marriage say they plan to keep the political heat on state lawmakers even though the chances of forcing action on a constitutional amendment to let voters decide whether marriage should be defined as only between one man and one woman is not likely this session. Officials with the […]

Video: Catholic Bishops of North Carolina in Support of the Marriage Amendment

From the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte: First in a series of videos by the bishops of North Carolina explaining the position of the Catholic Church in support of the proposed state constitutional amendment recognizing marriage exclusively as the union between one man and one woman. Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte presents this video:

Cornerstone Action: Come to the New Hampshire Statehouse this Wednesday!

An action alert from Cornerstone: State House Alert New Hampshire House of Representatives Will Decide the Fate of Traditional Marriage Wednesday, March 21st Take Action: Come to the State House at 8am, March 21st to Pass Out Information and Talk To Representatives as They Enter Reps Hall to Vote on HB 437 Please come show […]

Look: NOM's Web Ad Appearing in New Hampshire

With the vote to restore marriage in New Hampshire coming up, here’s a sample of our web campaign to promote the effort: Learn more at www.nhformarriage.com right now!

Vote For Marriage NC Responds to Obama: "No Business Inserting Himself Into The People's Business

Vote For Marriage NC is supporting the Marriage Protection Amendment which will go before the people on May 8th: The following statement in reaction to President Obama’s opposition to the North Carolina Marriage Amendment may be attributed to Tami Fitzgerald, Chairwoman of Vote FOR Marriage NC: “Not only did President Obama state during his election […]

Obama Opposes North Carolina Marriage Protection Amendment

We are not surprised, of course, because Pres. Obama has continually opposed efforts to allow the people of a state to protect marriage, beginning with his opposition of Prop 8 during the 2008 campaign: President Barack Obama today came out against the proposed constitutional amendment on North Carolina’s May 8th ballot banning same sex marriages […]

Gill Boasts It Will Continue "Stealthy" Activism

What some call “stealthy” other would call “open deception” or “lies” — like Democratic activists pretending to be Republicans in New Hampshire, or (as this article brags) funding ads on issues you don’t care about to bring down a marriage leader like Marilyn Musgrave: The Gill Action Fund’s new leader promises to continue the organization’s […]

Gay Activists Recruit Kids to Promote Gay Marriage with Free T-Shirts

PR Newswire: H8SUX.com, a gay activist and T-shirt website, launched today and released its first viral video campaign targeting school kids with an offer of a free “OK4U2BGAY” T-shirt. The free pro-gay shirt will be shipped to any teen who simply makes a special YouTube video pledge to speak out against homophobia at school and […]

New York Post Endorses David Storobin

The New York Post: There’s a special election tomorrow in south Brooklyn — Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Mill Basin — to choose a successor to ex-state Sen. Carl Kruger, the latest to march in Albany’s long line of convicted felons. The choice is between Republican David Storobin, an attorney and political neophyte, and Democrat […]

Front Page of Flatbush Jewish Journal Claims Lew Fidler Supports Teaching SSM to Children in Schools

The battle of the Jewish newspapers continues the weekend before the New York special election to replace disgraced ex-Sen. Kruger. Here is the front page of the Flatbush Jewish Journal, which goes out to over 100,000 people:

Orthodox Blogger on How to Win the Marriage Debate: Focus on Definitions, Not Rights

Selwyn Duke at Orthodoxy Today: … these leftists cannot say what marriage is, how can they be so sure about what it isn’t? If they cannot offer a definition they’re certain is right, how can they be so confident that the right definition is wrong? But the point is this: the court obviously doesn’t accept […]

Video: Minnesota Newlyweds Explain Why They're Voting for the Marriage Protection Amendment

The Public Insight Network has been recording and publishing video of Minnesotans explaining why they are voting yes (or no) on the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment. Janelle and Brian Gehling, recently married themselves, explain why they are voting YES:

British Official Admits Fix is in on Same-Sex Marriage, Accuses Opponents of "Homophobia"

The UK Daily Mail asks “Where’s the demand for gay marriage?”: Although the Government billed its plans for gay marriage as a ‘consultation document’, Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone left no doubt yesterday that the legislation is already a done deal. ‘The essential question is not whether we are going to introduce same-sex civil marriage, […]

Australian Prof. John Milbank Explains How Redefining Marriage Destroys It

John Milbank, Research Professor of Politics, Religion and Ethics at the University of Nottingham, Director of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, and Chairman of the ResPublica Trust argues in a lengthy essay for the Australian Broadcasting Company’s “Religion and Ethics” section that redefining marriage obscures the nature of marriage fundamentally and irrevocably. Here’s one […]