The results of a new Washington Post-ABC News national poll of 1,003 adults (March 7-10). They asked this question of adults who self-identified as leaning Republican: “Regardless of who you may support, which of the Republican candidates do you trust most to handle Social issues, such as abortion and gay marriage?” Rick Santorum: 31% Mitt […]
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AP: "N.H. Lawmaker: Ditch Gay Marriage, Adopt Civil Unions"
March 14, 2012 – 12:15 pm
The Associated Press: The sponsor of a bill to repeal New Hampshire’s gay marriage law proposed Tuesday to give voters a chance to weigh in through a nonbinding ballot question on whether the state should restore a 2007 civil unions law. State Rep. David Bates, a Windham Republican, said his proposal would repeal gay marriage […]
What Marriage Means for Working-Class Adults Searching for Marital Love
March 14, 2012 – 10:00 am
David and Amber Lapp, researchers at the Institute for American Values, are the co-investigators of the Love and Marriage in Middle America project, a qualitative inquiry into how working class young adults in one small Ohio town form families. They summarize their findings in the Public Discourse: … How do working class young adults think […]
NY-9 Victor Bob Turner to Challenge Pro-SSM Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
March 14, 2012 – 9:00 am
Bob Turner, who defeated pro-SSM David Weprin in a massive upset earlier this year (with NOM’s help!) is planning to challenge New York Senator (and fierce same-sex marriage activist) Kirsten Gillibrand, as Politico reports: I’ve heard from two sources in GOP circles in New York that Bob Turner, the congressman who captured former Rep. Anthony […]
Chicago Tribune: Axelrod Not Making Obama's Non-Stance on Marriage Any Easier
March 14, 2012 – 8:00 am
Seema Mehta of the Chicago Tribune with more about the controversy caused by efforts to introduce same-sex marriage into the DNC platform: …[Obama 2012] Campaign manager Jim Messina, asked about the matter [same-sex marriage in the DNC platform] during a conference call with reporters, did not take a position on such a plank, but said […]
Hundreds of El Paso Christians Face Jail Time for Opposing Pro-Gay Legislation
March 13, 2012 – 1:00 pm
CitizenLink: Approximately 250 Christians affiliated with various ministries in El Paso, Texas, have asked the state Supreme Court to step in immediately to prevent them from being sent to jail. Their crime? Circulating petitions seeking the recall of Mayor John Cook and two city council members in 2010. That year, El Paso residents passed a […]
PA State Government Committee to Take Up Marriage Protection Amendment
March 13, 2012 – 12:30 pm
Pennsylvania is in the earliest stages of introducing a marriage protection amendment which could go to the voters of Pennyslvania as early as 2013. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe initiated a hearing of HB 1434 this morning in the State Government Committee. Please contact your state representatives in the Pennsylvania House and especially those on the […]
Video: Vote for the NC Marriage Protection Amendment!
March 13, 2012 – 12:00 pm
A new web video promoting the North Carolina Marriage Protection Amendment on May 8th: Marriage Promo – Contemporary from Vote Marriage on Vimeo.
2,500 Catholic Parishes in UK Hear Pro-Marriage Message From Bishops
March 13, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Catholic bishops in England and Wales stepped up their educational and advocacy efforts on behalf of marriage by asking for a letter defending marriage to be read in 2,500 Catholic parishes last Sunday. You can read the letter here and see excerpts of it here. Here is the AP coverage of their efforts: The […]
UK Government: Christians Have No Right to Wear Cross at Work
March 13, 2012 – 10:00 am
The Daily Telegraph: In a highly significant move, ministers will fight a case at the European Court of Human Rights in which two British women will seek to establish their right to display the cross. It is the first time that the Government has been forced to state whether it backs the right of Christians […]
LA Times Op-Ed: Free Speech Under Fire?
March 13, 2012 – 9:00 am
Jonathan Turley is a professor of public interest law at George Washington University, writing in the Los Angeles Times: … To put it simply, Western nations appear to have fallen out of love with free speech and are criminalizing more and more kinds of speech through the passage of laws banning hate speech, blasphemy and […]
Potential Challenger Says Roy McDonald Was Dishonest With Voters With Surprise Vote for SSM
March 13, 2012 – 8:00 am
The Albany Times Union: …McDonald, R-Saratoga, may face a primary challenge from Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, R-Schaghticoke. He has criticized McDonald’s vote in December to renew most of an expiring income tax surcharge and said he was dishonest with voters with his surprise vote for same-sex marriage — McDonald voted against the measure in 2009 and […]
Highlight: Pope Benedict's "Reasoned Defense of Christian Marriage"
March 12, 2012 – 1:30 pm
Here is what Pope Benedict told the Catholic Bishops of Minnesota (which has a marriage protection amendment on the ballot this November, as we know) during their recent visit: … In this talk I would like to discuss another serious issue which you raised with me during my Pastoral Visit to America, namely, the contemporary […]
AP: Pope Denounces "Powerful Political and Cultural Currents Seeking to Alter the Legal Definition of Marriage"
March 12, 2012 – 1:00 pm
The Associated Press: Pope Benedict XVI waded deep into U.S. campaign politics Friday, urging visiting U.S. bishops to beef up their teaching about the evils of premarital sex and cohabitation, and denouncing what he called the “powerful” gay marriage lobby in America. … bishops have been at the forefront of the campaign against same-sex marriage, […]
Senate Republicans "Burned" Cardinal Dolan to Pass Gay Marriage in New York
March 12, 2012 – 12:00 pm
Dean Skelos (and/or other Republican leaders, since the Cardinal did not name Skelos) apparently promised the leader of the Catholic Church in America that gay marriage wouldn’t pass–right before they put it up for a vote and passed it with the help of four turncoat Republicans. This is consistent with what we’ve seen over and […]
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