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Freedom to Marry Files for SSM Referendum in Ohio

March 2, 2012 – 12:15 pm

With this move, perhaps gay marriage activists will finally drop their complaint that putting marriage to a vote of the people is wrong? This makes the second state they are doing so, after all (Maine was the first): A proposed constitutional amendment to undo Ohio’s 2004 same-sex marriage ban will be submitted today to Attorney […]

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Tom Minnery: CO Civil Unions "Unnecessary and Risky"

March 2, 2012 – 11:15 am

In the Denver Post, Tom Minnery of Focus on the Family argues that civil unions are proving to be a slippery slope to redefining marriage: … Proponents argue that civil unions are no threat to the state’s constitutional amendment defining marriage. All one has to do is look to the west to see that’s not […]

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Video: Another Gay Person Against Gay Marriage (UK Edition)

March 2, 2012 – 10:00 am

Sky News’ “most famous lesbian” Julie Bindel says fighting for same-sex marriage is a waste of time. She prefers the Ron Paul solution — abolish marriage altogether. Bindel says: “[Gay people gaining the ability to marry] is really, quite frankly, a waste of time and effort. [Some] will be surprised at me saying this but, […]

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Gay Marriage Advocate Jonathan Rauch Calls For End to Blacklisting Marriage Defenders

March 2, 2012 – 9:00 am

Jonathan Rauch in The Daily last month: … In 2008, California’s voters approved Proposition 8, which rescinded court-ordered same-sex marriage. Some angry gay activists then boycotted or protested businesses that employed Prop 8 supporters, even if all the supporters did was donate $100. We don’t know how many people actually lost jobs because of these […]

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UPI: NOM to Fight Washington State Gay Marriage Bill

March 2, 2012 – 8:00 am

UPI: A national group opposing same-sex marriage says it’s gearing up to overturn a bill likely to pass in Washington state allowing gay marriage. The National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay marriage organization with one of the deepest pockets in the United States, said it’s fully committed to getting on the ballot in November to […]

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NYTimes: Pro-Marriage Groups Taking Sen. McDonald Up On His "Take the Job and Shove It" Offer

March 1, 2012 – 2:00 pm

John Eligon of the New York Times: With a blunt one-liner — “They can take the job and shove it” — describing his disregard for the political consequences of his decision to support same-sex marriage last year, Senator Roy J. McDonald, a Republican from Saratoga, became a hero to gay rights groups. But now, some […]

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AP: Maryland Board of Elections Approves Marriage Referendum Language

March 1, 2012 – 12:00 pm

The Maryland Marriage Alliance is well on its way to being approved to gather signatures for a referendum to overturn the gay marriage bill Gov. O’Malley has promised to sign into law: As Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley prepares to sign legislation legalizing gay marriage, opponents of the bill have cleared one of the first hurdles […]

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Maryland's Doug Mainwaring: Not All Gay Men Support Gay Marriage

March 1, 2012 – 11:00 am

A gay man writes in the Potomac Tea Party Report on “The Myth of the Same Sex Marriage Mandate”: The issue of same sex marriage has been hijacked by politicians and ideologues in the interest of pursuing broader political gain. Sadly, at the same time it also has been turned into a faux-civil rights issue, […]

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PayPal Billionaire Peter Thiel Secretly Funding Ron Paul's Attack Ads

March 1, 2012 – 10:00 am

The San Francisco Chronicle: Who is this mystery man who has donated $2.6 million to Endorse Liberty, the pro-Paul super PAC that has produced several viral videos and sponsored sharp attack ads against Santorum, Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry? Thiel, 44, is a low-profile libertarian with a background as quirky as the candidate he […]

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ADF's Stanley: "Churches Must Lead the Charge" to Protect Marriage!

March 1, 2012 – 9:00 am

Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund writes in the Biblical Recorder: …it is not enough to simply acknowledge that churches are legally allowed to support the marriage amendment. Every church in North Carolina should stand to support the amendment, and every pastor should encourage his congregants to vote to protect marriage […]

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NY Capital Confidential: Pro-Marriage Forces "Piling On" Flip-Flopping Senators

March 1, 2012 – 8:00 am

Rick Karlin in the Capitol Confidential: One of the state’s leading anti-same sex marriage groups is wasting no time publicizing news that the Saratoga County community of Wilton’s GOP has endorsed someone otherthan Roy McDonald for state senate. Less than a day after the Wilton GOP Committee endorsed Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, Jason McGuire, of New […]

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NYTimes: New Hampshire May Revoke its Gay Marriage Law

February 29, 2012 – 1:45 pm

The New York Times News Service: As same-sex marriage supporters celebrate victories in Washington and Maryland this month, they are keeping a wary eye on New Hampshire, where lawmakers may soon vote to repeal the state’s 2-year-old law allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed. A repeal bill appears to have a good chance of […]

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Sweden About to Legalize Single Woman Artificial Insemination

February 29, 2012 – 1:15 pm

The Local: The Centre Party, Liberals (Folkpartiet) and the Moderates want single women to have access to artificial insemination treatment, and are proposing a change to current laws despite opposition from coalition partners the Christian Democrats. “We are convinced that people’s fitness to be parents is not determined by whether one lives in a committed […]

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Do Marriage Protection Amendments "Ban" Gay Marriage?

February 29, 2012 – 12:45 pm

Our opponents (and the media) love saying that our efforts to pass marriage protection amendments in states such as Minnesota amount to “banning” gay marriage. Kalley Yanta of the Minnesota Marriage Minute responds: “No it doesn’t. First of all, there’s no such thing as gay marriage in Minnesota. The amendment doesn’t change that.”

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NYCF PAC: "RINO" Roy McDonald (R-Wilton) Has Lost the Support of his Hometown

February 29, 2012 – 12:15 pm

The New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom PAC reports: There are a lot of shaky knees in the liberal wing of the Republican establishment tonight! Just days ago, NYCFPAC let you know that Senator Mark “Gay Marriage” Grisanti (R-Buffalo) lost the Erie County Conservative Party endorsement, Tonight, NYCFPAC is pleased to report that “RINO” Roy McDonald […]

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