In the New Hampshire Union Leader: …NOM President Brian Brown said New Hampshire is in the spotlight. “I think the Legislature has a chance to right the tremendous wrong of forcing this thing through a few years ago,” Brown said. Asked what the $250,000 will be used for, Brown said: “We’ll expose those candidates who […]
Author Archives: NOM Staff
Lord Carey: Gay Marriage Would Be "Cultural Vandalism"
February 27, 2012 – 11:00 am
Via the UK Telegraph, the former Archbishop of Canterbury on gay marriage. “The government has no mandate from the people to redefine marriage. […] This matter is so serious and important for our nation that we cannot allow this act of cultural and theological vandalism to happen.
San Francisco Chronicle: "Members of Gay Hookup Site Encouraged to Petition the DNC on Marriage"
February 27, 2012 – 10:00 am
The San Fransisco Chronicle Politics blog: The Courage Campaign, the liberal California group that focuses on gay rights, among other issues, has an unusual new partner. Leaders of the organization today announced they are teaming up with the gay-oriented smartphone app Grindr to try to convince the Democratic National Committee to help fund efforts for […]
Audio Recording Reveals: Stylist Urged Others to Boycott Governor Martinez Over Her Marriage Views
February 27, 2012 – 9:00 am
More on this incident via the Los Angeles Times: The spat between New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and a Santa Fe hair stylist has gotten as ugly as – dare we say it? – a lousy haircut. Earlier this week, KOB-TV ran an interview with Antonio Darden, who has cut the Republican governor’s hair a […]
WaPo: "Black Pastors Take Heat for Not Viewing SSM as Civil Rights Matter"
February 26, 2012 – 9:00 am
Marc Fisher in the Washington Post: All of a sudden, they are bigots and haters — they who stood tall against discrimination, who marched and sat in, who knew better than most the pain of being told they were less than others. They are black men, successful ministers, leaders of their community. But with Marylandpoised […]
CNSNews: Obama Adviser Argued That Kids from Big Families Have Lower IQs
February 25, 2012 – 10:30 am
CNSNews.com: John P. Holdren, the top science adviser to President Barack Obama, wrote in a book he co-authored with population control advocates Paul and Anne Ehrlich that children from larger families have lower IQs. The book—”Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions”—argued that the United States government had a “responsibility to halt the growth of the American […]
Hungarians Strongly Support New Constitution: "Marriage Can Only Be Contracted Between a Man and a Woman"
February 25, 2012 – 9:00 am
LifeSiteNews on the rediscovery of the importance of marriage in Hungary: The new Constitution, strongly supported by voters, declares that human life must be protected from conception and says that marriage can only be contracted between a man and a woman. This has infuriated European Union secularists who are issuing threats to try to force […]
Video: Gay Judge Admits to Refusing to Perform Marriages for Straight Couples
February 24, 2012 – 4:00 pm
New York Daily News: An openly gay Texas judge says she refuses to conduct marriage ceremonies for straight couples until same-sex couples can also wed. Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker explained her decision Tuesday at a monthly meeting for the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas. “I do not perform them because it is not an equal […]
House GOP Steps in to Appeal DOMA Ruling to 9th Circuit
February 24, 2012 – 3:30 pm
The Mercury News: “…In court papers, a group of congressional Republicans defending the federal gay marriage ban revealed they are appealing the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit will become the second federal appeals court to now consider the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a 16-year-old law […]
Young Democrats Endorse Gay Marriage Plank in 2012
February 24, 2012 – 3:00 pm
More pressure for Democrats to “come out” for gay marriage? From a Young Democrats of America press release: Today, Young Democrats of America’s Executive Director Emily Tisch Sussman … [endorsed] language proposed by Freedom to Marry as part of its Democrats: Say I Do campaign calling on the national party to include a freedom to marry plank […]
How Much Was Ted Olson Paid to Push Gay Marriage?
February 24, 2012 – 2:30 pm
Ted Olson was considered an “originalist” — a guy who believes in respecting the meaning of our Constitution. Now he’s pushing for a right to gay marriage that would overturn laws in 44 states, and take away our right to vote for marriage. How much money is he being paid? Liberal voices express concern over […]
Maine Same-Sex Marriage Law Heads for Ballot, Again
February 24, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The Portland Press Herald: Advocates of same-sex marriage turned in more than enough signatures to move ahead with a citizens initiative that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in Maine, the Secretary of State’s Office ruled Thursday. … Advocates of same-sex marriage, who lost in 2009 at the ballot box in a 53-47 […]
California Asks Judges: Gay or Straight?
February 24, 2012 – 1:30 pm
A precursor to “affirmative action” for gays and lesbians? In order to make sure gays and lesbians are adequately represented on the judicial bench, the state of California is requiring all judges and justices to reveal their sexual orientation. The announcement was made in an internal memo sent to all California judges and justices. “[The […]
Justin Dyer on How Some Came to Believe Marriage is Unconstitutional
February 24, 2012 – 1:00 pm
This week on Public Discourse, Justin Dyer explains the jurisprudential missteps that lead some to think traditional marriage is unconstitutional: …The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that California’s traditional definition of marriage, approved by a voter referendum in 2008, is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection and Due Process clauses, and some […]
Video: Coalition for Marriage Launches in UK!
February 24, 2012 – 12:30 pm
A group forming to oppose redefining marriage in England has released a video of their launch event. Colin Hart of The Christian Institute says during the presentations: “Marriage was not dreamt up by government … this government cannot simply overturn thousands of years of history by redefining it, especially when no political party made it […]
-
Categories
- Adoption
- Ads
- Africa
- Alerts
- Australia
- Canada
- Catholic Church
- Chick-fil-A
- Children
- Civil Unions
- Civility
- Cohabitation
- Congress
- Corporate Ethics
- Culture
- Debating Marriage
- Divorce
- DOMA
- Dump General Mills
- Dump Starbucks
- Economics
- Education
- Election 2010
- Election Watch 2012
- ENDA
- Ethics
- Europe
- Events
- Featured
- Federal
- France
- Free Speech
- Gay Voices
- GOProud
- Human Rights Campaign
- Humor
- IRS
- Law
- Let The People Vote
- Manhattan Declaration
- March for Marriage
- Marriage
- Marriage Election Watch
- Marriage Moment
- Marriage Update
- Marriage Victory
- MarriageADA
- Media
- Mexico
- Military
- Mitt Romney
- New Zealand
- News
- NOM Marriage News
- NOM on Facebook
- Offbeat
- Parenting
- Pedophilia
- Politics
- Poll
- Polling
- Polygamy
- President Obama
- Press Releases
- Pro-Life
- Prop 8
- Religious Liberty
- Research/Study
- Ruth Institute
- Same Sex Marriage
- Science
- Scotland
- SFMA
- Social Media
- South America
- SPLC
- States
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington DC
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Statistics
- Supreme Court
- United for Marriage
- United Kingdom
- Women
- Youth
-
Archives
- June 2021
- April 2021
- December 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- July 2020
- May 2020
- August 2017
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
