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Matthew Schmitz on The "Heroes" of Same-Sex Marriage

January 20, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Matthew Schmitz at the First Things blog: I do not doubt that the four Republican New York state senators who voted for same-sex marriage are convinced of the rightness of their votes. I would, however, look askance at any suggestion that they are the courageous new heroes of our time, with motives wholly principled and […]

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Ross Douthat on America's Crisis of Family Life (and Family Policy)

January 20, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Ross Douthat in his Christmas column for the New York Times from a few weeks ago: [Domestic dissolution and falling marriage rates are not] an issue that politicians of either party are particularly comfortable addressing. Liberals worry about seeming paternalistic and judgmental; conservatives recoil from the idea of increasing the government’s role in the most […]

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8-Year-Old: "When I Grow Up, I Don't Think I'll Get Married. I Think I'll Just Get Some Sperm."

January 20, 2012 – 11:00 am

A startling example which shows how the choices of adults influence the perceptions and expectations of children: A couple of years ago, my daughter and I were playing the classic board game “Life,” and her little car reached the roadblock at which everybody — absolutely everybody — gets married. Needless to say, given a new […]

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Brian Brown to Flip-Flopping Senators: "Money Won't Save You"

January 20, 2012 – 10:00 am

Our president Brian Brown reminds readers of the New York Times that voters, not money, will decide the fate of the New York Republican Senators who betrayed them on marriage: Senator James S. Alesi of East Rochester, the first Republican to say he would support same-sex marriage, had not filed his fund-raising report by Tuesday […]

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Storobin Raises $120K for Special Election to Replace Disgraced Sen. Kruger

January 20, 2012 – 9:00 am

PolitickerNY: Sources close to Republican David Storobin’s campaign tellPoliticker that the candidate has loaned himself $50,000 and raised a healthy $70,000 from donors so far in his quest to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger. Mr. Kruger resigned before pleading guilty to federal corruption charges less than a month ago, setting up the current vacancy. […]

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Economist Says Gay Marriage Undermines New Hampshire's Fiscal Stability

January 20, 2012 – 8:00 am

Foster Daily Democrat: Economist Scott Moody believes the devaluation of marriage through same-sex marriage will eventually ensure a population in New Hampshire where the shrinking, younger generation will no longer be able to support the state’s economy. “At this point, marriage no longer has any meaning,” said Moody. During a Foster’s Daily Democrat editorial board […]

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School: Opposition to Gay Adoption is “Bullying”

January 20, 2012 – 7:00 am

Todd Starnes at Fox News & Commentary: A Wisconsin high school is in the middle of a free speech debate after they apologized for publishing a student essay opposing gay families who adopt children. School officials called the essay a form of “bullying and disrespect.” The column ran on the editorial page of the Shawano […]

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The Seattle Times: NOM Vows to Defeat GOP Lawmakers Who Vote for SSM

January 19, 2012 – 4:00 pm

The Seattle Times: The National Organization for Marriage, part of a broad coalition of religious and conservative groups opposed to Washington state’s same-sex marriage legislation, said Wednesday it will spend $250,000 to help defeat any Republican lawmakers who vote in favor of the bill. NOM, based in Washington, D.C., said it was effective in ending […]

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Pro-Family Leader James Dobson Endorses Rick Santorum

January 19, 2012 – 3:30 pm

LifeNews: James Dobson, the founder and former president of Focus on the Family, has joined a number of social conservative and pro-life leaders have who announced endorsements for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Dobson today announced his personal endorsement of the former Pennsylvania senator, and is not speaking on behalf of the pro-life Christian group […]

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New Hampshire Marriage Restoration Vote To Happen in February

January 19, 2012 – 1:00 pm

The Eagle Tribune on New Hampshire Republicans being sensitive to other urgent business along with their commitment to vote on a marriage restoration bill: Republican House leaders have delayed the vote on gay marriage, House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt, R-Salem, said yesterday. “The legislation will not be considered for a floor vote until February,” Bettencourt […]

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WaPo: Maryland House Speaker Facing "Tough Road Ahead" on SSM

January 19, 2012 – 12:00 pm

The Washington Post on the unusual methods being used to push the same-sex marriage bill forward in the House: In a sign of the tough road ahead for same-sex marriage legislation in Maryland, House Speaker Michael E. Busch said Monday that he would assign this year’s bill to two committees instead of one, a procedural […]

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WA State Sen. Padden Issues Statement Opposing Gay Marriage

January 19, 2012 – 11:00 am

The Spokane Examiner: Sen. Mike Padden, (R-Spokane Valley) who represents the 4th District and sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he does not support the effort in a statement issued Tuesday: “I do not support changing the traditional definition of marriage,” he said, adding that he would “oppose any bill that attempts to redefine […]

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The Gay Male Couple’s Guide to Nonmonogamy

January 19, 2012 – 10:00 am

Daniel Vaillancourt, in the gay newspaper The Advocate, has a frank conversation about nonmonogamy in same-sex male partnerships: Mikey Rox and Everett Earl Morrow, both now 30, were committed to monogamy when they met and fell in love. That was five years ago. “After a couple instances of infidelity to which we both confessed, we […]

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Prof. Tom Farr of Georgetown U. on Marriage and Religious Liberty

January 19, 2012 – 9:00 am

In a recent interview in the National Catholic Register: Yesterday, a group of U.S. religious leaders — including Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox Jews and Sikhs — released an “open letter,” “Marriage and Religious Freedom: Fundamental Goods That Stand or Fall Together.” Among other issues, the letter expressed alarm about the threat legal same-sex “marriage” poses to […]

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Catholic Bishops of Washington Call on Faithful to Protect Marriage

January 19, 2012 – 8:00 am

An excerpt from their letter published today: Upholding the present definition of marriage does not depend on anyone’s religious beliefs. Washington State’s present law defining marriage as “a civil contract between a male and a female” is grounded not in faith, but in reason and the experience of society. It recognizes the value of marriage […]

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