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NOM's Peters: Kids are Central to the Marriage Debate

March 23, 2013 – 3:00 pm

NOM’s Thomas Peters spoke with NPR this week explaining the central role children must have in the marriage debate: Surveys suggest that kids younger than 18 in same-sex families still number fewer than a quarter-million. “It’s a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent,” says Thomas Peters of the National Organization for […]

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American College of Pediatricians: Traditional Family Best for Kids

March 23, 2013 – 2:00 pm

A statement by the American College of Pediatricians in response to the AAP: “The American College of Pediatricians reaffirms that the intact, functional family consisting of a married (female) mother and (male) father provides the best opportunity for children. The College, therefore, disputes the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) claim that supporting same-sex unions promotes the […]

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Regnerus on AAP: We Should be Skeptic About Denying Children Their Right to a Mother and Father

March 23, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Mark Regnerus reacts to the news of the AAP’s political decision to endorse SSM: I’m neither surprised at the statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsing gay marriage nor at its timing. Whether the statement adequately captures the consensus of pediatricians across the country is, of course, unknown. The report points out the strengths and […]

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NOM's Peters: GOP Not Caving on Defense of Marriage

March 23, 2013 – 12:00 pm

NOM’s Thomas Peters was interviewed by the National Catholic Register about the recent media-generated meme that the GOP is abandoning marriage: Thomas Peters, a spokesman for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the largest U.S. advocacy group defending traditional marriage, suggested that media reports have overstated the Republican Party’s fracturing on marriage. Peters, who is Catholic, […]

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U.S. Bishops Asked Catholics to Fast for the March for Marriage

March 23, 2013 – 10:30 am

CatholicWorldNews: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked Catholics to offer their fasting and abstinence from meat on March 22 “for all who will march in the March for Marriage on Tuesday, or join spiritually from a distance, that they may witness boldly to the truth of marriage as the union of […]

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Anderson in CNN -- Responds to AAP and Says Court Should Uphold Marriage

March 22, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Ryan Anderson of Heritage (and co-author of What is Marriage? One Man, One Woman: A Defense) writes in CNN: “…So what about that release from the American Academy of Pediatrics? Two eminent political scientists, Leon Kass (a professor at University of Chicago) and Harvey Mansfield (a professor at Harvard), filed an amicus brief with the […]

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New York Times Profiles Young Marriage Activists!

March 21, 2013 – 9:00 am

The New York Times covers an often ignored story — the young men and women who are active in the fight to protect and promote marriage in politics and culture! Ryan Anderson, co-author of “What is Marriage?” and our Communications Director Thomas Peters were interviewed for this article, as were many inspiring young pro-marriage voices: […]

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NOM's Peters: March for Marriage "an opportunity to show the positive face of the pro-marriage movement"

March 20, 2013 – 12:30 pm

Catholic San Francisco: San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will speak on the importance of marriage, particularly to children, at the March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., March 26, the date of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on California’s Proposition 8. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sent letters to all American dioceses asking them […]

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Mainwaring on SSM: We're Playing Chess, Not Checkers

March 20, 2013 – 11:15 am

Doug Mainwaring, who will be speaking at our March for Marriage next Tuesday, writes in the Public Discourse: In our sometimes misguided efforts to expand our freedom, selfish adults have systematically dismantled that which is most precious to children as they grow and develop. That’s why I am now speaking out against same-sex marriage. By the […]

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USCCB Marriage Blog: Five Reasons to Participate in the March for Marriage

March 20, 2013 – 10:45 am

The Marriage Unique for a Reason blog run by the U.S. Catholic Bishops gives five reasons Catholics should support the March for Marriage — here’s the first reason: 1. When Pope Francis was archbishop of Buenos Aires, he encouraged the Catholic faithful to march for marriage. The year was 2010 and the Argentinean legislature was […]

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Young Conservative LTE: SSM Denies Children a Fundamental Right

March 19, 2013 – 4:00 pm

Tommy Valentine in a letter to the editor of the Washington Examiner: There are too many fallacies in Michael Barone’s same-sex marriage column to address in a letter to the editor. But I would like to hit a couple points. The statement that in 2004 the Massachusetts Supreme Court “discovered that the state’s 1780 Constitution […]

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Speaker John Boehner: Marriage is "what I grew up with. It's what I believe."

March 19, 2013 – 9:00 am

Over the weekend, Speaker John Boehner was interviewed about his views on marriage — he gives a good answer: House Speaker John Boehner says he’s unswayed by a prominent fellow Republican’s flip-flop on gay marriage, and that he still opposes the same-sex unions. Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, a Boehner ally from his home state, revealed […]

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Video: Newt Gingrich - Marriage is Between a Man and Woman. Politicians Will Not Change That.

March 18, 2013 – 2:00 pm

Newt Gingrich, who signed NOM’s Marriage Pledge when he ran for president, reiterates his support for marriage: Reacting to Sen. Rob Portman’s sudden support of same-sex marriage, former GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Friday that he believes marriage is between a man and a woman “no matter what politicians decide.” “Well, my stance hasn’t […]

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Sen. DeMint: Support the March for Marriage!

March 18, 2013 – 11:00 am

Following his CPAC speech promoting the good of marriage, Jim Demint, President-Elect of the Heritage Foundation, devotes his morning bell briefing to promoting the March for Marriage: Marriage is the fundamental building block of all human civilization. All Americans, especially conservatives, should respect this crucial institution of civil society. This is why 41 states and […]

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NOM's Peters Responds to Sen. Portman Announcement

March 15, 2013 – 3:00 pm

NOM’s Communications Director Thomas Peters was interviewed by Politico to respond to the news that Sen. Rob Portman has chosen to abandon his view on marriage: A spokesman for the National Organization for Marriage on Friday slammed Sen. Rob Portman, who has announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his long-held opposition to the […]

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