The Quad City Times: One of the problems in America today is marriage has become “one of the alternative lifestyles,” former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday. Speaking to an appreciative crowd of more than 100 at the Historic Park Inn Hotel, the Republican presidential candidate said, “We need to have a national discussion on […]
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Surge: Santorum Jumps to Third in Iowa
December 29, 2011 – 11:00 am
From NRO’s Katrina Trinko: Results from CNN/Time ORC poll of likely GOP Iowa caucus goers: Mitt Romney (25 percent), Ron Paul (22 percent), Rick Santorum (16 percent), Newt Gingrich (14 percent), Rick Perry (11 percent), Michele Bachmann (9 percent), and Jon Huntsman (1 percent). Forty-three percent of voters still anticipate that they might change their […]
Oklahoma Sociologist on the Myth: "50% of Marriages End in Divorce"
December 29, 2011 – 10:00 am
The Tulsa World: Everybody knows that half of all marriages end in divorce, and couples often cite that statistic as an excuse for not tying the knot. But it’s not true. “I don’t know where the 50-percent myth came from,” says Amanda Miller, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Central Oklahoma. “But […]
Ron Paul Favorite of Democrats Voting in Iowa Caucuses
December 29, 2011 – 9:00 am
Ron Paul leads in the new Public Policy Polling poll (PDF) among likely Iowa caucus goers, but only because he’s earning the lion’s share of Democrats and independents who say they plan to vote in the GOP primary:
NYTimes Blog on "Leading Social Conservative Group" NOM's New Ron Paul Ad in Iowa
December 28, 2011 – 7:45 pm
Jeremy Peters of the New York Times The Caucus blog on our new ad now airing in Iowa: The National Organization for Marriage, a leading social conservative group that is opposed to giving same-sex couples the right to marry, is striking out at Representative Ron Paul with a new television advertisement, a move intended to […]
Flip-Flopper Alesi: "I Have to Run as a Republican to Prove You Can Survive a SSM Vote"
December 28, 2011 – 12:00 pm
When asked why he intends to run for re-election after voting for same-sex marriage and losing the endorsement of the NY Conservative Party as a result, Sen. Jim Alesi responds: “I have to run as a Republican because I have to be able to say ‘you can vote for marriage equality as a Republican and […]
NYPost Editors: Albany More Beholden to "Power Brokers" Than the People!
December 28, 2011 – 11:00 am
The New York Post vents its frustration at the un-democratic process to choose a replacement for disgraced ex-Senator Kruger — Albany politics as usual, where the people don’t have a real say: Carl Kruger’s political corpse isn’t even cold yet, and already the fix is in as to who’ll get the best shot to replace […]
Tom Farr On Prop 8 and the "Effort to Expel Religious Arguments from Democratic Deliberation"
December 28, 2011 – 10:00 am
Tom Farr is the director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University. He writes with Tim Shah in the New York Times: In 2010, the U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker invalidated a California ballot initiative for which millions of religiously motivated blacks and […]
Remember NOM's $1 Million Marriage Challenge!
December 28, 2011 – 9:00 am
As we enjoy time with friends and family this week we shouldn’t forget the active battles being waged right now to protect marriage…. Our efforts –which have paid off big-time– with all major GOP candidates except Ron Paul supporting NOM’s Marriage Pledge. A vote to restore marriage in New Hampshire soon, our ongoing efforts to […]
APP: Real Marriage Built for Children
December 27, 2011 – 12:00 pm
APP’s executive director Andresen Blom and policy adviser James Bell take on the libertarian case for gay marriage in The Washington Times: Proponents of same-sex marriage typically ask a rhetorical question that serves as a simple leftist argument: “Why should people of the same sex who love each other be banned from getting married?” Conservatives […]
DC City Council Quietly Introduces Expedited Same-Sex Divorce
December 27, 2011 – 10:00 am
The Washington Blade (a gay newspaper): In a little noticed development, D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) introduced a bill in October that would allow same-sex couples who marry in D.C. but live in states that don’t recognize their marriage to return to the District to get a divorce. Supporters say the bill, the Civil […]
MN Gov. Dayton Claims Gays and Lesbians Seek "The Sanctity" of Marriage
December 27, 2011 – 9:00 am
Governor Mark Dayton uses the accusation that Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch’s had an extra-marital affair as an opportunity to push “the sanctity” of gay marriage on Minnesota Public Radio: “I think it underscores that sanctity of marriage is important to most Minnesotans and people who are in same-sex relationships believe in that sanctity […]
Fred Karger Called-Out for One-Man Campaign of Vicious Anti-Mormon Bigotry
December 27, 2011 – 8:00 am
Fred Karger typifies the extremist gay marriage activist who pushes for gay marriage by demonizing and attacking pro-marriage supporters (including NOM and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). His most recent stunt, launching a website targeting Mormons for hate, is earning him condemnation from op-ed writers across the country, as it should. […]
Santorum Surge? Dick Morris and Mike Huckabee Discuss
December 26, 2011 – 2:30 pm
Popular political pundit Dick Morris sees Santorum surging: All along, the Tea Party voters have yet to unite behind a single candidate. They still aren’t united, but in Iowa, there is evidence that Rick Santorum may be surging ahead. … on the ground in Iowa, where it counts, Gingrich has gone through a gauntlet of […]
Gingrich Platform Includes Presidential Commission to Protect Rights of Pro-Marriage Supporters
December 26, 2011 – 1:00 pm
This is a testament to the success of our (and your!) efforts to encourage the GOP Presidential candidates to be marriage champions. On Newt Gingrich’s campaign website, he proposes a Presidential Commission on Religious Freedom which, among other things, would investigate: #2 — The extent to which schools from primary to university level are discriminating […]
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