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Empire State Pride Agenda Says Re-Electing Four GOP Senators Key to Passing SSM in Other States

December 26, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Gannett news agency: Ross Levi, executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda, said gay-rights advocates would be working hard to get the four senators re-elected. He said their re-election would be important to the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in other states. “As New Yorkers have seen loving same-sex couples getting married — and […]

Posted in New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (10)

What do States Passing Same-Sex Unions Have in Common? Corrupt Legislatures & Bad Economies

December 26, 2011 – 10:00 am

A former son of Illinois (and former State Senator) says a heartfelt public goodbye to the State of Illinois over corruption, population loss (due to poor job creation), and high taxes (which he says go hand-in-hand). Notice any other similarities between, say, New York and Illinois? Corrupt legislatures pass same-sex marriage/civil unions while claiming it […]

Posted in Civil Unions, Illinois | Comments (37)

Poll Shows More than 60% of Republicans Support Restoring Traditional Marriage In NH

December 26, 2011 – 9:00 am

Cross-posted from New Hampshire for Marriage: 61 Percent of NH Republicans Favor 2009 Same Sex Marriage Rollback Concord, NH — A recent poll shows a clear majority of New Hampshire Republican voters in the upcoming, first-in-the-nation primary support a legislative definition of marriage as the union between a man and a woman, along with a […]

Posted in Marriage, New Hampshire, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

"Is Traditional Marriage Unconstitutional?" -- Professor of Law Responds

December 26, 2011 – 8:00 am

George W. Dent, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University Law School writes at-length in the Federalist Society’s Engage publication on the legal status of Prop 8 and concludes: The Constitution confers no right to legal validation of same-sex marriage. As Judge Richard Posner has said, “If there is such a right, it will have […]

Posted in California, Marriage, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (27)

Santorum Surge (cont.)

December 22, 2011 – 1:00 pm

With the latest polls showing Santorum at double digits in Iowa for the first time, his SuperPAC is adding $150k to its Iowa air buy, via Politico: The Daily’s Dan Hirschhorn reports that a pro-Santorum super PAC is doubling its media buy in Iowa: The Super PAC, the Red White and Blue Fund, is adding […]

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Study: The Parental Happiness Curve Leans Towards Big Families

December 22, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Mecatornet: In their 2011 State of Our Unions report (When Baby Makes Three: How Parenthood Makes Life Meaningful, and How Marriage Makes Parenthood Bearable) W. Bradford Wilcox and Elizabeth Marquardt found, like other researchers, that parenthood is typically associated with lower levels of marital happiness among contemporary couples. But that is not the whole picture […]

Posted in Marriage, Research/Study | Comments (22)

WaPo/ABC Poll Finds Voters Trust Romney, Gingrich Most on Social Issues

December 22, 2011 – 10:30 am

From a Washington Post/ABC News Poll: 14. (ASKED OF LEANED REPUBLICANS) Regardless of who you may support, which of the Republican candidates do you trust most to handle “social issues, such as abortion and gay marriage” Mitt Romney: 26% Newt Gingrich: 15% Ron Paul: 12% Michele Bachmann: 13% Rick Perry: 7% Rick Santorum: 4%

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (21)

New Poll: Romney Leads, Santorum Surges Among Iowa Evangelicals

December 22, 2011 – 9:30 am

From a Rasmussen poll released yesterday: …The new Rasmussen Reports survey of Iowa caucus participants shows Romney on top with 25% of the vote followed by Paul at 20% and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 17%. Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, both at 10%, are the only other candidates […]

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Audio: Emmer Discusses Hamline Controversy On Local FOX Radio

December 21, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Tom Emmer sat down with Fox News 100.3 FM radio for a roundtable discussion to talk about his experience with Hamline that is generating a great deal of attention: Here’s a partial transcript of Emmer’s comments: “…I’ve got emails from the university confirming that I was teaching and I’d been hired. But that part aside […]

Posted in Education, Free Speech, Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (10)

NY Marriage Flip-Flopper Sen. Carl Kruger Resigns, Pleads Guilty

December 21, 2011 – 11:30 am

Finally some remedial justice applied to Albany corruption: New York state Sen. Carl Kruger has resigned the office he has held since 1994 and then pleaded guilty to participating in bribery schemes in which he accepted nearly half a million dollars in exchange for taking official actions, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. “With Senator […]

Posted in New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

New Study: Young Couples Shun Marriage Over Divorce Fears

December 21, 2011 – 11:00 am

A reminder that marriage (and divorce) habits of one generation pass themselves on to the next generation’s attitudes about the institution: Interviews about marriage with couples who were living together found that two-thirds were worried about the “legal, emotional and economic consequences” of splitting up later. Many expressed concerns about the “hassle” of divorce lawyers […]

Posted in Divorce, Marriage, Research/Study, Youth | Comments (9)

California Nonpartisan Agency Says Economic Effects of SSM "Negligible"

December 21, 2011 – 10:00 am

Gay activists often try to point to the Williams Institute’s claims that redefining marriage will stimulate state economies. We recently pointed out a small business owner in Washington, DC showing how these claims turned out to be false. Last week the Associated Press noted that California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office and Department of Finance found […]

Posted in California, Economics, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

FDA Intervenes After Man Gives Away 328 Free Sperm Donations

December 21, 2011 – 9:00 am

A snapshot into the unregulated world of sperm donation: It’s costly to give away your sperm for free — just ask Trent Arsenault. The 36-year-old Northern California man has “fathered” 14 children since 2006, and has 4 more on the way. But they may be his last. The FDA got wind of his one-man sperm […]

Posted in California, Children, Culture, Ethics, Parenting, Science | Comments (6)

Self-Described "Staunch Democrat" Writes in Support of Emmer

December 21, 2011 – 8:00 am

John Jackson writes to the Star Tribune: Though I am a staunch Democrat, it is disappointing to see Hamline refuse to hire a conservative because of his political beliefs. Fifty years ago, pacifist and socialist University of Minnesota Prof. Mulford Sibley drew controversy with the following statement: “Personally, I should like to see on campus […]

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Santorum Surge? Bob Vander Plaats and Chuck Hurley Endorse

December 20, 2011 – 2:30 pm

The New York Times The Caucus blog on two major endorsements of Rick Santorum by prominent Iowa social conservative leaders: Two weeks before the Republican nominating contest opens at the Iowa caucuses, former SenatorRick Santorum of Pennsylvania has won a highly coveted endorsement from one of the state’s social conservative leaders. Bob Vander Plaats, who […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Iowa, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (18)
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