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Courthouse News Service Predicts Partial Victory for Prop 8 Proponents After Oral Arguments

December 9, 2011 – 11:30 am

Courthouse News Service: After lengthy oral argument, the 9th Circuit appeared poised to rule that a video from the trial on the constitutionality of California’s same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, was improperly broadcast to the public. The court seemed less likely to accept the Prop. 8 proponents’ argument that the district judge who struck down […]

Posted in California, Law, Marriage, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (24)

Nigeria Reacts to Threats to Withdraw Aid: "To Hell With the Superpowers if They are For Gay Marriages"

December 9, 2011 – 9:00 am

This story is about the reaction in Nigeria to President Obama’s new policy, announced by Secretary Clinton, to take into account the treatment of gay rights in the dispersal of U.S. foreign aid. To be fair, the policy did not explicitly state that laws regarding gay marriage would be incorporated in the directive. From the […]

Posted in Africa, Marriage, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (15)

Secretary Clinton: "Religious Beliefs" Are "Standing in the Way of Protecting Human Rights of LGBT People"

December 9, 2011 – 8:00 am

CNS News: Religious beliefs and cultural values do not justify the failure to uphold the human rights of homosexuals, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday. “Now, raising this issue, I know, is sensitive for many people and that the obstacles standing in the way of protecting the human […]

Posted in Marriage, President Obama, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (44)

Video: Maryland Marriage Alliance Announces "We Have Something To Say About SSM Inevitability!"

December 8, 2011 – 4:15 pm

Last week’s kick-off events for the Maryland Marriage Alliance in Temple Hills and Baltimore included dozens of pastors speaking out in defense of marriage — you can watch a highlight reel of the speeches right here:

Posted in Marriage, Maryland, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

Activists Tell Michigan Mayor: You're Not Entitled to Object to Gay Marriage

December 8, 2011 – 3:00 pm

What began as a protest against the use of the Q-word, for which the Mayor of Troy, MI has apologized, has morphed into the public position: you are not entitled to oppose gay marriage. Watch, it’s telling: “Free speech is one thing, hateful speech is another.” e.g. you should be ashamed to say that marriage […]

Posted in Free Speech, Marriage, Michigan, NOM on Facebook, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (30)

A "Bad Catholic" Case Against SSM?

December 8, 2011 – 11:00 am

Marc Barnes who writes the “Bad Catholic” blog at Patheos.com posts an essay on why he opposes SSM in response to a viral video of a college student who loves his two moms. He begins: My first reaction is one of happiness. The fact that this individual came out healthier and happier and seemingly much […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (32)

Alvare on Our Current Laws: Divorcing Marriage from Children (Part 2)

December 8, 2011 – 10:00 am

Over at Public Discourse, in the second part of her two-part essay (read part one here) Helen Alvare explains how changes in family law over the past 50 years have been detrimental to child wellbeing: Family law has changed during the past 50 years to the detriment of child well-being, paving the way for the […]

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ADF Comes to Defense of Illinois B&B Accused of Violating Human Rights Act

December 8, 2011 – 8:00 am

From the Alliance Defense Fund: An Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney representing a central Illinois bed and breakfast filed answers Friday to complaints filed against it with the state’s Human Rights Commission. Two men filed the complaints after TimberCreek Bed and Breakfast told them that it does not host “civil union” ceremonies, but only weddings, […]

Posted in Civil Unions, Illinois, Law, MarriageADA, Religious Liberty | Comments (4)

Freedom to Marry Spurns Maryland Campaign, Says Victory at Ballot Doubtful

December 7, 2011 – 1:00 pm

We welcome Wolfson’s comments, acknowledging that a majority of Maryland citizens are opposed to redefining marriage. Legislators of Maryland, take note! This from The Washington Blade (a gay newspaper): The head of the national advocacy group Freedom to Marry startled leaders of Maryland’s campaign to pass a same-sex marriage bill in 2012 when he implied […]

Posted in Marriage, Maryland, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (5)

Ontario Government Mandates Gay Clubs in Catholic Schools

December 7, 2011 – 10:00 am

LifeSiteNews: All of Ontario’s Catholic and public schools will be required to set up gay-straight alliances if students request them, Ontario’s education minister said Thursday as Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government unveiled its new bill to crack down on homosexual bullying. Education Minister Laurel Broten told Xtra that there is “no more debate” on gay-straight alliances. […]

Posted in Canada, Children, Education, Religious Liberty | Comments (26)

Alvare on Our Legal Tradition: Connecting Marriage With Children

December 7, 2011 – 9:00 am

Helen Alvare of George Mason School of Law and a senior fellow at the Witherspoon Institute argues in this first part of a two-part series for The Public Discourse that “The Supreme Court was more right than it knew during the past two centuries as it identified the state’s interest in marriage as children and […]

Posted in Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (7)

Hollywood Hearts Cuomo: $500,000 Tinseltown Payoff for Gay Marriage

December 7, 2011 – 8:00 am

The Hollywood Reporter: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blew into Hollywood Friday for a fundraiser and left with at least $500,000 in contributions and the sort of rave reviews that bring press agents — and political strategists — to tears. … Friday’s event — dinner for 40 and a reception for about 80 guests — […]

Posted in California, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (2)

Former Lesbian: Redefining Marriage Isn't About Gaining Benefits

December 6, 2011 – 2:00 pm

Peggy, a 40-something woman who was in a relationship with another woman for over ten years, writes for the Marriage Matters blog of the Minnesota Catholic Conference: …I grew up Catholic and abandoned my faith for 18 years, the last ten-and-a-half years of that period in a monogamous lesbian relationship. I considered myself married to […]

Posted in Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (15)

Church of Scotland Joins Chorus of Christians Opposed to Redefining Marriage

December 6, 2011 – 1:00 pm

The UK Guardian: The Church of Scotland has rejected proposals to legalise marriage for gay men and lesbians, claiming the Scottish government’s proposals undermine society and the meaning of marriage. The church, the most influential within Scotland, has added its weight to a growing backlash against same-sex marriage by religious groups. It claimed that allowing […]

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Washington Blade: Forecast of Economic Boom to D.C. from SSM "Unrealistic"

December 6, 2011 – 11:00 am

Mark Lee writes in the Washington Blade (a gay newspaper): …[The District of Columbia] Council testimony and media reports during consideration of the modern marriage bill touted extraordinary local economic benefits to come once gay and lesbian couples were permitted to marry in Washington. Unfortunately, although no commercial benefit was — or should be — […]

Posted in Economics, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Washington DC | Comments (6)
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