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Anti-DOMA Rep. Ros Lehtinen Already Facing Primary Challengers

November 8, 2011 – 8:00 am

Florida press reports that the 2012 election season is already underway: Key Largo maintenance and construction worker Jose Peixoto, who ran unsuccessfully for the Mosquito Control Board in 2010, looks to oust U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, a veteran congresswoman who chairs the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ros Lehtinen, a Republican who lives in […]

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Reuters: SSM Fight Focuses on Iowa State Special Election

November 7, 2011 – 2:30 pm

Reuters: A special election on Tuesday for an Iowa State Senate seat could change the balance of power there and encourage Republicans to try to overturn the state’s approval of same sex marriage. … The National Organization for Marriage started sending mailers into the district in October. The political director of The Family Leader, an […]

Posted in Iowa, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (8)

Microsoft, Starbucks Among 70 Organizations Attempting to Overturn DOMA

November 7, 2011 – 2:06 pm

Seattle Times: Microsoft and Starbucks are among 70 corporations, financial institutions, medical centers, and other major organizations that have signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The organizations are, or represent, major employers who argue that DOMA imposes significant administrative costs, and that […]

Posted in Congress, Corporate Ethics, DOMA, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (33)

Santorum Picks Up Trio of Endorsements in Iowa

November 7, 2011 – 1:35 pm

FoxNews: Rick Santorum has picked up three noteworthy Iowa endorsements for his bid to capture the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. Chuck Laudner (former Executive Director and Interim Chairman of the Iowa RepublicanParty), Lori Jungling (Iowa co-chairman of HuckPAC) and Shane Vander Heart (conservative blogger at CaffeinatedThoughts.com) have all jumped on board the Santorum campaign. … […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Iowa, News | Comments (4)

Santorum: GOP Needs to Talk More About Values

November 7, 2011 – 1:33 pm

Associated Press: Rick Santorum on Friday proposed amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage and abortion as part of a broad appeal to social conservatives he’s wooing in his race for the Republican presidential nomination. … “We have to have strong families and strong culture to have a free and prosperous and strong America,” Santorum […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Iowa, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Video: Minnesotans for Marriage Say Why They're Voting Yes Next November!

November 7, 2011 – 12:28 pm

Minnesota for Marriage: Sunday, November 6, marks one year until Election Day, 2012, the day Minnesotans will vote to preserve and protect marriage as between one man and one woman. To mark this special day, we’re releasing the first campaign video featuring average Minnesotans talking about why they support marriage as the union of one […]

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Gary Bauer on Marriage and the Limits of States' Rights

November 7, 2011 – 12:01 pm

Gary Bauer of American Values writes in Human Events: By invoking “states’ rights,” some Republican presidential contenders argue that national efforts to protect normal marriage and unborn life betray the federalist principles at the heart of conservatism. I’ve always believed that the government that’s closest to the people governs best.  But the definition of society’s […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Town Hall Columnist Asks Questions about Cain's Record on Marriage

November 7, 2011 – 11:00 am

Steve Deace writes at TownHall: Cain has refused to sign the National Organization for Marriage’s pledge, and told CNN’s Piers Morgan he would not protect marriage as president. Cain’s campaign hid the fact one of its top advisers was a homosexual activist. If all of these facts were applicable to a Democrat, how many of […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

Values Bus To Show Support for Cindy Golding Today

November 7, 2011 – 10:30 am

The Des Moines Register: The “Values Voter Bus Tour” will head into Iowa with a stop on Sunday in Waukee on behalf of U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and again on Monday in Marion for Republican candidate Cindy Golding, who is running for the Iowa Senate. …Monday’s event is at 11 a.m. at the WalMart […]

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Gay Teen Sex on Fox TV: Glee Whiz!!!

November 7, 2011 – 10:15 am

Entertainment Weekly: The couples losing their virginity? Finn and Rachel and…Kurt and Blaine! Yep, the couple — who was featured on the cover of [Entertainment Weekly]’s Gay Teens on TV issue – finally decide to take the next step in their relationship. It’s all handled very delicately and is incredibly moving. I can’t think of another network […]

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Dozens Protest Lutheran Benefit Society in MN Over Allowing Donations To Pro-Marriage Groups

November 7, 2011 – 9:00 am

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is the largest fraternal benefit society in the United States, serving nearly 3 million members. But because two individuals used Thrivent to direct personal donations to pro-family groups (one of them seven years ago), gay marriage activists held a protest outside of Thrivent’s corporate headquarters in Minneapolis: On Sunday, a crowd […]

Posted in Corporate Ethics, Free Speech, Minnesota, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

Gay Marriage Activists, Defeated in NJ Legislature, Turn to the Courts

November 7, 2011 – 8:00 am

The New Jersey Star-Ledger: In the latest attempt to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey, same-sex couples are headed to court today to try to convince a judge their partnerships are more than civil unions. The couples, defeated in their efforts last year to get the state Legislature to recognize same-sex marriages, turned to the […]

Posted in Law, Marriage, New Jersey, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (17)

Catholic Archbishop Asks Every MN Parish to Form Pro-Amendment Committee

November 6, 2011 – 9:00 am

Archbishop John Nienstedt is becoming a strong hero for marriage: Minnesota’s Roman Catholic bishops are taking the unusual step of urging parish priests across the state to form committees to help get the proposed marriage amendment passed by voters in 2012. “It is imperative that we marshal our resources to educate the faithful about the […]

Posted in Marriage, Minnesota, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (24)

Two Great Marriage Events from National Marriage Week USA

November 5, 2011 – 9:00 am

From their press release: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 – FREE Webcast at 7 p.m. Eastern. 6 p.m. Central, 5 p.m. Mountain and 4 p.m. Pacific time. Please join us for a very special live webcast with New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller and his wife Kathy Keller as they discuss their new book, “The Meaning […]

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US Bishops Urge Senate Not to Repeal Defense of Marriage Act

November 4, 2011 – 3:00 pm

Catholic Culture World News: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is urging the US Senate to reject the Respect for Marriage Act–a measure that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which became law in 1996. “DOMA recognizes for federal purposes that marriage is defined as the union of one man and […]

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