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Video: Pro-Marriage Vlog by a Young Conservative Activist

February 19, 2013 – 11:00 am

This is an awesome vlog (video blog) by a young conservative activist at Counter-Cultured — check it out then spread the word! The woman in the video, Anna Maria, explains that “it’s ridiculous that people should be labeled with words like “hateful,” “homophobic,” “heteronormative,” and “bigot” for wanting to restore a culture of marriage in […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Youth | Comments (24)

Heritage's Walker: Strengthening Marriage Through Public Policy

February 19, 2013 – 10:00 am

Andrew Walker at the Heritage blog: As National Marriage Week concludes, citizens should consider the role policy plays in rebuilding a culture of marriage in America. The institution of marriage plays a unique and important role in orienting men and women into a lifelong commitment to one another and any children they might have. Marriage […]

Posted in Children, Law, Marriage, Politics | Comments (1)

UK Equality Commission Says Christian Registrars Won't Be Able to Opt Out of Licensing S-S Couples

February 19, 2013 – 9:00 am

PinkNews: Christian registrars will not be able to opt out of performing marriages for gay couples because registrars are deemed to be public officials, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said. Giving evidence this week to a committee of MPs that are studying the (Marriage Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales, […]

Posted in Law, Marriage, MarriageADA, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (26)

ConservativeHQ: Buy A Comic Book To Stand For Marriage

February 18, 2013 – 4:00 pm

A special shout-out to ConservativeHQ for coming to the defense of Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game, who has come under fire for his pro-marriage views: Orson Scott Card, a talented science fiction writer, is part of a team of writers and artists assembled by DC Comics to create an “Adventures of Superman” comic […]

Posted in Civility, Culture, Free Speech, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (24)

C-FAM's Ruse: "On Two Compelling Legal Briefs that Challenge SSM"

February 18, 2013 – 3:00 pm

Austin Ruse, President of C-FAM, writes in Crisis Magazine: During his confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork said one of his attractions to the court was that it would be an “intellectual feast.” There is certainly a feast going over the impending Supreme Court consideration of same-sex marriage. A mountain of friend-of-the-court […]

Posted in DOMA, Law, Marriage, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (1)

Heritage's Walker: Marriage Makes Fiscal Sense

February 18, 2013 – 2:00 pm

Andrew Walker of the Heritage Foundation wrote last week in conjunction with National Marriage Week: “…Americans deserve to know the facts about marriage as an antidote to child poverty. That’s especially true of at-risk youth. How many times does a young person hear that she should stay in school, wear her seatbelt, and not smoke? […]

Posted in Children, Economics, Marriage | Comments (3)

"Here's a Secret -- Marriage is America’s Most Effective Anti-Poverty Program"

February 18, 2013 – 12:00 pm

Sheila Weber is the executive director of National Marriage Week USA and writes in FoxNews: In spite of other disagreements, there is one aspect about marriage that both the left and the right can find to agree on.  Marriage is a valuable anti-poverty program. The Brookings Institution says that if we had the marriage rate […]

Posted in Children, Economics, Marriage, Parenting | Comments (5)

AP: Analysis Shows GOP Legislators Who Support SSM Lose Their Seats

February 18, 2013 – 10:30 am

An important news story by Patrick Condon in the Associated Press confirms what we have been highlighting for a long time — Republicans who betray their base on marriage place their political future in serious jeopardy: As some Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature weigh whether to support legalizing same-sex marriage, an analysis of gay-marriage votes […]

Posted in Colorado, Marriage, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, Washington | Comments (4)

Sun Poll: David Cameron "Badly Damaged" by Gay Marriage

February 16, 2013 – 9:00 am

The UK Sun: David Cameron has been badly damaged by the gay marriage row, a Sun poll reveals today. The PM’s bid to project a trendy new image has alienated millions of voters, including Tories. Both supporters AND opponents of same-sex nuptials say they see his party in a worse light than before. And two-thirds […]

Posted in Marriage, Poll, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (7)

Girgis: Check Your Blind Spot -- What Is Marriage?

February 15, 2013 – 1:30 pm

Today on Public Discourse, Sherif Girgis (co-author of What is Marriage? One Man, One Woman: A Defense) argues that we need to reason about what marriage is–to understand its essential features and why the state has an interest in promoting them–before we can craft sound marriage law: Everyone has blind spots. It is philosophy’s ambition to cure […]

Posted in Debating Marriage, Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (13)

Gallup: Highest Percentage of LGBTs Live in Washington D.C.

February 15, 2013 – 12:30 pm

Is the LGBT movement “politically powerless”? The nation’s capital — home to politically powerful people — has by far the highest percentage of people who identify as gay or lesbian, according to Gallup: The percentage of U.S. adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) ranges from 1.7% in North Dakota to 5.1% […]

Posted in Culture, Statistics, Washington DC | Comments (13)

CO Senate Approves Same-Sex Civil Unions -- House to Vote Next

February 15, 2013 – 8:00 am

Please take action before the weekend and contact your representatives in Colorado demanding the protect marriage and religious freedom: Civil unions for same-sex Colorado couples have cleared the state Senate for a third and possibly final time. The Senate approved civil unions 21-14 without debate. All Democrats voted for the legal recognition for gay partners. […]

Posted in Civil Unions, Colorado, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (27)

Ken Connelly on The Goodness of Marriage

February 14, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Ken Connolly takes part in a TownHall series of columns related to National Marriage Week (that we recently promoted). You can find the second column in this series here. G.K. Chesterton observed in The Superstition of Divorce that “reformers of marriage . . . do not know what it is, or what it is meant […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage | Comments (35)

Attorney: Defense of Marriage Act Protects Kids

February 14, 2013 – 11:00 am

John Mauck, a Chicago attorney, submitted a pro-DOMA brief on behalf of the Manhattan Declaration.  He writes in the Washington Times: The Manhattan Declaration describes marriage as “the first institution of society… on which all other human institutions have their foundation.” Understanding what marriage is – and why it matters – could not be more […]

Posted in DOMA, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (17)

UPI: Senators Ask Supreme Court to Uphold DOMA

February 14, 2013 – 10:00 am

UPI: Ten U.S. senators have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and woman. The 10, all Republicans, want the high court to overturn the rulings of multiple lower courts that cleared the way for same-sex marriage, McClatchy Newspapers reported. […]

Posted in Congress, DOMA, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (14)
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