The Hill: Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) said a push in the North Carolina state legislature to add a [marriage] amendment to the state constitution has prompted him to co-sponsor federal legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In response, Miller’s proposed repeal of DOMA would force states to recognize same-sex marriages that occurred […]
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John Fund on John Batchelor Show: Gay Marriage Hurting Weprin in NY-9
September 20, 2011 – 9:00 am
At 2:28 in this recording from election night (last Tuesday) John Fund of the American Spectator tells nationally-syndicated radio host John Batchelor and Larry Kudlow that David Weprin’s vote for same-sex marriage is hurting him among Orthodox Jewish and Catholic voters. We all know how the election turned out (with Weprin being defeated), but listen-in […]
8 the Play Tonight
September 19, 2011 – 4:52 pm
The premier tickets were $500 a piece, but google and you will find this:
Judge Walker's Broken Promises (Continued)
September 19, 2011 – 3:34 pm
We personally don’t have a dog in this fight, but given the Supreme Court personally intervening to prevent Judge Walker from videotaping the trial–and he then did so promising the litigants that it would be only for his personal use–this is not justice for the litigants. Par for Judge Walker’s court. A federal judge has […]
Election Watch 2012: A Christian Right Revival in 2012?
September 19, 2011 – 2:00 pm
Pantagraph: Demastus represents a growing movement of evangelical pastors who are jumping into the electoral fray as never before, preaching political engagement from the pulpit as they mobilize for the 2012 election. This new activism has substantial muscle behind it: a cadre of experienced Christian organizers and some of the conservative movement’s most generous donors, […]
Pro-SSM New Hampshire Gov. Lynch Won't Run Again
September 19, 2011 – 1:30 pm
Politicians come and go but good people will always be standing up for marriage: Democratic Gov. John Lynch says he will not seek a fifth consecutive two-year term as New Hampshire’s chief executive. Lynch made the announcement Thursday, months ahead of the state’s June filing period, putting at rest speculation about his intentions and opening […]
President Obama's Tenth Amendment Conundrum in NC
September 19, 2011 – 1:00 pm
The White House weighs-in on the news that North Carolinians are voting to define marriage in their state constitution next May: Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson, issued the following statement in response to the Washington Blade’s inquiry as to whether President Obama opposes the North Carolina amendment banning same-sex marriage, which will come before state voters […]
Maggie on Gov. O'Malley's Anti-Poverty Push: What About Marriage?
September 19, 2011 – 1:00 pm
The Daily Caller: Democratic Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is working to improve his state’s numbers on poverty, education, crime and employment, but he says Maryland can’t effectively reduce out-of-wedlock births or divorces. “It makes little sense to claim you care about educational failure, violence and poverty, and then say you don’t care about people getting […]
Iowa Senate Up for Grabs in Nov. 8th Special Election
September 19, 2011 – 12:30 pm
The Des Moines Register: Gov. Terry Branstad’s appointment of a Democratic senator to the Iowa Utilities Board will give Iowa Republicans a shot to knock Democrats from their one-seat majority in the Senate before the next legislative session begins in January The seat being vacated by Sen. Swati Dandekar of Marion is in a district […]
Brian Brown in NYTimes: Other Pro-SSM Legislators Are Going to Be Taught the Same Lesson as Weprin
September 19, 2011 – 11:30 am
The New York Times on NY-9 as prologue to future efforts to defeat pro-SSM legislators: Opponents of same-sex marriage say they plan to use Mr. Weprin’s defeat as a springboard as they seek in next year’s legislative elections to defeat lawmakers who voted to allow gay men and lesbians to wed. Although representatives of the […]
Breaking News: New Hampshire Welcomes New Bishop
September 19, 2011 – 10:56 am
Via the AP: New Hampshire’s 300,000 Roman Catholics have a new leader. The Vatican on Monday named the Rev. Peter Anthony Libasci (luh-BASH’-ee) to succeed Bishop John McCormack as bishop of the Diocese of Manchester. The 59-year-old Libasci is New York City native ordained in 1978 who most recently served as auxiliary bishop of the […]
Orthodox Union Leader: Weprin Lost NY-9 Because of SSM, Not Other Issues
September 19, 2011 – 10:00 am
Howie Beigelman, the director of state affairs at the Orthodox Union, points out in the New York Daily News that other candidates who did not vote to redefine marriage continue to receive Orthodox support: Weprin lost Orthodox support not because he was a Democrat, but because Orthodox Jews were angry at him for his yes […]
Alan Keyes Notices: Gay Marriage Lost in NY-9
September 19, 2011 – 9:30 am
Beginning his column for WorldNetDaily: I read an interesting article this week in which Ben Smith concludes that the issue of Democratic state legislator David Weprin’s vote in favor of same-sex marriage was a factor in his defeat in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District…
Peggy Noonan in WSJ: Gay Marriage Played a Part in NY-9
September 19, 2011 – 9:00 am
In her most recent weekly column for the Wall Street Journal: To the New York race. As this is written, with 92% of precincts counted, Republican Bob Turner leads Democrat David Weprin 53% to 47%. That doesn’t look big but is. In 2008, Mr. Weiner won the district with 93%. In 2010, a bad year […]
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