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Legal Action Threatened Against Town Unless They Force Clerk to Issue SSM Licenses

September 15, 2011 – 10:30 am

CitizenLink: People for the American Way Foundation (PFAW) is threatening legal action against a New York town unless its clerk starts issuing same-sex marriage licenses — or resigns. Rose Marie Belforti made national headlines last month when she announced that her Christian beliefs would not allow her to sign same-sex marriage licenses, and that a […]

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Ripple Effect: NY Democrats Worried About Getting "Weprined" for Their SSM Support Next Election

September 15, 2011 – 10:00 am

David Weprin’s historic loss, precipitated by his support for gay marriage, has other Democrats in the empire state spooked, The New York Capitol News reports: Some Democratic sources claim Councilman Lew Fidler is worried last night’s election returns imperil his expected bid to replace indicted Sen. Carl Kruger. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods where Turner performed strongest […]

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WSJ Reporter Finds What Defeated Weprin: Same-Sex Marriage

September 15, 2011 – 9:30 am

Alison Fox, Pervaiz Shallwani and Aaron Rutkoff for the Wall Street Journal: Voters interviewed Wednesday pointed to their opposition to same-sex marriage and Turner’s pro-Israel politics as factors that swayed them to pick a Republican. … Chaim Klein, a 26-year-old bookkeeper in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood, said the election came down to issues, not party politics. […]

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Are Some Social Workers A Little Too Anxious to Affirm Novel Family Forms?

September 15, 2011 – 9:00 am

A judge in Australia thinks maybe so: A six-year-old boy in Australia was removed from his lesbian foster parents after they posted a photo of him dressed as a girl onto Facebook, a Supreme Court judgment revealed last month. One of the women is reportedly seeking to undergo a ‘sex change’, while the other is […]

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Prof. Robert George on What Happened in NY-9

September 15, 2011 – 8:30 am

NOM Founding Chairman Prof. Robert George explains at the Mirror of Justice blog: In the run up to the election, a group of Orthodox rabbis, most from Brooklyn, but including others, notably Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky and Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, two nationally prominent Orthodox Jewish authorities, published a letter stating that “it is forbidden to […]

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Queer by Choice?

September 15, 2011 – 8:00 am

This lesbian in The Atlantic says she was not “born this way”, and it’s nobody’s business: “In direct opposition to both the mainstream gay movement and Lady Gaga, I would like to state for the record that I was not born this way.”

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Politico: Andrew Cuomo a "Loser" in NY-9

September 14, 2011 – 3:00 pm

Let’s not forget that Andrew Cuomo couldn’t save the Democrat in this race, how will he be able to protect Republicans who voted for SSM? “…in May’s upstate New York special election, Cuomo didn’t get behind now-Rep. Kathy Hochul until the last minute when the picture was clearer. But he gave Weprin, an establishment party […]

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Post NY-9 Consensus: SSM Vote Was a Major Factor in Weprin's Defeat

September 14, 2011 – 2:45 pm

Media outlet after media outlet makes the case: American Spectator: “NY-9 is home to a significant number of politically engaged religious or orthodox Jews for whom the institution of marriage is fundamental and essential. And so, for them, Democrat David Weprin’s vote to transform the institution of marriage in accordance with modern-day notions of “fairness” […]

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Politico: NOM a "Winner" in NY-9 Victory

September 14, 2011 – 2:30 pm

Alex Isenstadt in Politico, on NY-9’s winners and losers: National Organization for Marriage – The socially conservative organization helped to sow unrest with Weprin and Orthodox Jewish Democrats over his support for same-sex marriage. The organization dropped $75,000 on mailers highlighting Weprin’s position and dispatched Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein to record an anti-Weprin robocall.

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NH SSM Repeal Bill in Early Stages

September 14, 2011 – 2:15 pm

The Associated Press: New Hampshire is considering repealing its gay marriage law and replacing it with civil unions for any unmarried adults including relatives. A House Judiciary subcommittee voted 3-1 Wednesday to recommend a repeal bill that also establishes civil unions for any unmarried adults competent to enter into a contract. The bill still faces […]

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NOM RELEASES "FLASH" SURVEY IN NY-9

September 14, 2011 – 1:16 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2011 Mary Beth Hutchins or Elizabeth Ray at 703-683-5004 WEPRIN VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE COST HIM SEAT IN CONGRESS Washington –The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today released a “flash” survey conducted yesterday among voters of New York’s 9th Congressional District which demonstrates that David Weprin’s support of same-sex marriage […]

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NRO's Bob Costa on NY-9: Marriage Mattered

September 14, 2011 – 11:30 am

Robert Costa writes that the President’s unpopularity was not the only factor in Bob Turner’s surprise 8-point victory yesterday over David Weprin: Marriage matters. Democrats may think the debate is over, but in a district they’ve held for decades, it is a hot-button issue, and may have cost David Weprin a seat in Congress. Orthodox […]

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Human Events on the Marriage Factor in NY-9

September 14, 2011 – 11:00 am

John Gizzi at Human Events: “…many other observers we spoke to added that of gay marriage. More than 40 Orthodox Jewish rabbis signed a letter denouncing Weprin’s vote for the measure when it passed the New York Assembly and endorsing Turner, a Roman Catholic. In addition, the National Organization for Marriage spent more than $75,000 […]

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"Mazel Tov, Bob!"

September 14, 2011 – 10:44 am

Seen at last night’s Bob Turner Victory Celebration: It reads: “Mazel Tov, Bob!” Source: NRO’s The Corner

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Weekly Standard: "Israel, Marriage, Key Issues in NY-9"

September 14, 2011 – 10:30 am

John McCormack at The Weekly Standard: The two issues that seem to have helped drive some of the district’s traditionally Democratic voters to cast their ballots for Turner were Obama’s Israel policy and Weprin’s vote for same-sex marriage. Former Democratic New York City mayor Ed Koch endorsed Turner primarily to send a message to Obama […]

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