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Two MN News Outlets Confuse Amendment Supporters with Opponents

September 8, 2011 – 11:45 am

Media bias …or incompetence? Tom Hauser published this article a couple weeks ago with the headline: “Gay Marriage Supporters Influence Fairgoers Outside State Fairgrounds”. Problem is, the story is actually about the “Minnesota for Marriage” group, which supports one-man, one-woman marriage! Then today, Tim Nelson published this article on Minnesota Public Radio with the headline: […]

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Democrat Dov Hikind Endorses Bob Turner in NY-9

September 8, 2011 – 11:30 am

The earth moves in NY 9. Wow: Running in a Brooklyn/Queens district that is heavily Democratic and heavily Jewish, Republican congressional candidate Bob Turner got a two-for on Wednesday — the cross-party lines endorsement of Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind. “Bob Turner, getting to know him over the months, is just what we call a real […]

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California Professor Files Suit to Correct His Record

September 8, 2011 – 11:15 am

From the Pacific Justice Institute: Professor Brad Lopez filed suit in federal court in Fresno seeking to correct his employment record at Fresno City College. The College took action against the college instructor after a student and her friends made complaints about his class. The ACLU spearheaded a campaign so the College would censure Dr. […]

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Australia Op-Ed: Polls No Indicator for SSM Attitudes

September 8, 2011 – 11:00 am

Jim Wallace is the managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby: Despite the grandstanding, the Greens’ attempt to demonstrate that there is majority support for gay marriage in the suburbs and regional Australia has failed, in fact backfired. … Firstly in 18 of the 30 electorates on which MPs reported back as required by Adam […]

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Jim Garlow Honors Sen. Diaz for Standing "Like a Rock" for Marriage

September 8, 2011 – 10:45 am

Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego writes: Who is the most courageous pastor in America? There are likely many candidates for this title, but I would nominate Pastor Ruben Diaz of New York City. After you hear what he stands for and what he has endured, you might want to nominate […]

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"Outraged Parents Oust Gay Sex books from New Jersey Grade School Reading List"

September 8, 2011 – 10:30 am

An update from a story we covered earlier: Two books, one containing an explicit depiction of statutory lesbian rape, and the other a homosexual orgy, have been ousted from a local high school by outraged New Jersey parents. … The books, school officials say, were included on the list by a group of teachers, librarians, […]

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Puerto Ricans Honor Sen. Diaz for Defending Marriage

September 8, 2011 – 10:15 am

From the official press release: Senator Reverend Diaz stated: “I am deeply humbled to be recognized at the 2011 Clamor a Dios for my efforts to defend marriage. This recognition will invigorate my efforts to keep the marriage issue alive and ultimately let it be decided by New York’s voters.” Clamor a Dios is an […]

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Australian Op-Ed: "Marriage is About Rights of the Children"

September 8, 2011 – 10:00 am

Nicholas Tonti-Filippini writes in the Sydney Morning Herald: In an extraordinary show of unity, more than 50 national leaders of Christian churches have endorsed a document on marriage as a legal institution that promotes and protects the identity of children and their internationally recognised right to know, to have access to and to be nurtured […]

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Freedom to Speak the Truth or The 'Gospel' of Tolerance?

September 8, 2011 – 9:00 am

Jennifer Hartline writes in Catholic Online: Stacy Trasancos is one gutsy Catholic. Last week she wrote a little blog post about how she’s getting tired of wondering “what in tarnation we’re going to encounter” every time she and her kids leave the house. Two men ogling each other at the pool? Two women engaged in […]

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Video: Top GOP Candidates On Marriage & Religious Liberty at Palmetto Freedom Forum

September 7, 2011 – 4:36 pm

Here are some highlights from top GOP presidential candidates’ responses at the Palmetto Freedom Forum which took place in South Carolina this Monday, co-moderated by NOM Founding Chairman Dr. Robert George. Michele Bachmann: Mitt Romney: Newt Gingrich: Hermain Cain: We’ll have more video highlights soon — so stay tuned!

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Maggie Gallagher on A New Kind of Presidential Debate

September 7, 2011 – 11:45 am

NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher writes in the Public Discourse that Monday’s Presidential Forum broke new ground: The goal of the American Principles Project Palmetto Freedom Forum on Monday in Columbia, S.C., was a different kind of debate that would break new ground. Boy, did it succeed. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Congressman Steve King […]

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NC Black Ministers to Dems: "You are Disrespecting the Foot Soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement."

September 7, 2011 – 11:27 am

The minority leader of the North Carolina House called the marriage amendment “hate speech.”  The Democrat caucus also announced that somehow codifying current law into the constitution would be bad for business (we’re hoping the Democrats in NC have a better business plan than gay marriage!). Meanwhile a group of black ministers called out those […]

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NC Minority Leader Hackney: "Marriage Amendment a Form of Hate Speech"

September 7, 2011 – 11:15 am

In an official statement by North Carolina Democrat Minority Leader Joe Hackney: “This proposed constitutional amendment runs against the tide of history, and has become a form of hate speech.”

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New Poll Shows Turner UP by 4 Points in NY-9 Special Election!

September 7, 2011 – 10:48 am

Polls vary because predicting turnout in special elections is tough — but Turner is close and Weprin is in trouble! The survey finds Republican Bob Turner leading Democrat David Weprin by 4 points (Turner 44.6%/Weprin 40.4%/Hoeppner 3.2%/undecided 11.8%). Ballot intensity benefits Turner with 35.8% of the respondents definitely voting for Turner while only 28.3% of […]

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Mercury News: CA Supreme Court Appears Ready to Affirm the Right of Sponsors To Defend Prop 8

September 7, 2011 – 10:44 am

While it looked that way to us as well, you can’t always tell from oral arguments. San Jose Mercury News: The California Supreme Court today appeared ready to give sponsors of Proposition 8 the legal right to defend the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, expressing major concerns about allowing the law to be negated […]

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