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NJ School District Yanks Lesbian Sex Book From Required Middle School Summer Reading List

August 26, 2011 – 3:02 pm

FOXNews: A New Jersey school district has apologized to parents after requiring high school students to read books that include graphic depictions of lesbian sex and a homosexual orgy. … The books were on a required summer reading list for middle school and high school students. The district decided to pull the book off the […]

Posted in Children, Education, New Jersey | Comments (42)

Volunteers Promoting Marriage Amendment at Minnesota State Fair

August 26, 2011 – 2:58 pm

Live in Minnesota? Visit the Minnesota for Marriage booth at the State Fair! Minnesota Public Radio reports: The Minnesota State Fair always features a buffet of politics, and this year fairgoers have a new issue to chew on: a constitutional vote on marriage. … “Good morning, would you like some information on Minnesota for Marriage?” […]

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

Perry Joins Bachmann, Romney and Santorum in Signing NOM Marriage Pledge!

August 26, 2011 – 12:36 pm

WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) released the following statement today announcing that Gov. Rick Perry has signed their marriage pledge: “Kudos to Gov. Rick Perry for making it clear: he’s a marriage champion!,” said Brian Brown, president of NOM.  “The purpose of NOM’s Marriage Pledge is to move from vague values statements […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Press Releases, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (43)

Why The Massachusetts Divorce Rate is Low: Few Get Married

August 26, 2011 – 11:27 am

CitizenLink reports: For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. Census Bureau’s National Center for Health Statistics has released a detailed, state-by-state look at marriage rates nationwide. … The statistics reflected regional differences. For instance, divorce rates are higher than the national average in the Southeast (10.2 per 1,000 men and 11.1 per 1,000 […]

Posted in Divorce, Marriage, Statistics | Comments (28)

CNN's Don Lemon: "Not All Gay People Want To Or Should Get Married"

August 26, 2011 – 9:00 am

CNN anchor Don Lemon is openly gay, and writes about the “new marriage dilemma” posed by the legalization of gay marriage in New York — gays who don’t want to get married: Though it wasn’t celebrated by larger society, it used to be that gay men once enjoyed that same freedom to play the field. […]

Posted in Culture, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (19)

Florida Newspaper Editorial: Suspended Teacher Deserves Freedom of Speech, Just Like All Of Us

August 26, 2011 – 8:00 am

The editors of the Florida Daily News wrote this week: “…Far from encouraging illegal activity, [Florida teacher Jerry Buell] was expressing an opinion that’s reflected in the laws of 41 states, including Florida, which have either a constitutional prohibition against same-sex marriage or a law against it. What he appears to have violated is a […]

Posted in Florida, Free Speech, New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

Video: Supporters of Free Speech Flood Florida School Board Meeting on Teacher Suspended for Facebook SSM Comments

August 25, 2011 – 1:53 pm

Floridians showed up in droves to support the freedom of speech of Jerry Buell this Monday, as local FOX Orlando reports in the video below. Mr. Buell was subsequently reinstated as we mentioned today.

Posted in Florida, Free Speech, New York, NOM on Facebook, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (28)

Victory for Florida School Teacher!

August 25, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Good news from the Liberty Counsel: Jerry Buell has been reinstated as a teacher, allowing him to return back to the classroom tomorrow. The Lake County School Board made its decision today after a week-long “investigation” into a comment Buell made on his personal Facebook page expressing his disapproval of legalized homosexual marriage in New […]

Posted in Florida, Free Speech, New York, NOM on Facebook, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (39)

FRC Asks: Will Your Faith Exclude You from the Marketplace?

August 25, 2011 – 11:30 am

From a press release issued by the Family Research Council: In recent weeks, online political activists have engaged in a misinformation campaign that seeks to bully retailers such as Walgreens, Petco, and Netflix into discriminating against customers and charities based on their religious beliefs, specifically the traditional and biblical view of marriage as the union […]

Posted in Free Speech, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Alan Sears on the Vermont Inn Owners' Courage To Stand for Marriage

August 25, 2011 – 11:05 am

Alan Sears, president and CEO of the Alliance Defense Fund, in TownHall: Wildflower Inn was voted Best Family Resort by Yankee magazine last year, and the word “family” pops up repeatedly on the website and in the Inn’s brochures. Clearly, that’s the favored clientele, although the Inn’s owners allow that their place is also ideal […]

Posted in Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage, Vermont | Comments (11)

Matthew Franck on Michael Barone's False Reading of Marriage Polling

August 25, 2011 – 10:00 am

Plenty of people are raising eyebrows at Michael Barone’s recent comments on the subject of same-sex marriage. Michael Franck at First Thoughts clarifies the disparity, by pointing out that Barone’s use of Gallup polling yields very different results (53% in favor of SSM) than the results found by Public Opinion Strategies (POS) — only 35% […]

Posted in Culture, Polling, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Bishops: State of Illinois "At War" With Catholic Community Over Adoptions

August 25, 2011 – 9:00 am

Strong words from Bishop Daniel Jencky of Peoria, IL in reaction to the news that Catholic Charities will be forced out of the adoption business by Illinois’ bad civil unions bill: The Bishop said, “Catholic Charities is one of the lead providers of foster care services in the state. They have been valued partners for […]

Posted in Adoption, Catholic Church, Civil Unions, Illinois, Religious Liberty | Comments (7)

Admiral Mike Mullen to Chaplain: "If You Can't Get in Line with [Repealing DADT], Resign Your Commission."

August 25, 2011 – 8:00 am

One chaplain asked Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen at a briefing on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell what will happen to military chaplains who hold biblical views on sex and marriage: “[A] chaplain asked, ‘Will those of us who hold biblical orthodox views concerning homosexuality be protected in this new environment to speak about […]

Posted in Culture, Religious Liberty | Comments (12)

Why Didn't FOX News Cover Gay Marriage in New York?

August 24, 2011 – 4:14 pm

Charlie Butts at OneNewsNow: “News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, is preparing to publish a magazine devoted to planning “gay” and lesbian weddings with the debut issue of Wedding Pride next month. … when the New York Senate voted to legalize homosexual marriage, other news networks devoted considerable time to report on it, while Fox […]

Posted in Culture, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (10)

NY Jewish Week: Gay Marriage Issue Galvanizing Orthodox Against Weprin

August 24, 2011 – 3:30 pm

Adam Dickter for the New York Jewish Week: We’ll take a closer look at the campaign of Democrat Assemblyman David Weprin for Congress in this week’s paper, but I’d be remiss in not blogging today about what I am hearing is a groundswell of anti-Weprin sentiment among the Orthodox in the district because of his […]

Posted in New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)
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