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Florida Judge Approves Birth Certificate Listing Three Parents

February 8, 2013 – 11:00 am

NBC: A Florida judge has approved the adoption of a 22-month-old baby girl that will list three people as parents on her birth certificate — a married lesbian couple and a gay man. The decision ends a two-year paternity fight between the couple and a friend of the women who donated his sperm to father […]

Posted in Adoption, Children, Florida, Law, Parenting | Comments (19)

KSTP Poll: Minnesotans Oppose SSM 54%-42%!

February 7, 2013 – 11:00 am

A new KSTP poll shows that a majority of Minnesotans support retaining laws protecting marriage! Should the Minnesota state law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry? Or should it be left as it is? 42% Should Be Changed 54% Should Be Left As […]

Posted in Marriage, Minnesota, Poll, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Breaking News: Boy Scouts Delay Vote Until May in Wake of Backlash Over Proposed Changes

February 6, 2013 – 4:00 pm

Thank you to everyone who took action to encourage the Boy Scouts of America to stand by their founding principles! This was seemingly a done deal until a few days ago when you mobilized: The Boy Scouts of America has decided to delay its vote on a proposal to let local troops decide whether to allow […]

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Prime Minister Cameron Faces Tory "Disaster" and "Rebellion" Over SSM Vote

February 6, 2013 – 11:40 am

The UK Christian Institute: David Cameron suffered a “disaster” tonight, as most of his Tory MPs failed to back his Bill to redefine marriage. Early indications suggest that more Tory MPs voted against Mr Cameron than supported him. Colin Hart of the Coalition for Marriage said: “This result is a disaster for David Cameron. “Despite […]

Posted in Marriage, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (11)

Coalition of Churches Including LDS Church File SCOTUS Brief Supporting Prop 8, DOMA

February 6, 2013 – 11:30 am

Fox13: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has filed a pair of briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to uphold California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The briefs were drafted by lawyers for the LDS Church here in Utah and filed Jan. 29 before the nation’s top […]

Posted in California, DOMA, Marriage, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (3)

Video: Oregon Baker Under Attack for Refusing to Bake S-S Wedding Cake

February 5, 2013 – 12:00 pm

The owner cites his biblical understanding of marriage in the interview, while the Department of Justice is examining the allegations made against him by the woman who was refused a cake: From the segment voiceover: What Aaron and his wife want to make clear is that he don’t hate homosexuals, in fact, quite the opposite: […]

Posted in Marriage, MarriageADA, Oregon, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (62)

Republican Party: Beware of the Tory Experience

February 5, 2013 – 11:45 am

Don’t be a disco dad, it will destroy your party: When dads hit the dance floor trying to be hip and trendy, everyone else cringes with embarrassment. It’s the same with David Cameron’s modernising push for gay marriage. A new poll of LGBT people reveals that almost two thirds flinch at his motives. They think […]

Posted in Marriage, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (3)

ADF Announces 9 Weeks of Prayer Leading up to the Supreme Court

February 4, 2013 – 3:00 pm

Alliance Defending Freedom: Join us in praying for marriage over the next nine weeks. Download a different prayer sheet each week leading up to arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26th and 27th.

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (7)

Video: NOM's Thomas Peters Debates the Future of Marriage on CrossTalk

February 4, 2013 – 11:15 am

NOM’s Communications Director Thomas Peters joined in a spirited debate with Peter Tatchell, a veteran LGBT activist from the UK, over the meaning and future of marriage — we think you will enjoy it! On love and its relation to marriage, Peters says in response to Peter Tatchell: “The proponent of gay marriage keeps saying […]

Posted in Culture, Debating Marriage, France, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (16)

IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family

February 4, 2013 – 9:00 am

A burden on middle class and young families: In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year. Under Obamacare, Americans will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the […]

Posted in Economics, Law, Marriage | Comments (4)

NOM Chairman John Eastman: "The Boy Scouts -- Is It All About the Money?"

February 2, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Dr. Eastman, a constitutional law professor at Chapman University and Chairman of the Board of the National Organization for Marriage, is, like his grandfather before him, an Eagle Scout, and served as a volunteer adult leader in the Boy Scouts as a Cub Scout Den Leader, Cubmaster, and Assistant Scoutmaster as his son advanced through […]

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (57)

LifeSiteNews Chief Promotes NOM's Latest MarriageADA Video

February 2, 2013 – 11:00 am

Patrick Craine, Canadian Bureau Chief of LifeSiteNews, promotes our latest MarriageADA video on the threat of same-sex marriage infringing on the rights of parents: Just as Ontario’s new Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced plans to reintroduce an explicit sex-ed program, the Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance, and our friend Damian Goddard have released a great video about a striking […]

Posted in Canada, Children, Education, Parenting, Religious Liberty | Comments (7)

Pro-family Groups Applaud Supreme Court of Canada Ruling in Favor of Marriage

February 2, 2013 – 9:00 am

LifeSiteNews: A Supreme Court of Canada decision that upheld Quebec’s laws which provide rights to married couples that do not apply to couples merely living together has been applauded by pro-family organizations as a recognition of the unique and distinctive role that true marriage plays in society. In what has become known as the Eric […]

Posted in Canada, Law, Marriage | Comments (15)

FRC Files Amicus Briefs in Prop 8, DOMA

February 1, 2013 – 4:00 pm

PR Newswire: Family Research Council (FRC) and the Thomas More Society (TMS) of Chicago, Illinois, today announced the filing of amicus briefs opposing the lower court decisions in the two marriage cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in late March, 2013. Hollingsworth v. Perry comes to the Court out of the Proposition 8 litigation […]

Posted in Marriage, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (11)

Indiana GOP Close to Deciding if it Will Push for Marriage Protection Vote

February 1, 2013 – 1:30 pm

More evidence that our calls and emails are more needed than ever at this critical time! Republican leaders say they are close to deciding whether a proposed state constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage will get a hearing this year in the legislature. Indiana’s proposed marriage amendment cleared its first hurdle in 2011, as members […]

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