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Study: Married Couples Are More In Love Than You Think

August 11, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Caitlin Dickson at The Daily: Taking a page out of the Bee Gees‘s playbook, researchers asked scores of married Americans one simple question: How deep is your love? In spite of the 50 percent divorce rate in the United States, the answer was encouraging to anyone who believes in everlasting love. Of the 274 married […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Research/Study | Comments (5)

Majority of Brazilians Oppose Ruling Legalizing Same-Sex Civil Unions

August 11, 2011 – 11:45 am

In LifeSiteNews: A majority of Brazilians continue to express their opposition to the homosexual agenda in their country, despite a recent ruling by the nation’s Supreme Federal Tribunal creating homosexual civil unions, according to a recent poll. The survey, conducted by the Brazilian polling agency Ibope, revealed that 55 percent of respondents opposed the Tribunal’s […]

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Video: Rick Santorum on Marriage in Iowa!

August 11, 2011 – 11:00 am

On individual religious liberty, he says: “We have now created a super-right to sexual freedom — it’s not in the Constitution but the courts have created it. And it will let me assure you, with future court decisions, trump religious rights. You see it happening in international laws, international courts, where the right of conscience […]

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (11)

Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Biological Mother in Same-Sex Parenting Dispute

August 11, 2011 – 10:45 am

The Columbus Dispatch reports: In a 4-3 decision yesterday, the [Ohio Supreme Court] justices upheld lower-court rulings that a Cincinnati woman did not agree to shared legal custody of her daughter, now 5, despite planning the in-vitro pregnancy with her partner and naming her a “co-parent” in power-of-attorney documents. Biological mom Kelly Mullen voided those […]

Posted in Children, Law, Ohio, Parenting | Comments (7)

Baptist Press: In Court, Obama & House Differ Over Whether Kids Need a Mom & Dad

August 11, 2011 – 10:00 am

Michael Foust writes: In remarkably different court filings that highlight America’s cultural divide on marriage’s definition, the U.S. House and the Obama Justice Department have come to opposite conclusions as to whether children need a mother and a father in the home. At issue is the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law which defines […]

Posted in Children, New York, Parenting, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (8)

George Weigel: "Crying 'Homophobia' [is] a Crypto-Totalitarian Bully’s Smear"

August 11, 2011 – 9:00 am

George Weigel writes about the attempt to dismiss those who believe in marriage as “homophobes” — and proposes what is actually the heart of the matter: The Washington Post’s culture critic, Philip Kennicott, recently took to the pages of his paper to note the “cognitive dissonance” between ingrained “habits of homophobia” in American culture, on […]

Posted in Culture, Free Speech, Law, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (14)

Lone Pro-SSM Republican Senator in Maryland Still Ignoring His Constituents

August 11, 2011 – 8:00 am

The Washington Times reports: [Maryland Sen. Allan Kittleman] was the only one of 55 Republican state legislators who spoke out in favor of a gay-marriage bill that passed the Senate but died in the House because of seemingly unanimous Republican opposition and resistance from nearly one-third of Democrats. … Party colleagues have expressed disappointment in […]

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Ken Blackwell: Liberals Fear SSM at the Ballot Box Because Its A Bridge Issue, Not a Wedge Issue

August 10, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Ken Blackwell writes in Town Hall about the true rainbow coalition – the coalition of people of good will who believe marriage is between one man and one woman: Look behind these numbers [of people supporting marriage in the south]. What you see is clear: A black-white alliance. In addition, the South is increasingly welcoming […]

Posted in Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (5)

Gay Republican Activist in Maine: "SSM Bound For Defeat on 2012 Ballot"

August 10, 2011 – 11:00 am

A self-identified gay republican activist warns in the Portland Press Herald that gay marriage will go down again if it is put to the people of Maine in 2012 (he would prefer that government “get out of the marriage business altogether”): If they follow through on their plan to put same-sex marriage on the November […]

Posted in Maine, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (5)

Gay Marriage Activists Push for Bert & Ernie to Marry on Sesame Street

August 10, 2011 – 10:00 am

Do Muppets have an orientation? An online campaign tries to get Sesame Street to “marry” Ernie and Bert: An online campaign to pressure the producers of “Sesame Street” into having lovable roommates Bert and Ernie get married is gathering steam. Getting hitched would change things for Ernie, who has long sang about how his bath […]

Posted in Culture, Media, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (40)

Media's Biased Reading of NJ SSM Poll

August 10, 2011 – 9:00 am

Patrick Murray at Central Jersey comments on the media coverage of PPP’s new poll describing New Jersey opinions on marriage and civil unions: “…if you combine the 40 percent who prefer civil unions with the 17 percent who say that no status should be recognized, you arrive at a majority of 57 percent who oppose […]

Posted in Civil Unions, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

Knights of Columbus Recommit to Protecting Marriage and Family

August 10, 2011 – 8:00 am

The Knights of Columbus, the largest association of lay Catholics in the United States (now with a record 1.8 million members) approved a resolution (see the full text here) at their annual convention last week to strongly support the institution of marriage. Carl Anderson, head of the Knights, writes in his annual report: Today, the […]

Posted in Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Netherlands Refuses to Re-Hire 3 Registers Who Oppose SSM

August 9, 2011 – 2:30 pm

In Dutch News: Groningen city council said on Thursday it would not renew the contracts of three civil servants who have refused to officiate at same sex weddings. The contracts are due to expire in 2014. The three cannot be sacked because their action is not against the law. Gay rights lobby group COC is […]

Posted in Europe, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (13)

Cuomo Admits: I Can't Help the Republican Senators

August 9, 2011 – 1:45 pm

He calls it “gutsy” to betray your constituents’ views.  Well, that’s one way of looking at it: “There are many times when you have legislators who stand up and take gutsy positions that they’re penalized for,” said Cuomo, drawing a parallel to Congress members ousted over their vote for the assault weapons ban in 1994. […]

Posted in New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

LA Times Editors: Polygamy a Gay-Wedding Crasher

August 9, 2011 – 1:15 pm

And it all goes back to Lawrence v. Texas: Jonathan Turley is probably not the most popular man right now with supporters of same-sex marriage. The George Washington University law professor has filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s anti-polygamy laws — and his argument is based on a landmark 2003 Supreme Court gay […]

Posted in Law, Polygamy, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (30)
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