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MSNBC Video: Brian Brown Vs. John Lewis on NOM's Marriage Pledge

August 6, 2011 – 10:31 am

Here is video of NOM President Brian Brown’s appearance on MSNBC opposite John Lewis and MSNBC host Thomas Roberts, discussing NOM’s Marriage Pledge, which has now been signed by four candidates for the GOP’s presidential nomination: Related: NewsBusters: MSNBC Misrepresents US News Article on Same-Sex Marriage

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Heritage Foundation on How Nondiscrimination Laws Factor In Same-Sex Marriage and Threats to Religious Freedom

August 6, 2011 – 9:00 am

Thomas Messner at the Heritage Foundation explains how same-sex marriage threatens religious freedom by triggering nondiscrimination laws. Here is the abstract: Proponents of religious freedom have firmly established that same-sex marriage threatens religious freedom in a number of ways. In response, some have argued that certain threats to religious freedom discussed in this context have […]

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Marriage Pledge Update: And Tim Pawlenty Makes 4!

August 5, 2011 – 2:52 pm

Governor Tim Pawlenty has signed on to the NOM Marriage Pledge which was signed yesterday by Republican Presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Michelle Bachmann and Rick Santorum.

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Tim Gill-Funded Log Cabin Republicans Do Not Like NOM's Marriage Pledge

August 5, 2011 – 1:49 pm

From their press release reacting to news that candidates Romney, Bachmann and Santorum have all signed NOM’s Marriage Pledge: Log Cabin Republicans strongly oppose the so called ‘marriage pledge’ by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which endangers the GOP’s ability to grow and strengthen. “Republicans got nothing but bad press from the first marriage […]

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SSM Backers in NY Outspent Opponents 3-1?

August 5, 2011 – 8:30 am

Money matters. That’s what gay newspaper Chelsea Now reports: The groups that backed same sex marriage outspent their opponents by roughly three-to-one during the fight to enact gay marriage in New York. New Yorkers United for Marriage (NYUM), a coalition formed by the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA), New York’s statewide gay lobbying group, Freedom […]

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Video: CBN News Grills Gov. Perry on Life, Marriage

August 5, 2011 – 8:00 am

The relevant part about marriage, via CBN News: [Perry is] such a believer in states rights that he’s defended state decisions that he fundamentally disagrees with. But on issues like traditional marriage, which he says are important to the fabric of the nation, he supports amending the constitution to make it the law of the […]

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NY Sen. Savino Furious Over Fellow Democrat Admitting Investigation of NY SSM Vote Needed

August 5, 2011 – 7:00 am

PolitickerNY reports that someone isn’t happy: State Senator Diane Savino is furious with fellow Democrat David Weprin after he agreed with an interviewer who said there should be some type of inquiry into whether the State Senate violated its rules when it voted to legalize same-sex marriage. “I was this close to writing a check […]

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Video: Maggie Gallagher Explains NOM's Marriage Pledge on CBN News

August 4, 2011 – 9:37 pm

NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher was in-studio with the Christian Broadcasting Network today touting the fact that three GOP Presidential candidates –including the two current front runners– have signed on to NOM’s Marriage Pledge. Here’s the video: Here’s the CBN article accompanying this interview.

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Iowa, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (26)

Media Alert: Brian Brown on MSNBC Friday, 11:30AM ET

August 4, 2011 – 6:15 pm

NOM President Brian Brown will be on MSNBC Live tomorrow morning between 11:30AM – 12:00PM ET with Thomas Roberts from their Los Angeles studio talking about NOM’s new Marriage Pledge signed by three of the GOP candidates running for President. It will be a panel discussion. Be sure to tune in if you can!

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Round-Up: Media Coverage of NOM's Marriage Pledge

August 4, 2011 – 1:30 pm

Ben Smith at Politico was first to take note: Former Gov. Mitt Romney has joined Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Sen. Rick Santorum in signing a pledge to oppose same-sex marriage on a number of specific fronts. … The pledge is less meaningful for its direct consequences than for the fact that it commits the […]

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Maggie Gallagher on "T-Paw's Odd Absence" from NOM's Marriage Pledge

August 4, 2011 – 1:26 pm

Kathryn Lopez at NRO’s The Corner blog interviews NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher briefly on our new marriage pledge: I’ve sorta tired of pledges, but it does seem bizarre that Tim Pawlenty hasn’t signed onto the National Organization of Marriage’s marriage pledge. The pledge is straightforward. And Governor Pawlenty does come from Minnesota, which has been […]

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WSJ: Where's Pawlenty on Marriage?

August 4, 2011 – 1:23 pm

Danny Yadron at the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire blog asks that question, and includes NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher’s comments: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum have signed a pledge from the National Organization for Marriage to oppose gay marriage at several levels of the federal government. But former […]

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All Major Candidates Sign NOM Marriage Pledge, Commit to Concrete Steps to Support Marriage

August 4, 2011 – 11:11 am

“[The pledge] commits the three candidates fully to the hottest front in the culture wars.” — Ben Smith, Politico “Three marriage champions have emerged,” says Brian Brown, President of NOM UPDATE – Tim Pawlenty has signed the pledge as well. WASHINGTON – “Many candidates say they support traditional marriage (like President Obama!) but three GOP presidential candidates […]

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Politico's Ben Smith on NOM's Marriage Pledge

August 4, 2011 – 11:05 am

Ben Smith at Politico blogs: Former Gov. Mitt Romney has joined Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Sen. Rick Santorum in signing a pledge to oppose same-sex marriage on a number of specific fronts. The three candidates signed the pledge advanced by the National Organization for Marriage, which has led national and state campaigns to limit […]

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Gay Activist Compares Rep. Allen West to KKK Member in Op-Ed

August 4, 2011 – 11:01 am

Will the NAACP issue at least a mild rebuke to this outrageous and defamatory characterization of the first black GOP congressman elected from Florida since Reconstruction? In an op-ed published yesterday in the Sun Sentinel, Michael Kenny, executive director of Florida Together writes: If the infamous Klu Klux Klan leader, David Duke, were coming to Wilton […]

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