THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our Chick-Fil-A Appreciation program! Your efforts help demonstrate to Americans of good will that pro-marriage business owners have a right to their beliefs and we have a right to support them! Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s controversial comments on “biblical” marriage last summer and the uproar that followed didn’t […]
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VICTORY: Wyoming Defeats Domestic Partnership Bill That Could Have Threatened Marriage
February 1, 2013 – 11:30 am
A shout-out once again to our marriage supporters in Wyoming (the “Equality State”) — yesterday your representatives in Cheyenne defeated a domestic partnership bill that could have threatened marriage by a vote of 35-24. Courts have used domestic partnerships and civil unions as an excuse to challenge laws protection marriage: A bill that would have […]
GOP County Committee in Illinois Unanimously Calls for Chairman Brady to Resign Over SSM
February 1, 2013 – 10:30 am
The Illinois Review: The Williamson County Republican Central Committee has unanimously voted on a resolution calling for Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady to resign. In a press release, the Central Committee wrote: Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady recently participated in a campaign urging Republican lawmakers to back legislation to legalize “same-sex marriage” in […]
ProJo: RI Senate Vote on Marriage "Too Close to Call"
January 31, 2013 – 3:00 pm
A Providence Journal article explains why it’s so important for all of us to take action — marriage sits on a knife’s edge in Rhode Island! As the debate over same-sex marriage moves to the state Senate, one thing appears almost certain: the vote, if there is one, will be close. Right now, it’s too close to […]
Legal Center: Illinois Legislators Warned About Same-Sex Marriage Act
January 31, 2013 – 2:00 pm
Before the Illinois legislature concluded business for the lame duck session they were sent a letter by the Thomas More Society which is still relevant as gay marriage advocates continue to push for a redefinition of marriage: Today the state legislators of Illinois were warned about the documented consequences of legalizing same-sex marriage. The Thomas […]
Former Rep. Joe Walsh Calls on GOP Chair Brady to Step Down for SSM Comments
January 31, 2013 – 1:00 pm
The Illinois Review: Former Congressman Joe Walsh sent us the following statement: “Two weeks ago, in Illinois Review, I publicly called on Pat Brady to step down as Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party. Pat is a good guy, but as he has still not retracted his public statements on same sex marriage, again, I […]
UK Gay Marriage Bill Also Would Redefine Adultery and Sex
January 31, 2013 – 12:00 pm
As these provisions make clear, redefining marriage redefines other core values our legal tradition has traditionally inscribed in marriage law: Under a long-awaited bill allowing same-sex couples to marry, only infidelity between people of opposite genders would count as adultery in divorce cases. It means that people in a same-sex marriages who discover that their […]
UK Catholic Church Distributes 1 Million Pro-Marriage Postcards at Sunday Masses
January 31, 2013 – 11:00 am
The UK Catholic Herald: The Archbishop of Southwark, the Most Rev Peter Smith, spoke of a desire to “mobilise” opposition in the Church. He urged them to capitalize on the decision by all three main party leaders to allow free votes on the matter and increase pressure on their local MPs to halt such a […]
NOM Chairman John Eastman Publishes Heritage Legal Memorandum on DOMA, Prop 8
January 31, 2013 – 9:00 am
In a new Heritage Legal Memorandum, Chapman University Law School professor and NOM Chairman John Eastman writes on the constitutional issues at stake in the DOMA and Prop 8 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Here is the Abstract: In United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of […]
Brian Brown on Obama, Divider-in-Chief on Marriage
January 30, 2013 – 3:00 pm
Brian Brown’s op-ed on the President’s choice to use his inaugural address to push for a redefinition of marriage has been published in CNS News: “… Marriage as it has been defined throughout history – as the union of one man and one woman – is a great cause of unity for any culture, including […]
NOM Chairman John Eastman on Obama's Gay Couples Immigration Destraction
January 30, 2013 – 2:30 pm
Our Chairman Prof. John Eastman was interviewed briefly by NBC Latino yesterday: “…DOMA proponents see the president’s decision to roll in a provision for bi-national same-sex couples as misguided. “If the president is putting immigration as his highest priority, why would he muddy the waters with a proposal that violates current federal law?” says John […]
Matthew Franck: The Boy Scouts and Neuhaus’ Law
January 30, 2013 – 1:30 pm
Matthew Franck at First Things recalls an observation of the later Fr. Richard Neuhaus which he finds applicable to the recent attempt by the Boy Scouts of America to placate their gay activist critics: “…Already one of the pressure-group leaders who has brought the Scouts to the brink of this change is warning that it […]
Marriage Supporters Around the Country Already Making Plans to Attend March for Marriage!
January 30, 2013 – 1:00 pm
On the official March for Marriage page on Facebook, pro-marriage supporters around the country are sharing their plans to attend: One person said: “Marriage March is on a TUESDAY. How PRO-marriage are you? Are you willing to rearrange your schedule to attend this event? Would you choose to drive or fly? Would you spend the […]
Manhattan Declaration Files Pro-DOMA Amicus Brief On Behalf of 500,000+ Members
January 30, 2013 – 12:30 pm
The Manhattan Declaration: Male-Female marriage received a vigorous defense Monday in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Manhattan Declaration, Inc., the voice of more than 500,000 Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical Christians filed a friend of the court (Amicus) brief. The foundational document of this organization, which has gained over half-a-million signatures, addresses religious […]
100 Pastors Vow to Fight SSM in Illinois
January 30, 2013 – 11:30 am
The Illinois Review: Over 100 Chicago area pastors vowed to fight back against the effort to legalize same sex marriages Thursday morning at an informational forum sponsored by Illinois Family Institute at the Tinley Park Convention Center in the southwest suburbs. IFI’s Executive Director David Smith and Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Joseph LaRue told the […]
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