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Maggie Gallagher: HRC-Led Attacks Will Boost Bachmann in Iowa

July 18, 2011 – 1:12 pm

Michele Bachmann is rising quickly in the Iowa polls, and NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher argues in Politico that efforts by HRC and other gay rights groups to demonize Bachmann are going to backfire among conservative caucus-goers in Iowa: … The third-term Minnesota congresswoman and her husband, therapist Marcus Bachmann, have a history of battling gay […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Iowa, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (5)

ADF Offers Help to NY Clerks Seeking Religious Exemption Over SSM

July 18, 2011 – 11:24 am

We’ve been actively tracking the New York clerks who have announced their intention to resign over SSM. If you know a New York clerk responsible for issuing marriage licenses, please help us bring this to their attention: According to a recently released Alliance Defense Fund memorandum New York Law requires employers to accommodate sincerely held […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (37)

NY SSM Prompts More Marriage Officers to Resign

July 18, 2011 – 11:20 am

In the Times Herald-Record (covering the Hudson Valley): Both of Deerpark’s marriage officers are resigning their posts on the heels of the change in the state’s marriage laws recognizing same-sex unions. Town Clerk Flo Santini has resigned as a marriage officer. Supervisor Karl Brabenec says he’s planning on turning in his letter of resignation as […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Bishop Harry Jackson on Maryland Marriage Fight

July 18, 2011 – 11:15 am

Minnesota Public Radio interviews Bishop Harry Jackson on the renewed efforts to push SSM in Maryland: Gay rights activists in Md. announced this week they’d renew their campaign to have the state recognize same sex marriages. But many religious leaders are still vocalizing opposition to same sex marriage, and to learn where their efforts stand, […]

Posted in Maryland, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

If Needed, a Referendum in Maryland Against SSM Just Got Easier

July 18, 2011 – 10:40 am

New technology is making it easier to meet Maryland’s byzantine petition requirements. Power to the people! The system is simple. Thousands of voters, egged on by a media blitz on talk radio and Web sites and through targeted e-mail, found their way tomdpetitions.com. They typed their names, birth dates, Zip codes and e-mail addresses into […]

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Video: SSM Advocates Raise Money Against MN Marriage Amendment with Video of Two Young Boys Kissing

July 18, 2011 – 10:00 am

We’ve had the unfortunate duty before of having to inform you about how “F*K H8” tries to propagandize young kids to become activists for gay marriage. We can’t underscore how offensive this video is (and this is the “censored” version). But videos like these are being used right now to raise money to defeat marriage […]

Posted in Children, Civility, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (93)

Video: Pawlenty Releases New Pro-Marriage Ad in Iowa

July 18, 2011 – 8:00 am

The race for marriage voters in Iowa intensifies!!

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Iowa, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Orthodox Priest On Marriage, Morality, and Spiritual Warfare

July 17, 2011 – 11:00 am

Fr. Alexander W. C. Webster is a retired military chaplain and colonel in the US Army Reserve. He’s also a moral theologian, parish priest and on the board of advisers for the American Orthodox Institute, and writes about the debate over marriage in the Orthodox Church: Fr. Alexander wrote the response posted below to Fr. […]

Posted in Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (26)

Archbishop Kurtz on Marriage: "We Can Make a Difference" with "Sacrificial Love"

July 17, 2011 – 9:00 am

Archbishop Joseph Kurtz is the vice president of the US Bishops, and credits his appointment partially due to his outspoken defense of marriage and dedication to building a healthy marriage culture. Jim Graves of Catholic World Report interviews him: What advice do you offer those who worry about the decline of marriage in our society? […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage | Comments (6)

The Problem with Perry: Legal Expert Takes on Judge Walker

July 16, 2011 – 9:00 am

Thomas Clark, a former editor for the Columbia Law Review and judicial clerk on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit takes on Judge Walker’s gravely flawed arguments in Perry V. Schwarzenegger. The entire article is worth reading but here are the highlights: Walker realizes he has to engage in some clever sleight-of-hand […]

Posted in California, Law, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (68)

Video: Second NY Clerk Follows Conscience, Resigns Over SSM

July 15, 2011 – 1:05 pm

Via CB6 Albany: The Guilderland Town Clerk has submitted a letter of resignation for her position as the town’s official marriage officer, saying her religious beliefs prevent her from marrying gay couples. Rosemary Centi advised the town supervisor of her decision earlier this week. Citing her Catholic Faith, Centi will no longer be marrying same-sex […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (36)

Priest Who Defied Bishop to Oppose Prop 8 Now Selling "Catholic Nuptial Masses" for $750

July 15, 2011 – 11:25 am

Entrepreneurship? Geoffrey Farrow, the former Fresno diocesan priest suspended from his parish for defying his bishop over Proposition 8, has gone into the marriage business – including providing “union ceremonies” for same-sex couples. … He offers a Catholic Nuptial Mass for $750, and a simple Catholic marriage rite or a secular wedding service for $500. […]

Posted in California, Catholic Church, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (10)

Gay Celibate Catholic Asks: "Where Are All These Bigots I Keep Hearing About?'

July 15, 2011 – 11:00 am

Steve Gershom (a pseudonym) is a gay Catholic man in his late twenties who writes a guest post on his experiences as a gay (celibate) Catholic man: I have heard a lot about how mean the Church is, and how bigoted, because she opposes gay marriage. How badly she misunderstands gay people, and how hostile […]

Posted in Catholic Church, Civility, Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (19)

Closing the Book on Dan Savage's Open Marriage Proposal

July 15, 2011 – 10:00 am

Professor W. Bradford Wilcox in the Washington Post shows why “Savage Love” is stupid: .. what is the problem with a little “nonmonogamy” in marriage, so long as everyone is open and honest about it? There are at least five problems with open marriage. 1. Even today, sex often results in pregnancy. 2. Monogamous, married […]

Posted in Children, Culture, Divorce, Marriage | Comments (5)

Australian Christian Says Demonization of Gay Marriage Opponents Must Stop

July 15, 2011 – 9:30 am

Via International News: “In a democratic society there must be freedom to support and advocate for marriage remaining between a man and a woman without being accused of inciting hatred, being ‘homophobic’, bigoted and now anti-Semitic. “Sadly this is happening all too often with the unfounded attack on Mr Ferguson and the NSW Labor Senator […]

Posted in Australia, Civility, Religious Liberty | Comments (11)
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