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Equality Illinois' False Promise: "Civil Unions Will Not Affect Faith-Based Adoption Agencies"

July 13, 2011 – 4:02 pm

This can still be seen on the Equality Illinois website (despite what we’ve seen take place since the the civil unions bill became law June 1st): Impact on the Illinois Faith Community: 5. How would the Act affect religious affiliated adoption agencies? Answer: The Act would not impact faith-based adoption agencies or adoption procedures. The […]

Posted in Adoption, Illinois, Law, Religious Liberty | Comments (3)

Chicago Sun-Times Has No Problem Shutting Down Christian Foster Care

July 13, 2011 – 3:12 pm

Without mincing words, the Sun-Times comes out against Christian foster care: Sometimes Gov. Pat Quinn gets it just right. Quinn this week refused to back down on an issue of gay rights, offering a plain-spoken defense of Illinois’ new civil union law. First, he refused to renew contracts with four Catholic Charities agencies after they […]

Posted in Adoption, Civil Unions, Illinois, Religious Liberty | Comments (22)

Evangelical Couple Who've Fostered for 20 Years Concerned about Threat to IL Catholic Charities

July 13, 2011 – 2:52 pm

The Chicago Tribune interviews Becky and Stan Wilhoit, who have been foster parents for nearly 20 years, and worry they will have to give up providing a good home for kids if Illinois kicks Catholic Charities out: From Becky Wilhoit’s perspective, [Judge] Schmidt’s ruling [to give both sides more time to argue their case] buys […]

Posted in Adoption, Civil Unions, Illinois, Religious Liberty | Comments (2)

Bruce Hausknecht on How SSM Opens the Door to More Redefinitions of Marriage

July 13, 2011 – 2:43 pm

The movement to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples is not as homogeneous as it would like to appear. Bruce Hausknecht at CitizenLink points out how Stanford University Law Professor Ralph Banks argues in the New York Times for incestuous and polygamous marriages using the same logic now employed to legalize same-sex marriage: The very […]

Posted in Culture, Polygamy, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Video Replay: Sponsor of IL Civil Union Bill Falsely Claimed Threat to Adoption Agencies "Red Herring"

July 13, 2011 – 2:20 pm

On April 26th, 2009, Rep. Greg Harris –one of the lead sponsors of the Illinois Civil Unions bill that become law this June– dismisses concerns raised by the Thomas More Legal Center’s Peter Breen as “red herrings”: When Mr. Breen brings up (at the 3:00 mark) the threat to adoption agencies run by religious groups […]

Posted in Adoption, Civil Unions, Law, Religious Liberty | Comments (1)

Gov. Cuomo Affirms: NO Religious Liberty Protections for Marriage Clerks

July 13, 2011 – 2:15 pm

Via LifeSiteNews: Reacting to the news that the first New York State town clerk has resigned rather than sign her name on a same-sex “marriage” license, Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted Tuesday that “the law is the law.” “When you enforce the laws of the state, you don’t get to pick and choose which laws,” he […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (26)

Mayor Bloomberg Video: "Without Dean Skelos SSM in NY Would Not Have Happened"

July 13, 2011 – 11:20 am

Via the New York Observer: Yet more reason to allow the people – not the Republican leadership – to vote on marriage!

Posted in New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Brian Brown in NYTimes: July 24th Rallies Are "Beginning of a New Chapter in a Long Fight" to Protect Marriage

July 13, 2011 – 10:45 am

The New York Times on the next chapter in the fight to protect marriage: … on July 24, the first day that gay couples will be permitted to wed, opposition groups are planning rallies in Albany, Buffalo, New York City and Rochester to begin what they say will be a multimillion-dollar campaign to push for […]

Posted in Let The People Vote, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

NY Clerk Quits Over SSM: "I Had to Choose Between My Job and My God.”

July 13, 2011 – 10:00 am

Laura Fotusky, a town clerk in western New York has resigned rather than be forced to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples when that becomes law in New York. This took place shortly after a second clerk (Barbara MacEwen in Volney, NY) was informed by her local DA that she would face prosecution for failing to […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (41)

Reality TV Cast Sues To Legalize Polygamy

July 13, 2011 – 9:00 am

In NPR: The latest episode in Sister Wives is playing out in the courtroom, not on cable. On Wednesday, the Brown family — the husband, four wives, and 16 children who star in the reality TV show— plans to file a lawsuit in federal court in Utah. The family members say the state’s anti-bigamy law […]

Posted in Law, Polygamy | Comments (16)

Update: Judge (Temporarily) Stops Illinois from Banning Catholic Charities From Foster Care

July 12, 2011 – 6:08 pm

An update on the situation we’ve been following closely in Illinois in the wake of the bad civil unions bill that went into effect there June 1st: A judge in Springfield today ordered that Catholic Charities can keep serving foster children despite the state’s decision to eliminate their contract. The order is temporary and a […]

Posted in Adoption, Catholic Church, Civil Unions, Illinois, Law, Religious Liberty | Comments (16)

Catholic Charities Asks For Immediate Injunction After Illinois Terminates Adoption Contracts

July 12, 2011 – 12:02 pm

More fallout from Illinois’ bad civil unions bill, which is now about to push Illinois Catholic Charities out of doing adoptions and foster care state-wide: Catholic Charities’ long history of providing foster care services in downstate Illinois could hinge on a Sangamon County judge’s decision after an emergency injunction hearing Tuesday afternoon. Attorneys for three […]

Posted in Adoption, Catholic Church, Civil Unions, Illinois, Law, Religious Liberty | Comments (31)

NY DA: Refuse a Marriage License to NY Gay Couple? You Risk Jail

July 12, 2011 – 11:02 am

In response to Barbara MacEwen (a town clerk in Volney NY) saying she does not want to personally issue same-sex marriage licenses, the Nassau County DA responded as follows (PDF link): “The Marriage Equality Act provides that an application for a marriage license cannot be denied on the grounds that the applicant parties are of […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (66)

NY Sen. Diaz: "My Spirit Continues To Be Uplifted"

July 12, 2011 – 10:28 am

From his official page on the NY Senate website: During the past two weeks, I have worn a badge of honor as the only Democrat in the New York State Senate to oppose Governor Andrew Cuomo’s legislation to redefine our definition of marriage from one man and one woman. Christians are never afraid to be […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (2)

Will SSM Lead to Gay Adoption Boom in NY?

July 12, 2011 – 10:10 am

Via the AP: … adoption lawyers and agencies in New York say they’re getting ready for a baby boom as same-sex couples emboldened by the state’s new gay marriage law take the next step and try to adopt children. … For lesbian couples, the road to parenthood is relatively easy. All that’s needed is a […]

Posted in Adoption, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (13)
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