A sample of the New York Times coverage of the four NY Republican Senators who voted for same-sex marriage and must now prepare to face their voters: … Mr. Alesi is likely to need support from Democrats to win re-election — in the last election, which he won by 7,000 votes, he garnered nearly 8,000 […]
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George Weigel on Totalitarianism and The Move To Redefine Reality
George Weigel at National Review Online takes a philosophical look at the efforts to redefine marriage — and identifies recent historical examples to support his argument: …modern totalitarian systems were, at bottom, attempts to remake reality by redefining reality and remaking human beings in the process. Coercive state power was essential to this process, because […]
Gov. Cuomo's Mom: Don't Redefine Lasagna
We love how Andrew Cuomo’s Italian mom loves him no matter what, even for passing gay marriage. But we could not help noticing Mrs. Cuomo’s firm belief that some things just cannot be redefined. … no, not marriage, lasanga: “I did not criticize her lasagna,” [Matilda] Cuomo said. “All I said is it’s not Italian. […]
Did Dean Skelos's $1.7 Billion Contract Effect His Senate Leadership?
Did Dean Skelos’s $1.7 billion contract with the New York state government influence his leadership on same-sex marriage? In the Daily Caller, the question is asked: What’s so unfortunate for conservatives is that Republicans in the New York Senate allowed this to happen, especially Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. Chicago politics has nothing on New […]
Same-Sex Marriage Repeal Among Leftover NH Issues
The Associated Press: Legislation to repeal gay marriage is one of the highly charged issues left over from the just-completed legislative session that must be acted on early next year. The two proposed repeal bills would not affect gay marriages before repeal, but would stop new same-sex marriages. … [Republican state Rep. David] Bates is […]
Catholic Priest To Appeal Mexican Government Penalty For Speaking Out Against SSM
An update from Mexico: The public spokesman of the Mexico City archdiocese has announced that he will appeal a July 1 court ruling that he engaged in illegal political activity when he said that Catholics should not vote for candidates who support same-sex marriage. Father Hugo Valdemar said that it was “totally false” that his […]
New Yorkers Ask How Gay Marriage Will Affect Benefits
The Associated Press: And if they’ve been waffling on marriage, some [same-sex] couples may now have to decide whether to take the plunge if their employers now restrict domestic partner benefits to the lawfully hitched. “There’s just a lot of rumors going around,” said Erica Freudenstein, a 46-year-old freelance photographer from New York City who […]
Advice For Gay Men (or Straight Men) Seeking Surrogates
Buy life insurance for the surrogate: “It is vital to cover the surrogate with both health and life insurance. Life insurance is important because having a child is still dangerous and, if something should happen, the surrogate’s family will need to be compensated. It is rare that a surrogate dies but it is very important […]
Follow the Gill Money: To NY Senators Voting for SSM
“Follow the Money”, a public service hosted by the National Institute on Money in State Politics reveals that gay multi(hundred)millionaire Tim Gill gave $53,800 to New York politicians who were instrumental in passing NY’s SSM bill, including senators Jim Alesi, Roy MacDonald, Stephen Saland and Governor Andrew Cuomo. $10,000 was given to the Republican Campaign […]
The GOP Betrayal in NY: "Money Was the Key Ingredient"
According to the Huffington Post Karl Rove protege Ken Mehlman was responsible for this in New York. The Rove proteges are now seeking to build from the New York model to take over the Republican party in other states, using the power of the purse to shut down pro-marriage Republicans. Too strong a reading? Remember […]
The Grisanti Flip Flop: New Evidence Emerges
Mark Grisanti was not just opposed to same-sex marriage. He said publicly and privately he would never vote for gay marriage. Here is an example of a person lied to directly by Grisanti — Dr. Kevin Backus of the Conservative Party: “At the outset of the last election Mark Grisanti and I had lunch. As […]
Tim Gill Spent At Least $3 Million, Others $500K+ to Pass SSM in NY
In New York, gay money talked, the NY Capital News reports: New Yorkers United For Marriage, a coalition composed of gay rights groups such as the Empire State Pride Agenda and Marriage Equality New York, and underwritten in part by the Gill Action Fund, reportedly spent $3 million on the spring campaign to pass the […]
Video: The Daily Show's Take on Anarchy and SSM
We warn you that you may not want your kids to see this gay pride parade. But of course Jon Stewart has a huge audience of young people: Apologies many of our readers will not find this fit for a family website. Sometimes we have to let you know what your kids’ friends may be […]
The Next Domino in Redefining Marriage? Savage and the NYTimes Take Down Monogamy
Mark Oppenheimer’s extensive New York Times interview with Dan Savage (who started the “It Gets Better” campaign) is titled “Married, With Infidelities”: Savage believes monogamy is right for many couples. But he believes that our discourse about it, and about sexuality more generally, is dishonest. Some people need more than one partner, he writes, just […]
Report: RNC Hires Log Cabin Republican to Help Elect "Pro-Equality Republicans"
Via OneNewsNow: According to the Log Cabin Republicans, the Republican National Committee — which is the central arm of the Republican Party — has named the [gay] group’s executive director to the RNC’s Finance Committee. That committee is the fundraising arm of the RNC. The Log Cabin group says R. Clarke Cooper will play a […]




