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Tax Expert Says U.S. Tax Code Sending a Message: Don't Be Married

January 30, 2013 – 10:00 am

The fiscal cliff deal signed by President Obama earlier this month comes down especially hard on married individuals, many of whom were already penalized by the Affordable Care Act: It pays to be single — that is, when it comes to high earners’ tax bills. U.S. taxpayers with income of more than $200,000 a year […]

Posted in Economics, IRS, Law, Marriage, Politics, President Obama | Comments (3)

Italian Bishop Confined to Home by Gay Marriage Demonstration

January 30, 2013 – 9:00 am

CWN: An Italian archbishop has revealed that he was confined to his home, forced to remain inside his “besieged” residence, when homosexual activists staged a protest there earlier this month, and warned that gay-rights campaigners aim to prosecute all who oppose their agenda. … Archbishop Crepaldi said that the protest was organized against him because […]

Posted in Civility, Culture, Europe, Free Speech, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

VICTORY: Wyoming Defeats SSM Push!

January 30, 2013 – 8:00 am

  THANK YOU to our supporters in Wyoming who took action last week and thereby helped defeat a bill to redefine marriage by a close 5-4 vote in committee. The media is attempting to divert attention away from this victory for marriage supporters and instead focus on a domestic partnership bill which is now being […]

Posted in Alerts, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Wyoming | Comments (8)

U.S. Bishops File Supreme Court Briefs Supporting DOMA, Proposition 8

January 29, 2013 – 4:45 pm

Marriage Unique For a Reason Blog: WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on January 29 filed amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court in support of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, both of which  confirm the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. …. […]

Posted in Catholic Church, DOMA, Law, Marriage, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (11)

What is Marriage? Authors: Why the Conjugal View Can Prevail

January 29, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Authors of What is Marriage? One Man, One Woman: A Defense (which you can purchase here) write in the most recent print edition of National Review: In our new book What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, we make a rational case for the historic understanding of marriage as a conjugal relationship — a […]

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Abp. Cordileone: Fighting for Marriage is Our Way of Loving God

January 29, 2013 – 10:30 am

Archbishop Cordileone, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage for the U.S. bishops, talks about the spiritual dimension of suffering persecution to stand up for marriage, in answer to a British journalist explaining that she was intimidated about sharing her pro-marriage convictions in a TV debate: “…I admit that I didn’t […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (3)

Canadian Court: Marriage is Different From Cohabitation

January 29, 2013 – 9:30 am

Institute of Marriage and Family Canada: Today the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebec can exclude cohabiting couples from receiving spousal support in the event of relationship breakdown. The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada applauds this decision because it accurately reflects the fact that social science research shows marriage to be substantively […]

Posted in Canada, Culture, Law, Marriage | Comments (10)

Steven Crowder: 5 Reasons for Men to Grow Up and Get Married

January 29, 2013 – 8:30 am

Comedian Steven Crowder writes humorously (and scientifically!) about why men benefit from marrying women: I just want to say, flat out… … Marriage is a really good deal. Let’s assume for a second that you don’t think of humans as inherently spiritual beings. So let’s remove the fact that married people claim to be happier, […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Youth | Comments (3)

UK Government Source: Teachers May Face Firing for Refusing to Teach Gay Marriage

January 28, 2013 – 12:30 pm

The Christian Post: As Great Britain’s government prepares to vote on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, an official from the Secretary of State for Education’s office reportedly has expressed trepidation toward the bill, arguing that primary school teachers in the country could possibly lose their jobs if they do not teach about gay marriage in […]

Posted in Children, Education, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (8)

Abp. Cordileone to Obama: Protecting Marriage is Not Discrimination

January 27, 2013 – 9:00 am

In response to the President’s claim in his inaugural address that gay people are not equally protected under the law, Archbishop Cordileone, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, said: I honor the President’s concern for the equal dignity of every human being, including those that experience same-sex attraction, who like […]

Posted in Catholic Church, Marriage, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (54)

CNA: Prof. George Warns of Catholic Oppression Over Marriage

January 26, 2013 – 9:00 am

CNA: A Princeton law professor has predicted increasing persecution of Catholic teaching on sexuality, amid accusations by a New York scholar that such teaching creates a culture of rape. In a Jan. 17 email to CNA, Professor Robert George of Princeton University warned of rising oppression against those who oppose a redefinition of marriage. Such […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (44)

Anderson: President Got Marriage and the Declaration Wrong

January 25, 2013 – 4:00 pm

Ryan Anderson, co-author of What is Marriage? explains what President Obama got wrong about marriage and the Declaration of Independence’s pledge in his inaugural speech: “…Being created equal doesn’t entail or require redefining marriage. Every marriage policy draws lines, leaving out some types of relationships. But equality forbids arbitrary line-drawing. Determining which lines are arbitrary requires […]

Posted in Marriage, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (11)

Prop 8 Proponents File 83-Page Brief in Support of Marriage and the People

January 24, 2013 – 2:00 pm

The Mercury News: Supporters of California’s Proposition 8 on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, firing the first legal volley of many to come before the justices hear arguments in the historic case in late March. In an 83-page brief, Proposition 8’s defenders decried a federal appeals […]

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Video: Obama Supporters at Inauguration Say They Personally Oppose Gay Marriage

January 24, 2013 – 1:30 pm

The Daily Caller: Following the inauguration of President Barack Obama, The Daily Caller asked attendees of the ceremony if they were surprised that the president mentioned gay rights in his address. Even individuals who told TheDC that they oppose gay marriage said they still support President Obama, who “evolved” on the issue and announced his […]

Posted in Marriage, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Brian Brown: Obama Forgot the Right of Children to a Mom and Dad

January 24, 2013 – 12:25 pm

Our president Brian Brown responds to President Obama’s misunderstanding of civil rights: Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, which has spearheaded votes banning gay marriage in many states, took exception to Obama linking the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City — which launched the gay rights movement — to the Selma […]

Posted in Children, Law, Marriage, Politics, President Obama, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (17)
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