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First Casualty of SSM: NY Clerk Refuses to Sign Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

June 28, 2011 – 5:03 pm

Less than a week since New York passed a same-sex marriage law, the first person to get on the wrong side of the new law comes forward: New York’s gay weddings victory lap has not extended to all parts of the Empire State, with a rural town clerk determined to not sign any same-sex marriage […]

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Prof. Robert George on Losing Marriage to Sexual Liberalism

June 28, 2011 – 5:01 pm

NOM founding Chairman Prof. Robert George has an extensive interview with Kathryn Lopez today in National Review reacting to the news in New York: New York is obviously one of the most socially liberal states in the Union. There are, to be sure, many New Yorkers who reject sexual-liberationist ideology and believe in true marriage, […]

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USA Today Surveys Religious Liberty Consequences of NY SSM

June 28, 2011 – 11:55 am

Cathy Lynn Grossman quotes two sources explaining the significant religious liberty concerns posed by New York’s same-sex marriage bill: Baptist Press spells out the fears of the faithful in an interview with Alliance Defense Fund attorney Austin R. Nimocks who says the religious protection written in the N.Y. law is inadequate: It does not protect individuals. […]

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Video of Maggie Gallagher on PBS News Hour: "This Isn't Over"

June 28, 2011 – 11:05 am

Note for the sheltered: there is some suprisingly frank footage (for PBS) of the gay pride parade in New York celebrating the victory before the interview with Maggie begins.

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"New York Preoccupied With Social Issues? Naw!"

June 28, 2011 – 11:00 am

David Bass writes at the American Spectator: So, New York has a $10 billion budget deficit, and what’s preoccupying Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature? Redefining civil marriage to include same-sex couples. That betrays an inglorious double standard in liberalism and the media. When Republican-controlled legislatures enact pro-life or pro-family laws during the Great Recession, they’ve veered […]

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After SSM in NY, Now What?

June 28, 2011 – 10:40 am

It appears Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo are not the only ones more interested in the right, than in exercizing it: Bryan Lowder, a 23-year-old journalism student at New York University, had just completed the annual “Drag March” of all kinds of cross-dressers with his partner of two years, Cam McDonald, when they encountered the […]

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Gingrich in Iowa Criticizes Gay Marriage in NY

June 28, 2011 – 10:36 am

Reuters reports: Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Saturday said the adoption of same-sex marriage in New York showed the nation is “drifting toward a terrible muddle.” Saying he thinks marriage is between a man and a woman, he told reporters that he “would like to find ways to defend that view as legitimately and […]

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Video: Brian Brown v. Al Sharpton MSNBC

June 28, 2011 – 10:17 am

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A Response to David Frum

June 28, 2011 – 10:00 am

John Vecchione writes at FrumForum that, no, David Frum had it right the first time – back when he believed in “conjugal marriage”: David Frum has now thrown in the towel on same sex “marriage”. In point of fact his original view was correct. This conjugal view of marriage is the conservative position and easily […]

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How Far Will This Unisex Madness Go?

June 28, 2011 – 9:00 am

A Swedish preschool has eliminated gendered pronouns from its curriculum. Becuase 1-year-olds should be whatever they want to be! In accordance with a national school curriculum that seeks to fight the “stereotyping” of gender roles, a preschool in the Sodermalm district of Stockholm has incorporated a gender-free pedagogy that eliminates any reference to gender completely. […]

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George Weigel: Far from Libertarian, SSM "Represents a Vast Expansion of State Power"

June 28, 2011 – 8:00 am

In National Review: According to a New York Times story of June 25, an essential part of the coalition that brought “gay marriage” to the Empire State consisted of Republican financial high-rollers who gave Republican legislators cover for voting in favor of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “marriage equality” bill while generously funding the pro–“gay marriage” ground campaign, and […]

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Iowans Eye Repeal of Gay Marriage Law

June 28, 2011 – 7:00 am

On the offensive in Iowa: Last November, state voters in Iowa ousted three of the judges who approved the ruling that legalized homosexual nuptials, while Republicans picked up six seats in the state Senate. Then, this February, the state House of Representatives voted 62-37 in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, civil […]

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NY Catholic Bishops Now Expect Efforts "To Enact Government Sanctions Against Churches"

June 27, 2011 – 3:40 pm

That headline from CNSNews.com: As New York enacted a law late Friday that legalizes same-sex marriage in the state, the Roman Catholic bishops of New York released a statement saying they now expect efforts to enact laws that go after churches that insist on teaching the “timeless truths” about marriage and family. … we just […]

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Video: Michele Bachmann Takes the Lead on Marriage After NY

June 27, 2011 – 3:26 pm

On Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace:

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Maggie Gallagher: "Democrats are Loyal to Their Core, New York’s Republican Party Abandoned Theirs."

June 27, 2011 – 2:57 pm

NRO’s Kathryn Lopez interviews NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher on New York, and the next steps in the fight to win marriage: NOM’s next immediate challenge is to get a vote reversing gay marriage in New Hampshire — to show once again, as we did in Maine, that history is not unidirectional. In New York, we […]

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