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David Tyree to be on CNN at 9:40AM EST!

June 17, 2011 – 9:24 am

Be sure to tune into CNN this morning at around 9:40AM EST to watch David Tyree discuss his video for marriage which is making headlines across the country (and internationally, as well)!

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Maggie on the Fight to Protect Marriage in NY

June 17, 2011 – 9:22 am

Paul Stanley of the Christian Post gets NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher’s thoughts about what’s happening in the empire state: “It’s pretty clear the Republican majority in the Senate recognizes they have a real problem,” said Gallagher, NOM’s chairman and co-founder. “I don’t understand why Senate Republicans need to carry the Governor’s water – especially when […]

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Tyree Asks for Tweets of Support ... and Receives!

June 17, 2011 – 8:00 am

Since David Tyree’s video for marriage went viral, he’s asked his friends on twitter for support and prayers (as ESPN observed): We’re happy to see that he’s receiving them in droves! Many of you have told us you stand with David and admire his courage, now go tell him too!

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Religious Liberty Expert: Cuomo SSM Bill Fails To Protect Ordinary Religious Individuals

June 17, 2011 – 7:30 am

Robin Wilson, professor of law at Washington and Lee University and co-editor of the book “Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts” writes in the New York Sun: Governor Cuomo said yesterday he would deliver a marriage equality bill identical to 2009’s failed attempt, “no ifs, ands or buts” about it. Who is it that […]

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Former NY Assemblyman: Support Traditional Marriage

June 17, 2011 – 7:00 am

Michael Benjamin is a former New York State Assemblyman turned political commentator, analyst and blogger. He writes about this most recent effort to redefine marriage: I am a supporter of traditional marriage between a man and a woman.  In recent years, with the advent of the “Me Generation” and judicial activism, the cultural élite have relentlessly […]

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News Flash: Courts Grant House Official Status as "Intervenor" in DOMA

June 17, 2011 – 6:00 am

Moving right along! In Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. US Department of Health (United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit) “ORDER entered by Sandra L. Lynch, Chief Appellate Judge. The motion of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives (“the House”) to intervene as a party appellant is granted.” […]

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Tyree Video on Marriage Going Viral!

June 16, 2011 – 4:05 pm

We’re having a tough time keeping up with all the news outlets who have picked up our interview with SupreBowl legend David Tryree! Don’t forget to join Tyree and take action to protect marriage in New York! Here’s just a sample (bigger outlets in bold): Capitol Confidential Capital Tonight Frequency.com Politico TMZ NewsDay The Hollywood […]

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Breaking News: Bloomberg Fails to Persuade NY GOP, Fate of SSM Bill Uncertain

June 16, 2011 – 3:59 pm

The outpouring of support to protect marriage in the Empire State is having an impact — still no decision in Albany: Senate Republicans emerged from a brief session with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Thursday morning and said they had still not decided whether to allow a vote on same-sex marriage. –New York Times’ City […]

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Defending David Tyree

June 16, 2011 – 3:56 pm

John Hayward over at Human Events has noticed that you don’t need to defend David Tyree, just watch the video: Two former New York Giants players have recently made public statements about gay marriage.  Retired defensive end Michael Strahan supports it, and shot a video for the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality campaign.  A few days later, […]

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ESPN NY: "David Tyree Against Same-Sex Marriage"

June 16, 2011 – 10:47 am

ESPN New York: Just days after former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan appeared in a video supporting marriage equality in New York, Super Bowl XLII hero David Tyree came out and argued why he opposes same-sex marriage. Tyree, the former Giants wide receiver and special teams standout, says same-sex marriage could lead to […]

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Andrew Cuomo Takes a Walk on Religious Liberty

June 16, 2011 – 10:43 am

Kathryn Lopez at NRO’s The Corner: New York State senators are using new religious protections in Andrew Cuomo’s Marriage Equality Act as cover, but the legislation leaves out the “most important” protections, according to Robin Wilson, law professor at Washington and Lee University, an expert on religious liberty and public policy. In a letter to […]

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Loving v. Virginia + SSM = Apples v. Oranges

June 16, 2011 – 10:31 am

Glenn Stanton is the director for Family Formation at Focus on the Family and author of Secure Daughters, Confident Sons. He explains at NRO why it is false to compare Loving V. Virginia to laws defining marriage as between one man and one woman: Folks like Joan Walsh at Salon and Jonathan Capehart at the […]

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NY Sen. Betty Little Confirms: She's Saying No to SSM

June 16, 2011 – 10:14 am

Great news! I spoke a few minutes ago with Dan Macentee, spokesman for state Sen. Betty Little.  He described an unprecedented barrage of emails and phone calls on the issue of same-sex marriage. …According to Macentee, Sen. Little “is a No vote” on the issue. Sen. Little has been described at times as a possible […]

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New York Assembly Passes SSM

June 16, 2011 – 10:04 am

This vote in the NY Assembly was intended to place more pressure on the NY Senate – where the final fight to protect marriage is taking place: The state Assembly just passed a gay marriage bill by an 80-63 tally. The margin is the lowest of the four votes since 2007. Seventy six votes were […]

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Scott Yenor on "The Family: What Is to Be Done?"

June 16, 2011 – 10:00 am

Over at Public Discourse, “Scott Yenor presents the conclusion of his argument on the family, on recovering the language of self-giving”: Marital love implies dependence on another instead of autonomy, and it shows that certain goods (sex and procreation, love and marriage, marriage and parenthood) are connected. We must recover the language of self-giving. The […]

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