We wish them well: One of the leading couples in the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in California is divorcing. Molly McKay and Davina Kotulski have separated after 15 years together, seven as a married couple. … John Lewis and Gaffney were plaintiffs in the 2008 California Supreme Court case that ended with 18,000 couples, […]
Author Archives: NOM Staff
Video: Rep. Vicky Hartzler Defends Marriage
June 8, 2011 – 10:30 am
At the Eagle Forum Collegians 2011 Summit:
Justice Alito Recuses, Judge Walker Excuses
June 8, 2011 – 10:00 am
In Keen News Service: 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt rejected a motion that he recuse himself from hearing an appeal from Yes on 8 last December. Reinhardt is married to the executive director of the Southern California ACLU. The motion filed by Yes on 8 attorney Charles Cooper asserted that, because […]
New York Senator Rev. Diaz Barraged with Hate Calls
June 8, 2011 – 9:00 am
In LifeSiteNews: The New York politician leading the charge for true marriage in the state says he has faced death threats and a barrage of hate calls as a result of his stand. … Though Diaz’s colleagues in the legislature have failed to defend him – with one Bronx source telling New York Daily News it’s […]
Maggie's Column -- The Shocking Thing About Sex Scandals: We're Shocked
June 8, 2011 – 8:00 am
NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher’s latest column: Anthony Weiner’s escapades infuse a whole new meaning into one of my favorite words from the movie “Bambi”: twitterpated. … Twitterpated. It’s as good an explanation as we’re likely to get. Of all the questions left unanswered by Anthony Weiner’s astonishing press conference on Monday, the most unanswerable is this: […]
The Incredible Shrinking Equality Movement
June 7, 2011 – 5:43 pm
Mike Ology at RIFuture writes: In the past year, Rhode Island sexual minorities have witnessed implosions and cutbacks at no less than three pro-equality organizations: Marriage Equality Rhode Island, Queer Action Rhode Island, and the Providence Equality Action Committee. PEAC was placed in hibernation by its founders in mid-2010 due to low attendance; QuARI was […]
Breaking News: Catholic Charities in Illinois Sue for Religious Liberty
June 7, 2011 – 5:11 pm
In the Chicago Tribune: Lawyers for Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Springfield, Peoria and Joliet are seeking an emergency injunction that would protect religious agencies who turn away unmarried couples who want to become foster parents — including couples in civil unions. In a petition filed today in Sangamon County Circuit Court, the three […]
Nonmarital Childbearing and Women's Health at Midlife
June 7, 2011 – 11:21 am
From the abstract in the American Sociological Review: “Despite high rates of nonmarital childbearing in the United States, little is known about the health of women who have nonmarital births. We use data from the NLSY79 to examine differences in age 40 self-assessed health between women who had a premarital birth and those whose first […]
Divorce "Permanently Harms Learning and Affects Their Ability to Make Friends"
June 7, 2011 – 11:19 am
Jenny Hope in the UK Daily Mail: Children struggle with maths and making friends when their parents divorce, a study has found. They often fall behind classmates whose parents stay married, suffering from anxiety, loneliness and feeling sad – and may never catch up academically. Contrary to some previous research, children through primary school did […]
Maggie Gallagher On the False Divide Between the Tea Party and Social Conservatives
June 7, 2011 – 11:00 am
Last weekend NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher was at the second annual Faith and Freedom conference. Alex Parker of U.S. News & World Report caught up with her to get her take on the conservative movement today: Organized by former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed, the event included a mix of culturally conservative speakers as well […]
NY State Sen. Greg Ball: "Let The People of New York Decide SSM"
June 7, 2011 – 10:30 am
In the Democrat and Chronicle: Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, said he’s undecided on the same-sex marriage bill but would support civil unions, which would afford gay couples equal rights but not the ability to marry… Ball said after passing civil unions, New York could pass a law allowing for issues to be on […]
TFP Video: Bystander Rips Pro-Marriage Sign in Half
June 7, 2011 – 10:00 am
It’s only a sign, thank goodness, but the brazenness with which the man appears to believe he has every right to behave in this way is disturbing:
Should Dead People Have a Right to Procreate?
June 7, 2011 – 9:30 am
Modern technology raises the question, and this forum in the Sydney Australia Morning Herald pits the opinions of the only person actually conceived by donor insemination against the carefully nuanced words of adults who have an interest (personal, medical or financial) in permitting a no-holds-barred fertility industry. Damian Adams, who was donor-conceived, writes: What occurs as […]
A Sperm Donor's Son Explains Why Biology Matters
June 7, 2011 – 9:00 am
Barry Stevens writing in the Center for Genetics and Society: … The millions of people conceived from donated (or sold) gametes argue, like adoptees, that knowledge of who you come from is important. We believe that genetic heritage has meaning and value, and that nobody has the right to withhold significant, personal information about someone […]
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