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Audio: Maggie Gallagher on NOM's State Victories

June 7, 2011 – 8:00 am

NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher was interviewed by Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink radio program last week. Here is the audio:

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (14)

Heritage: State Makes Church Choose Between Conscience and Service

June 7, 2011 – 7:00 am

Charles Donovan at the Heritage Foundation writes in the Kansas City Star: Our nation’s simmering conscience wars have claimed another victim: the Catholic Diocese of Rockford, Ill. Once again, the conflict centered on the legal redefinition of marriage and family. But at a deeper level, what’s at stake is the future of moral and religious […]

Posted in Adoption, Religious Liberty | Comments (5)

NY Judge Finds Congress Can Intervene in Challenge to DOMA

June 6, 2011 – 6:01 pm

Via New York Lawyer (subscription required): A federal magistrate judge has permitted Congress to intervene in a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. Southern District Magistrate Judge James C. Francis issued a 12-page order and memorandum yesterday saying Congress has a right to intervene in Windsor v. United States, 10 Civ. 8435, […]

Posted in DOMA, Law, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Iowa Sen Majority Leader Gronstal Says Everything is Negotiable, While Refusing To Allow Iowans a Marriage Vote

June 6, 2011 – 4:59 pm

Nathan Tucker at the Iowa Republican: On last Friday’s episode of Iowa Press, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D) made the remarkable claim that he is willing to negotiate everything with Governor Branstad and the Republican majority in the House. His statements were remarkable for not only being patently absurd, but for not being […]

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Video: Michele Bachmann Thanks Minnesotans--and Americans--For Passing Marriage Amendments

June 6, 2011 – 4:32 pm

Michelle Bachmann in her speech at last weekend’s Faith and Freedom conference in Washington, DC. “Now is the time” she says to get involved with efforts to protect marriage:

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

European Judges Order Ministers to State if They Believe Their Rights Have Been Infringed by UK Courts

June 6, 2011 – 2:41 pm

In the UK Telegraph: European judges have ordered ministers to make a formal statement on whether it believes Christians’ rights have been infringed by previous decisions in the British courts, which have repeatedly dismissed their right to dress and act according to their beliefs. The move by the European Court in Strasbourg is because Christians […]

Posted in Europe, Religious Liberty, United Kingdom | Comments (4)

Pope Tells Croatia: "Dear families, be courageous!"

June 6, 2011 – 2:37 pm

Pope Benedict was in Croatia this weekend and challenged the people there to be courageous in the face of culture forces that attempt to undermine marriage: Alongside what the Church says, the testimony and commitment of the Christian family – your concrete testimony – is very important, especially when you affirm the inviolability of human […]

Posted in Catholic Church, Europe, Marriage | Comments (3)

Sen. Rev. Diaz Thanks Archbishop Dolan, Rick Barnes

June 6, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Rick Barnes, head of the New York Catholic Conference, recently stepped forward to criticize the intolerance and just plain meanness displayed towards Sen. Rev. Diaz. On June 4, Sen. Rev Diaz published an open letter thanking Richard Barnes and Archbishop Dolan: Dear Mr. Barnes: This letter is to thank you for your column, “A Note […]

Posted in Catholic Church, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse on "The Essential Public Purpose of Marriage" in Minnesota

June 6, 2011 – 11:55 am

Dr. Morse’s testimony before the Minnesota House on behalf of the Minnesota Marriage Amendement. A sample: … children still need to be attached to mothers and fathers. We sometimes hear claims that studies show that same sex couples make fine parents. The most recently reported study was in the June 7, 2010 issue of the […]

Posted in Children, Minnesota, Parenting, Research/Study | Comments (12)

ElectionWatch 2012: Kathryn Lopez on Rick Santorum's Announcement

June 6, 2011 – 11:11 am

Today on Good Morning America former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum officially announced his Presidential bid. Kathryn Lopez comments at National Review Online: …[Santorum] believes, as do so many who have shown up at Tea Party rallies in the last two years, that America is in existential jeopardy if we don’t make some swift and hard […]

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Catholic Adoption Agencies in Joliet, Peoria Say Litigation Risk Too Great, Reluctantly Opt Out

June 6, 2011 – 10:30 am

In the Chicago Tribune: Catholic Charities of Peoria and Joliet have informed the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that they will no longer license families who applied to become foster care or adoptive parents because the state’s civil unions law went into effect Tuesday. “It is the religious practice of Catholic Charities not […]

Posted in Adoption, Religious Liberty | Comments (15)

ElectionWatch 2012: Michele Bachmann Isn't Afraid of Marriage

June 6, 2011 – 10:10 am

In the South Carolina Times: Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has told social conservatives not to let up as the 2012 election draws closer. The likely presidential candidate spread a message of perseverance to the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington. She highlighted her early role in pursuing a Minnesota ballot initiative banning gay […]

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NY Catholic Conference: When it Comes to Sen. Rev. Diaz, Where is the Tolerance?

June 6, 2011 – 10:00 am

From Richard E. Barnes, Executive Director of the NYS Catholic Conference, on their Facebook page: In 2009, just after the New York State Senate voted to reject a same-sex marriage bill, the Catholic Conference was subjected to a barrage of calls, from vulgar to threatening, simply because I was quoted in the New York Times […]

Posted in Civility, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (13)

State Sen Greg Ball: "NY SSM Dead Without Religious Liberty Protections"

June 6, 2011 – 9:50 am

In Rhode Island, gay marriage advocates are protesting the inclusion of religious liberty protections in a civil union bill. In New York, State Sen. Greg Ball says the absence of such protection (including for small businesses) will definitely kill a same-sex marriage bill. We seek to protect marriage as the union of husband and wife, irregardless. But […]

Posted in New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (10)

Fox News: Kindergarteners Also Received Multiple Gender Training in Oakland

June 6, 2011 – 8:30 am

More information on what is being taught in Oakland – and who is being taught: Students in all grades at Oakland’s Redwood Heights Elementary School got an introductory lesson on the topic on Monday. Fox News was allowed to sit in on the lessons, which included teachings to kindergartners and fourth-graders. … Joel Baum, director of […]

Posted in California, Children, Education | Comments (16)
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