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First Graders in San Francisco Learn About Same-Sex Marriage

May 31, 2011 – 11:47 am

Via the gay website The Edge: Author Eric Ross visited an elementary school in San Francisco last week to read his new [same-sex marriage] children’s book, ’My Uncle’s Wedding’ to approximately 40 first grade students. The reading coincided with the celebration of Harvey Milk Day, a holiday celebrating the achievements of the late Harvey Milk, […]

Posted in California, Children, Education, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (17)

UNESCO Approves Sexually Explicit Instruction Under Anti-Homophobia Label, Brazil's President Rejects After Public Outcry

May 31, 2011 – 11:30 am

In LifeSiteNews: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has agreed to suspend a very explicit United Nations approved program designed to convince children and adolescents to accept homosexual behavior and transsexualism, following threats from Protestant and Catholic legislators to block new legislation in protest. … Under massive pressure from a high-profile Internet campaign and from legislators, Rousseff […]

Posted in Children, Education | Comments (1)

George Soros-Funded Media Reaches 330 Million People Per Month

May 31, 2011 – 10:28 am

A NewsBusters column by Dan Gainor: Books, newspapers, radio stations, TV stations, websites and cutting edge videos. The pieces of the George Soros media empire are as diverse as the nations of the world and just as widespread. From nakedly partisan left-wing media like Think Progress, the blog for the Center for American Progress, and […]

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New York's Undecided 8

May 30, 2011 – 9:16 am

According to a survey by Gannett’s Albany Bureau: Eight senators — including the two who represent Dutchess County — indicated they are undecided on whether they would support same-sex marriage legislation if the bill comes to a vote, a survey of all 62 senators found. The measure would need 32 votes for adoption in the […]

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That Elusive KSTP/SurveyUSA Poll in March

May 30, 2011 – 9:00 am

SurveyUSA has released its March 2011 poll, which showed Minnesotans approved a marriage amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman, 62 to 33 percent. Even 60 percent of 18-34 year olds said they would vote for it. These numbers seem a bit on the high side to us, but that’s not the main point. […]

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Gallup Poll: Proportion of Americans Who Believe People are "Born Gay" Flatlined in 2001

May 30, 2011 – 8:00 am

Public opinion on whether or not people are “born gay” remains largely unchanged since 2001, Gallup reports: Forty-two percent say being gay or lesbian is “due to factors such as upbringing and environment,” while 40% believe it is “something a person is born with.”

Posted in Poll, Research/Study, Statistics | Comments (48)

Heritage on The Price of Unwed Births

May 29, 2011 – 10:00 am

A revealing chart and article from Heritage: A recent piece in The Wall Street Journal noted that “Unintended pregnancies likely cost the federal and state governments more than $11 billion a year,” based on research published by the Brookings Institution. A major reason for the cost to government, notes the author, is that “women who […]

Posted in Children, Parenting | Comments (12)

Five Rabbinic Groups Issue Statement Opposing Redefinition of Marriage

May 28, 2011 – 11:00 am

A joint statement of orthodox Jews: “On the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage, the Orthodox Jewish world speaks with one voice, loud and clear: We oppose the redefinition of the bedrock relationship of the human family. The Torah, which forbids homosexual activity, sanctions only the union of a man and a woman in matrimony. While […]

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

FRC Report: Marriage and Economic Well-Being

May 28, 2011 – 9:00 am

Via MercatorNet: In 2008, only 45 percent of American seventeen-year-olds were in a family headed by their biological parents, leaving them weaker in their relational capacities than prior generations. The numbers are lowest among African-Americans, where only 17 percent of seventeen-year-olds have spent childhood in an intact family. Among Asian Americans the intact family is […]

Posted in Children, Culture, Parenting, Research/Study | Comments (21)

Canadian Parents Raising "Genderless" Child

May 28, 2011 – 8:00 am

This story was getting the family and feminist blogs all tied up in knots this week. From Jezebel: A couple in Canada isn’t telling anybody the gender of their baby. But paradoxically, their attempt at neutrality may make gender an even bigger deal. According to Parent Central, Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have decided to keep the […]

Posted in Canada, Children, Parenting | Comments (20)

Maggie on Lessons from the Life Issue Applied to the "Inevitability" Argument

May 27, 2011 – 5:13 pm

NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher writes at Patheos: When I was, well, a few years younger than Tim Muldoon is today, the message of despair now directed at marriage was directed at the pro-life movement. All the powerful elites favored abortion. Media coverage of anyone who was pro-life was dreadful. All the wives of Republican power-brokers […]

Posted in Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (20)

MN Gov. Dayton Vetoed Budget Before "Vetoing" Marriage Vote

May 27, 2011 – 4:17 pm

Was the symbolic “veto” intended to distract from his vetoing of a budget? In any case, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton sure loves vetoing things: After laying waste to the GOP’s fiscal agenda by vetoing the entire budget, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton followed up by punching a hole in their social agenda. On Wednesday, Dayton vetoed […]

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Minnesotan to Pioneer Press: "Stop Labeling" Pro-Marriage People

May 27, 2011 – 4:14 pm

R. J. Houck from Roseville writes about a personal experience: Many of those who favor same-sex marriage are resorting to labeling and name calling of those who favor to retain marriage between one man and one woman. Those who favor traditional marriage are not anti anything, nor are they attacking gay and lesbian people. It […]

Posted in Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (13)

Costa Rica Court Rejects Same-Sex Marriage

May 27, 2011 – 4:13 pm

From Inside Costa Rica: The Juzgado Segundo de la Familia (Family Court) in San José, rejected the marriage request made last week by the gay couple, Antonio Rodríguez and Eliécer Bermúdez, arguing that the request conflicts with the rules of the Family Code that prevents same-sex couples from marrying. Judge Arturo Marcheno Rosabal, who issued […]

Posted in Law, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (8)

Sen. Ruben Diaz Calls on Gov. Cuomo, Media, to Pay Attention to Hateful Tactics of Some SSM Supporters

May 27, 2011 – 3:05 pm

Speaking of civility and the need for it, also from Sen. Diaz’s office: “I continue to be the target of a vulgar campaign by a seething extremists who oppose my defense of New York’s marriage laws. The latest attempt to publicly attack my integrity is a call for written entries 1000 – 2000 words at […]

Posted in Civility, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)
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