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Jim Daly: "Why the Same-Sex Marriage Experiment Will Not Work"

May 24, 2011 – 3:26 pm

The gay blogosphere has been trying to claim that Jim Daly of Focus on the Family has given up on protecting marriage. Today he makes clear he hasn’t, and knows why: … I’ve been following the ongoing marriage debate in the New York state legislature. Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared the legalization of same-sex marriage his number […]

Posted in Divorce, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (14)

Most Bed-Stuy Residents Oppose Gay Marriage in New York

May 24, 2011 – 2:48 pm

A local reporter grabbed people off the street in Bed-Stuy and got this response: This week, [Bed-Stuy Patch] asked Bed-Stuy residents for their opinions on the contentious issue: “I don’t agree,” said Michael Vest. “I think men are supposed to marry women; that’s my view from a Christian perspective.” Jason Coleman, a 26-year-old computer tech […]

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

Afghans Take Back the Rainbow

May 24, 2011 – 2:19 pm

Nushin Arbabzadah writing in the UK Guardian (the embarrassing part of this story is the liberal western reporters’ assumption they had universally changed the meaning of the rainbow): If you are gay and proud, Afghanistan is quite likely the last place on earth to show it publicly. How, then, are we supposed to make sense […]

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Todd Hartch on SSM and The Myth of Escaping the Body

May 24, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Todd Hartch writes at Public Discourse that “Rather than trying to escape our bodies, we should see that our bodies make union with another possible”. In doing so, Hartch confronts the underlying assumptions behind the pro-SSM arguments proposed by NYU Law Professor Kenji Yoshino: … Yoshino’s own words reveal the failure to take seriously the […]

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Why New York's Divorce Rate will Fall

May 24, 2011 – 11:34 am

Want to lower your state’s divorce rate?  Make passing gay marriage your top priority while the economy tanks, sending the next generation of young families fleeing the state.

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

NYT Op-Ed Promotes Boycotting Heterosexual Weddings This Summer

May 24, 2011 – 11:00 am

Going to any wedding this summer? Rich Benjamin isn’t, at least if they are between a man and a woman: I’m boycotting all heterosexual weddings. … I call on all gay people to join my boycott of straight weddings this summer, regardless of where their straight loved ones stand. Yes, our boycott may bruise some […]

Posted in Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

School Teaching Kindergartners That There Are More Than Two Genders

May 24, 2011 – 10:00 am

From an alert from the Pacific Justice Institute: Redwood Heights Elementary School will be teaching children in grades kindergarten through fifth that there are more than two genders. The two days calendared for this are entitled “Gender Spectrum Diversity Training.” … Another document from the school advises parents: “When you discuss gender with your child, you may hear […]

Posted in California, Children, Parenting | Comments (39)

Huntsman's Debut in NH

May 24, 2011 – 9:30 am

USA Today’s puff piece on Jon Huntsman includes this sentence: “He draws respectable turnout from New Hampshire voters and a huge entourage of reporters and photographers for his opening campaign tour, which ends today.” We have no idea, because USA Today doesn’t tell us, what “respectable” means about actual voters, but the more important question […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012 | Comments (2)

Paul Clement Files Motion to Defend DOMA!

May 24, 2011 – 9:00 am

Last Friday Paul Clement filed a motion on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives to intervene in a lawsuit against DOMA currently pending in Massachusetts (Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. United States). The motion argues that the House of Representatives has standing in the case and is entitled to intervene […]

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Sen. Gillibrand, Rep. Barney Frank Say Obama Will Flip on Marriage in 2012

May 24, 2011 – 8:30 am

So do Gillibrand and Frank believe Obama is lying about his position on marriage now? Both of these via WonkRoom: HARMON: So I’d have to pose the same question for President Obama. Do you think it’s possible that he could come out in support of marriage equality … GILLIBRAND: Yes. HARMON:…before the 2012 election? GILLIBRAND: […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

ABC News Propaganda: People who Think Children Need Moms and Dads are Intolerant Bigots Who Accost Families in Restaurants

May 24, 2011 – 8:00 am

We can expect a lot more of this from the MSM. Let’s note first of all that the behavior of the “waitress” in this setup up is outrageous. No boss, and no customers would tolerate it. Not even in the “conservative” towns of Texas. Good news for American common sense. The insidious propaganda point from […]

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (29)

After Pushing Out Christians, England Faces Foster Shortage

May 24, 2011 – 7:30 am

Last week we reported on a UK court ruling against the last Catholic adoption agency. Now we read in This Is London: About 2,000 more foster carers are desperately needed in London as the number of children in care continues to rise, figures reveal today. The shortage is particularly severe among those caring for teenagers, with every fostering service […]

Posted in Adoption, Religious Liberty, United Kingdom | Comments (2)

Not All Gay Marriages Are Gay

May 24, 2011 – 7:00 am

We already know that there are still gay people entering opposite sex marriages, at least sometimes even after identifying as gay (for example, here). A 2008 study found that the inverse is also true: not all gay marriages are gay. In fact about one in 10 women who entered a same-sex domestic partnership in California […]

Posted in California, Massachusetts, Research/Study, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (2)

Gov. Cuomo's Video Gets Basic Facts Wrong

May 23, 2011 – 3:58 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a video today (embedded below) as part of his push to redefine marriage. Problem is, he gets most of his facts wrong, such as when he says same-sex couples are “denied over one thousands federal and seven hundred state rights” because they cannot legally marry. That’s an old, discredited […]

Posted in New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Pro-SSM Rally Attendee Acknowledges Attack Against Marriage Supporters

May 23, 2011 – 2:49 pm

In follow-up to our earlier story (“In Australia, Christian Group Says Pro-SSM Rally Attacked Them”), this: On the Facebook wall for the organising group following the event, one of their own, Remulus Remegius said, “[I] was caught behind trying to get a friend to leave the christian chaps up the back alone. Although I don’t agree with […]

Posted in Australia, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)
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