Elizabeth Marquardt writes at FamilyScholars.org: At the National Catholic Register reporter Steve Wetherbe has a solid story on how researchers are squelching the science, as the gay marriage debate makes scholars otherwise aware of the research on marriage, divorce and child well-being unwilling to say what they used to say. Here’s an excerpt of Wetherbe’s […]
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BP: As States Debate SSM, Consequences of Legalization Become Clear
May 13, 2011 – 2:58 pm
Michael Foust of the Baptist Press reports: Conservatives have long argued that “gay marriage” legalization would have negative consequences on religious freedoms, and they may have found another example in Canada, where “gay marriage” is legal and where Sportsnet TV host Damian Goddard was fired the day after he stated his opposition to marriage redefinition […]
Queensland's First Surrogate Mother: "I Should Never Have Given Him Up"
May 13, 2011 – 2:42 pm
A heart-wrenching story from the Australian Herald Sun: As Queensland’s first child born under the state’s altruistic surrogacy laws, Connor Harris’s arrival was a moment of unbridled happiness for his parents. For his biological mother “Rosie” (not her real name), there has been nothing but heartache and regret since that historic day last May 11. […]
College Grad Calls Out Fellow MN Students for "Bullying" 3M Over Political Donations
May 13, 2011 – 2:12 pm
Hundreds of students and staff from Macalester College and Carleton College in Minnesota attended a 3M shareholder meeting in St. Paul to protest 3M’s donation to MN Forward, a group that supported Republican candidate Tom Emmer, and their protests took up most of the meeting, according to the Pioneer Press: “We’re not moralizers; we’re a […]
A Canadian Hero Emerges
May 13, 2011 – 12:06 pm
Patrick Craine reports from Canada about Sportsnet firing Damian Goddard after he used his personal twitter account to express his views on marriage: One of Canada’s leading TV sports broadcasters fired one of its anchors Wednesday after he voiced support for true marriage on Twitter. Damian Goddard, the now-former host of “Connected” on Rogers Sportsnet, had […]
Protecting Marriage in Pennsylvania
May 13, 2011 – 12:00 pm
OneNewsNow reports: Advocates for traditional marriage are working to let Pennsylvania voters decide how the state should define marriage. Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R) has introduced the Marriage Protection Amendment, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman and bans other forms of “marriage,” including civil unions and domestic partnerships.
IL Religious Adoption Agencies Push for Right to Help Kids
May 13, 2011 – 11:44 am
From the National Catholic Register: Catholic leaders in Illinois are scrambling for a last-minute fix to prevent a showdown between the state and Catholic Charities of Illinois. They want lawmakers to amend the state’s civil-union bill, set to take effect June 1, in order to assure that child welfare agencies such as Catholic Charities can […]
Video: UM Law Grad Says Debating SSM Anymore is "Ridiculous"
May 13, 2011 – 11:09 am
More than 100 newly graduated lawyers walked out of their own graduation at the University of Michigan Law School on Saturday to protest the commencement speech by Ohio Sen. Rob Portman. One newly-minted lawyer spoke about how she believes the law community is done debating issues as fundamental as marriage: That’s some education at work.
Portugal's 2009 Supreme Court Ruling: No Right to Gay Marriage
May 13, 2011 – 10:00 am
We were, until quite recently, unaware of this ruling (overshadowed perhaps by the legislature’s decision to accept gay marriage). Also, we don’t speak Portugese. Any readers who do? Let us know!
Gay Author: People Who Believe in 1M1W Marriage Should Be Shamed
May 13, 2011 – 9:00 am
Candace Chellow-Hodge, author of “Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide” and pastor of a United Church of Christ in South Carolina, writes at Religion Dispatches about the dignity she thinks defenders of marriage don’t deserve: “To win civil rights, one of the last steps is to make it shameful to be against the rights of the group […]
King & Spalding Tries To Explain Why They Dumped a Client
May 13, 2011 – 8:00 am
Every day we hear of more people dumping K&S for “cutting and running” –here’s the firm’s attempt at damage control: The head of King & Spalding’s Washington office is accepting blame for what he calls the “misunderstanding” that led the firm last month to accept, and then drop, the U.S. House of Representatives as a […]
Listen to NOM's Spanish Radio Ad Promoting Sunday's March to Defend Marriage in NY!
May 12, 2011 – 2:20 pm
NOM teamed up with NY State Senator Ruben Diaz to produce and air a new Spanish-language ad promoting this Sunday’s Rally in Defense of Marriage in the Bronx (details on the march here). Here is the ad (with English subtitles): This ad has been airing in local NY markets since May 5th.
New Book: Psychologist Writes of Daughters' Father Hunger
May 12, 2011 – 1:37 pm
Dr. Peggy Drexler, professor at Cornell Medical School, was interviewed by the Daily Caller about her new book, “Our Fathers, Ourselves”: Of the 75 women Dr. Drexler interviewed, the research psychologist wrote, “No matter how successful they were or how much they had achieved, and no matter how content they were in their own marriages and the […]
Sports TV Host Fired After Tweeting Support of Marriage!
May 12, 2011 – 1:04 pm
The Associated Press is reporting out of Canada that a man has been fired from his job after using his personal Twitter account to voice his views on marriage: A Toronto broadcaster has been fired after he posted on Twitter about the debate surrounding New York Rangers forward Sean Avery’s support of same-sex marriage. Damian Goddard was […]
Iowa National Guard Chaplains Won’t Perform Gay Marriages
May 12, 2011 – 11:58 am
From the Des Moines Register: The Iowa National Guard has no plans to have its chaplains perform same-sex unions if the Pentagon decides to recognize openly gay military service later this year, a military spokesman said today “Per federal law and Department of Defense policy, our chaplains are prohibited from performing same-sex unions or marriages […]
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