The National Organization for Marriage has been accused of many things by our opponents in recent years, but here’s a new charge that may actually be true. It now appears that NOM is responsible, in however small a fashion, for keeping the unemployment rate high in some notable sectors. You see, NOM’s string of victories […]
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Sen. Diaz Releases Statement Highlighting Hateful Comments Directed At Him
April 26, 2011 – 12:50 pm
The attacks on NY State Senator Ruben Diaz continue, after he announced a pro-marriage rally to be held in The Bronx on Sunday, May 15th. He writes about some of them: I’m a little surprised about how widely my position to support New York State’s definition of marriage between a man and a woman has […]
Economist: New Lawsuit Charges Gender Bias Against Egg Donors
April 26, 2011 – 12:33 pm
In the wake of a new lawsuit, The Economist asks, “Competition for eggs is fierce, is it fair?”: …donations of eggs, unlike those of sperm, take a lot more than a porn magazine and a plastic cup. Before arriving at a clinic to make donations, women have to inject themselves for three weeks with medication. […]
Sen. Diaz Takes on the Village Voice's Incitements to Hatred
April 26, 2011 – 11:47 am
NY’s State Senator Ruben Diaz, who is bravely organizing support for marriage in the Empire State, writes an Open Letter to the Editors of the Village Voice: When I read Steven Thrasher’s column, Ruben Diaz Sr.: Gay Marriage Over My Dead Body, I realized that your point was not to explore the beliefs of people […]
Video: Rick Santorum Stands Up for Marriage on Fox News
April 26, 2011 – 11:45 am
Rick Santorum was on FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace this weekend: Related: Santorum Makes Headway?
NY Sen. Ruben Diaz Plans Huge Pro-Marriage Rally in NYC May 15th
April 26, 2011 – 11:33 am
New York Senator Ruben Diaz is planning a huge pro-marriage, pro-life rally (English translation of the announcement here) in New York City on May 15th. Starting at 12PM on that Sunday the rally will march from 149th Street and Third Avenue to the Bronx County Courthouse at 161st Street and the Grand Concourse to end […]
NOM Praises Motion to Vacate Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
April 26, 2011 – 10:50 am
WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has praised a motion filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco to vacate the decision in Perry v Schwarzenegger finding a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage. “NOM welcomes the filing of this motion to vacate this unprecedented, unconstitutional and irrational ruling seeking to impose same-sex […]
WSJ: "Knave and Spalding"
April 26, 2011 – 10:42 am
From The Wall Street Journal’s Review and Outlook blog: Is it now so politically incorrect to oppose gay marriage that a white shoe law firm will throw over a client rather than defend a law signed by President Bill Clinton? Apparently so, after yesterday’s show of invertebrate representation by King and Spalding, the giant Atlanta-based […]
Steven Giller v. King & Spalding
April 26, 2011 – 10:39 am
More lawyers on the left say Paul Clement was right and King & Spalding were gutless wonders. Benjamin Wittes notes what Steve Gillers of NYU told National Public Radio this morning: NYU Law professor Stephen Gillers, a specialist in legal ethics, says Clement was “entirely right,” and that “King & Spalding was scared off by […]
Another Former (Clinton) SG Praises Clement
April 26, 2011 – 10:33 am
“I think it’s important for lawyers on the other side of the political divide from Paul, who’s a very fine lawyer, to reaffirm what Paul wrote [in his resignation letter from King & Spalding]. Paul is entirely correct that our adversary system depends on vigorous advocates being willing to take on even very unpopular positions. […]
RedState: King & Spalding Decide Marriage is Indefensible, But Terrorists and Murderers Are Fine
April 26, 2011 – 10:29 am
Brian Wilson of RedState writes: Who deserves legal representation – the American people, or their sworn enemies? To the Atlanta, Georgia law firm of King & Spalding, the answer most emphatically is only the latter. [Kate & Spalding’s] pro bono representation web page is a who’s who of fashionable liberal causes and organizations. The firm […]
Prop 8 Supporters File to Vacate Walker Ruling!
April 25, 2011 – 6:15 pm
***This is exclusive to the NOM blog. Please link to this post if you pick up the story.*** ProtectMarriage.com has filed a motion just minutes ago to vacate the Perry decision. Part of the background here is that the law requires a judge to recuse himself whenever a reasonable person could reasonably question whether there […]
Is DOMA Defensible? A Survey of American Courts on the Definition of Marriage
April 25, 2011 – 4:53 pm
Gay marriage activists have tried to claim that DOMA is “indefensible.” Over at the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, William C. Duncan has published a legal analysis of DOMA (read it here) to see how it withstands these claims. He explains the brief: “Examining precedent from various courts, it demonstrates that the weight of authority […]
NOM Commends Former Solicitor General Paul Clement for Show of Integrity in Defending DOMA
April 25, 2011 – 4:24 pm
Group says firm of King & Spalding displayed shocking lack of ethics WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today praised former Solicitor General Paul Clement for refusing to be muscled out of defending the Congressional enactment of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and criticized his former firm, King & Spalding, for lacking […]
Duncan on DOMA’s Erstwhile Defenders
April 25, 2011 – 1:56 pm
From earlier today on NRO’s The Corner blog, William C. Duncan: News reports this morning indicate that King & Spalding — the law firm whose partner, former solicitor general Paul Clement, was slated to defend the Defense of Marriage Act — has decided to withdraw. This follows a campaign of intimidation with threats from law schools and […]
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