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Video of Chairman Franks: Obama's DOMA Decision an Opportunist Attempt to Solve a Political Dilemma

April 19, 2011 – 5:53 pm

Chairman Trent Franks (R-AZ) began last week’s DOMA hearing with many astute points, including: “The President’s decision [to abandon defending DOMA] was a baldly opportunistic attempt to free himself from a political dilemma.  The Administration had a duty to defend DOMA, but powerful constituencies of the President did not want the President to defend it.  […]

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Breaking News: VA Social Services Commissioner Opposes New Adoption Regs

April 19, 2011 – 5:47 pm

From the WaPo’s Virginia Politics blog: Virginia Social Services Commissioner Martin Brown, who was appointed by Gov. Bob McDonnell and who also worked for two other Republican governors, George Allen and Jim Gilmore, is advising a state board that it cannot impose proposed regulations that some argue would, for the first time, allow same-sex couples in […]

Posted in Adoption, Religious Liberty, Virginia | Comments (1)

Ed Whelan on Prop 8: "Disclosure Delayed Is Justice Denied'

April 19, 2011 – 12:54 pm

Legal scholar Ed Whelan argues that Judge Vaugh Walker should have been disqualified from the Prop 8 case now undergoing appeal – and that the decision he rendered in that case should be vacated: Two weeks ago, former federal district judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled last summer in Perry v. Schwarzenegger that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, publicly […]

Posted in California, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (30)

Follow-Up: Does Gay Marriage Prevent Gay Teen Suicide?

April 19, 2011 – 11:27 am

Last Friday NOM Chairman Maggie Gallagher was confronted by two representatives of “Get Equal” who repeatedly accused her of causing the deaths of gay teens (watch the video of Maggie’s response here). This is a good opportunity to repost a column Maggie published last October addressing exactly this charge: Do I have blood on my hands? […]

Posted in Children, Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (23)

Catholic Conference of IL: New SSU Law Pressuring Catholic (and other religious-based) Adoption Agencies

April 19, 2011 – 11:24 am

From EWTN, more on the threats to religious liberty in Illinois following the passage of their (very problematic) SSU bill: If a new civil unions law in Illinois shuts down Catholic adoption and foster care programs in the state, it will ultimately be harmful to those children in need, the Catholic Conference of Illinois says. Conference […]

Posted in Adoption, Illinois, Religious Liberty | Comments (5)

ADF: House Heading in Right Direction in Defense of DOMA

April 19, 2011 – 11:19 am

From their press release: Alliance Defense Fund attorneys say they are encouraged by the further efforts of the U.S. House of Representatives to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act following the House’s announcement Monday of its official legal team.  ADF pledged its support of the House’s efforts to defend the act, which defines marriage as […]

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Did Obama Sabotage DOMA for Political Reasons?

April 19, 2011 – 8:00 am

Did President Obama politicize the Justice Department, by asking career lawyers to rewrite their briefs after some of his key political supporters objected? The Christian Science Monitor does a pretty good job of laying out the charge Ed Whelan made at the DOMA hearings.

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NOM Applauds Speaker Boehner's Selection of Paul Clement as Attorney to Defend DOMA

April 18, 2011 – 3:44 pm

“Thanks to Speaker Boehner’s actions, President Obama’s attempt to sabotage the legal defense of DOMA is not going to work.” – Brian Brown, President of NOM WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner has announced Paul Clement as the attorney to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court since President Obama instructed the Justice […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Former Solicitor General Clement to Lead DOMA defense!

April 18, 2011 – 1:54 pm

Good news for the fight to defend DOMA! Kathryn Lopez at NRO has the scoop: Former Solicitor General Paul Clement has signed up for duty to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. According to the Speaker of the House’s office, Clement will serve as the outside counsel in the House’s defense of DOMA. […]

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Speaker Boehner Says DOJ Funds Should Be Cut to Pay for DOMA Defense

April 18, 2011 – 1:50 pm

Nancy Pelosi and Democrats have been posturing and saying that DOMA ought not to be defended because it will cost the House money. Today Speaker John Boehner has endorsed the idea (first proposed by Rep. Steve King) that the Department of Justice should give up the funds it would have spent if they had honored […]

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Illinois Senate Refuses to Protect Religious Adoption Agencies

April 18, 2011 – 11:03 am

Last week the IL Senate Executive Committee voted down a bill (7-6) that would have allowed religious organizations in that state to refuse adoptions or foster care with same sex couples joined by civil unions. We’ve been tracking the efforts to force religious-based adoption centers in IL to violate their conscience after the passage of […]

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DOMA Supporters: Obama Playing Political Games with Marriage Law

April 18, 2011 – 10:17 am

The Christian Post has posted their summary of the testimony Ed Whelan delivered at last Friday’s hearing in the Subcommittee on the Constitution on the subject of DOMA (Mr. Whelan is the also main contributor to NRO’s excellent Bench Memos blog): Edward Whelan, who currently serves as president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, testified that […]

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Erica Manfred on the harm of adultery, even when the kids are grown

April 15, 2011 – 5:00 pm

She’s the author of “He’s History, You’re Not: Surviving Divorce After Forty”. She writes about the harm to women and children that happens even in post age-40 divorces: A year ago, Cynthia Shackelford, a 62-year-old North Carolina wife won an “alienation of affection” case against her husband’s mistress. The case is ironic on so many […]

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CA Gov. Jerry Brown: "We the People are Sovereign"

April 15, 2011 – 2:13 pm

When it comes to taxes, but apparently not gay marriage: In making his case for a public vote on taxes Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown made an interesting reference to a line in the state constitution: “All political power is inherent in the people.” It is in Article II, Section I, a part of the constitution […]

Posted in California, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (9)

"Free to be quirky Mormons, or whatever religion we choose"

April 15, 2011 – 11:37 am

A Utah Mormon native writes about the freedom to be religious, quirks and all: Religious freedom was the topic of a recent address by University of Utah President Michael Young, who said that Mormons in particular ought to be “among the most passionate civil libertarians in the world, to preserve our religious freedoms.” Young, a […]

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