Indiana’s State Marriage Amendment (HJR 6 – read the text here) just fended off two attempts to amend it–which would have effectively killed it for this year because the House and Senate must pass identical language. The vote was 36 to 11 on straight party lines on each amendment, with one member “excused.” The floor […]
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Indiana Marriage Amendment Fends Off Challenges, Headed for Final Vote in Senate on Wednesday
March 28, 2011 – 5:45 pm
UK Equality Watchdog: Teachers should ask 11-year-olds if they're gay, without parents' consent
March 28, 2011 – 5:44 pm
The same Equality and Human Rights Commission which told the British High Court that the Johns were undesirable foster parents because they might “infect” children with Christian values is now causing more commotion in the UK: Children as young as 11 could soon be asked about their sexuality without their parents’ consent, it has emerged. […]
Audio: ADF attorney talks DOMA on Roland Lettner Show
March 28, 2011 – 5:20 pm
ADF attorney Dale Schowengerdt appeared on KFUO with Roland Lettner to discuss attacks against the Federal Defense of Marriage Act and the President’s refusal to defend the Act. Listen to the MP3 audio hereADF attorney Dale Schowengerdt appeared on KFUO with Roland Lettner to discuss attacks against the Federal Defense of Marriage Act and the […]
Regis Nicoll: "Making the Case for Marriage"
March 28, 2011 – 4:34 pm
Regis Nicoll, a freelance writer and men’s ministry leader, takes up Obama’s DOMA dereliction: His ideas on the matter have been, as he put it, “evolving.” While stumping around the country, candidate Obama said that although he approved of civil unions for gays, he believed that marriage was reserved for heterosexuals. Scarcely more than two […]
Video: Mike Huckabee tells Iowa Pastors "God Bless You" for defending marriage
March 28, 2011 – 4:27 pm
Last Thursday, Mike Huckabee was in Iowa at the Rediscover God in America conference, which gathered hundreds of area pastors, and praised them for defending marriage:
Press Release: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE SLAMS CUMMINS, INC.’s MISLEADING TESTIMONY AGAINST INDIANA MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
March 28, 2011 – 12:56 pm
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Cummins, Inc. a large manufacturing company headquartered in Columbus Indiana, sent an executive to testify against a state marriage amendment, claiming it would impede the company’s ability to compete in the global marketplace and threaten legislators that the company would not expand jobs in Indiana if it passed. Today, in response to […]
George, Bradley and Lee on "Marriage and Procreation: The Intrinsic Connection"
March 28, 2011 – 11:47 am
Proponents of SSM argue that the conjugal view of marriage excludes infertile couples from being married. Today in The Public Discourse, NOM founding Chairman of the Board Robert P. George, together with Gerard V. Bradley of Notre Dame Law and Patrick Lee of the University of Steubenville, argue that there is an intrinsic link between […]
More Reporters Follow Gay Money Behind "Pro-SSM Christians"
March 28, 2011 – 10:52 am
Kathleen Gilbert at LifeSiteNews: Groups such as New Ways Ministry, a top group recently condemned by the U.S. Catholic bishops, have received large sums from the Arcus Foundation for the purpose of promoting same-sex “marriage” specifically among Catholics, Lutherans, Episcopalians, and Jews. The Arcus Foundation was begun by Jon Stryker, an openly gay billionaire stockholder […]
WSJ on 'Ex-Gay' Apple App Controversy: "No Coherent Policy"
March 28, 2011 – 8:30 am
From WSJ blogger Ben Rooney: This is one of those stories where, frankly, no one comes out looking that great. As Cult of Mac says: “The real issue [is that] Apple has no coherent policy about what kind of content gets approved and remains in iTunes.” Switched.com, under a blog post headed Hooray for Mob Rule: […]
Lawmakers May Force Schools to Spend Scarce Funds on Gay-Tolerance Instruction
March 28, 2011 – 8:00 am
From the Pacific Justice Institute: In a move that some parents and educators see as further proof that state legislators have lost touch with economic realities, the California Senate Education Committee on Wednesday will consider a bill that would require schools to spend scarce resources to become more gay-friendly. SB 48 is being touted by Sen. […]
America's Conversation on Homosexuality One-Sided, Author Charges
March 28, 2011 – 7:30 am
From the Christian Post: A well-published theologian struggling to draw public attention to his most recent bestseller hopes that his book will expose the one-sided conversation about homosexuality in America… “I was disappointed that Beliefnet, Washington Post (On Faith), no one was at the news conference,” said friend and colleague the Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney. Mahoney, […]
Video: SSM Activists Protest At Home of Christian Woman Who Refused Floral Arrangement for Lesbian ceremony
March 28, 2011 – 7:00 am
Last week we blogged about a Christian woman in Canada who runs a flower shop out of her home in Moncton, New Brunswick, and who refused to provide flowers to a same-sex ceremony. She told the lesbian couple by email, “As a born-again Christian, I must respect my conscience before God and have no part in […]
Video: Dr. J.R. Morse's Testimony to RI House Judiciary Committee
March 27, 2011 – 1:36 pm
This powerful video captures Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse’s (of the Ruth Institute) testimony to the Rhode Island House Judiciary on March 1, 2011:
The Creative Class? Manhattan Institute's Steven Malanga Demolishes the Argument
March 26, 2011 – 7:00 am
Steven Malanga wrote a devastating critique of Prof Richard Florida’s “creative class” argument in 2004 (RI Gov Chafee is still trying to tout Florida’s expired arguments now): All of these cities have been inspired by the theories of Richard Florida, a Carnegie Mellon professor whose notion that cities must become trendy, happening places in order […]
Yoshihara: Answer to Family Breakdown is “Social Fatherhood,” UN Says
March 25, 2011 – 2:46 pm
Susan Yoshihara, PhD., is the VP for Research/Director, International Organizations Research Group at C-FAM: The cohesion of the American family is about the worst in the world, according to a new UN report. Rather than recommending policies reinforcing traditional family roles, the study recommends social policies reflecting the new reality. Just 70 percent of American […]
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