LifeSiteNews reports on a second, and far larger rally for marriage in France! Hundreds of thousands of traditional marriage supporters demonstrated against same-sex “marriage” in France over the weekend. On Saturday, a nationwide rally drew an estimated 200,000 protesters in Paris according to organizers, with tens of thousands more attending rallies throughout the country. Almost […]
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Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Marriage Marches Across France
November 19, 2012 – 2:30 pm
The Associated Press: Groups opposing President Francois Hollande’s plan to legalize gay marriage and adoption took to the streets across France on Saturday. Hollande said he would enact his “marriage for everyone” plan within a year of coming to power in May, but vocal opposition from religious leaders, some politicians and parts of rural France […]
Brian Brown: Election Result Should "Wake Up and Energize" Marriage Advocates
November 19, 2012 – 12:00 pm
The Baptist Press interviews our president Brian Brown about the future of the marriage movement: Voters in three states legalized gay marriage on Election Day — the first time voters in any state had done so. But it wasn’t a turning point on the issue, and traditionalists can still win the cultural battle, says Brian […]
SCOTUS Resets DOMA & Prop 8 Cases for Nov. 30
November 19, 2012 – 10:30 am
SCOTUSblog: The Supreme Court will consider all ten of the same-sex marriage petitions at its private Conference on November 30, instead of at the next session on November 20, according to the Court’s electronic docket. Eight of the filings deal with the constitutionality of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act, limiting marriage for all […]
French Cardinal: Gay Marriage Would Be "Marriage of a Few Imposed on All”
November 18, 2012 – 9:00 am
LifeSiteNews: The cardinal archbishop of Paris has pledged that he and other Catholics of France will oppose the Socialist government’s plans to rewrite the marriage law. Speaking to fellow bishops at a meeting at the shrine of Lourdes last week, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois said, “When we defend the right of children to build their personality […]
Uruguay Bishop: "Children Have a Right to be Raised by a Father and Mother, by Birth or Adoption"
November 17, 2012 – 9:00 am
ABC News: Uruguay’s congress is considering a gay marriage law that would give same-sex couples all the same rights and responsibilities of heterosexual married couples. The country already has a civil unions law and has stood out in Latin America lately for legalizing abortion and planning to sell government-grown marijuana to any citizen who wants […]
Victory For Christian Demoted Over Gay Marriage Comments
November 16, 2012 – 12:00 pm
The UK Christian Institute: A judge has today ruled that bosses at a housing trust were wrong to demote a manager who said gay weddings in churches would be “an equality too far”. Adrian Smith, a Christian, made the remark on his personal Facebook page, which was not visible to the general public, outside work […]
Bloomberg: SSM Backers Remain Focused on States Where People Can't Have a Say
November 16, 2012 – 11:00 am
More evidence that despite what happened in these past elections, gay marriage backers still don’t trust their ability to win state elections: Gay-marriage advocates, coming off their first ballot-box victories, are targeting New Jersey and five other U.S. states where the road to legalization is simpler because voters can’t overturn laws through referendums. In Delaware, […]
Chicago Mayor Emanuel Chooses Gay Marriage Over "Safer Streets"
November 16, 2012 – 10:00 am
Last year, one of Mayor Emanuel’s top three priorities was “safer streets”. A year later, homicides are up 38% in Chicago, and instead of “safe streets” the Mayor’s new priority is gay marriage: Mayor Rahm Emanuel Tuesday ranked legalizing gay marriage as his No. 3 legislative priority in Springfield — behind pension reform and a […]
Brian Brown to The Atlantic: "The Fight Has Just Begun"
November 15, 2012 – 10:00 am
Eleanor Barkhorn of The Atlantic features several quotes from our president Brian Brown about the future of the marriage movement: “…Marriage traditionalists had a range of reactions to last week’s elections. On one end is Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage. “It’s absurd to say the fight is […]
Baptist Press: Poll: 60% of Voters Back Traditional Marriage
November 15, 2012 – 9:00 am
The Baptist Press: Despite four victories by gay marriage supporters on Election Day, a solid majority of voters nationwide still believe marriage is between one man and one woman, according to a new poll. The survey by the Polling Company shows that 60 percent of voters in this year’s election agreed that “marriage is between […]
Vatican Spokesman: "Catholic Church Will Not Give Up its Defense of Marriage"
November 14, 2012 – 10:00 am
A strong statement from the pope’s spokesman Fr. Lombardi, SJ in response to recent international efforts to redefined marriage. Here is what he said about the context in the United States: In the United States, some of the referendums held on the same day as the presidential elections in various States have, for the first […]
Breitbart's Ken Klukowski: "Marriage Still Wins When Equally Funded"
November 14, 2012 – 9:00 am
Breitbart News contributor Ken Klukowski: “…the facts from the election returns don’t support the contention that marriage is a losing issue. First, it appears that supporters of gay marriage had vast resources to promote these ballot measures that swamped social conservatives, easily outspending supporters of traditional marriage. The Left managed to heavily market this issue […]
NOM's Thomas Peters on PBS: The Future of the Pro-Marriage Movement is Bright
November 13, 2012 – 12:00 pm
NOM’s Thomas Peters discusses the election results on PBS NewsHour and also responds to the inevitable question about inevitability: Here is the last exchange between the host and Peters: Suarez: “Aren’t you standing on shifting sand? Given the momentum of the polls, given the momentum of the legal challenges, the losses in various federal appellate […]
Mainwaring: SSM Victories "Tactical Wins, Not a Sea Change"
November 13, 2012 – 11:00 am
Doug Mainwaring, a gay tea party activist and writer, notes the “thin margins for same-sex marriage” in deep blue states and concludes: “…In my home state, Maryland, a minimum of 23% [100% – (37%/48%) = 23%] of the opposition to same-sex marriage came from Obama/Biden supporters. Earlier in the year, the Maryland House of Delegates […]
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