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Pope Francis Affirms: Marriage is Between One Man and One Woman

July 9, 2013 – 9:00 am

Billy Hallowell at the Blaze/AP: Pope Francis issued his first encyclical Friday, a meditation on faith that is unique because it was written with someone else: Benedict XVI. In the document, though, Francis also drives home the point that marriage is an institution, at least under Catholic doctrine, that is exclusive to a man and […]

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Eastman and Meese: Prop 8 Decision Imperils Initiative Process

July 8, 2013 – 11:00 am

Our chairman John Eastman published an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee over the weekend, co-authored by Edwin Meese, the 75th Attorney General of the United States, on what the Supreme Court has imperiled by ruling that the proponents of Prop 8 do not have standing to defend their law in court: The “win at all […]

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Anderson: The Left's Three Techniques on Marriage Redefinition - And How to Counter Them

July 8, 2013 – 10:00 am

A must-read from Ryan Anderson in The Blaze: The Left has had some success in its push to redefine marriage, for readily apparent reasons: They dominate the media, they dominate the academy and, as we saw last week, they dominate the courts. Certainly dominance in the elite sectors of opinion-shaping helps. But the Left also […]

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DeMint: Do Traditional Marriage Supporters Deserve to Be Treated with Dignity?

July 2, 2013 – 12:00 pm

Jim DeMint, President of Heritage, writes: Some people can’t seem to understand why anyone would support marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Indeed, Justice Anthony Kennedy argued last week that the only reason Congress had for passing the Defense of Marriage Act was to “disparage,” “injure,” “degrade,” “demean,” and “humiliate” others. […]

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New Research: Dads Who Bond With Kids Help Keep Marriage Strong

July 2, 2013 – 10:00 am

New research reveals a timeless truth: “In our study, the wives thought father involvement with the kids and participation in household work are all inter-related and worked together to improve marital quality,” said Adam Galovan, lead author of the study and a researcher at the University of Missouri, in Columbia. “They think being a good […]

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WaTimes: Critics Say Supreme Court’s Prop 8 Ruling Takes Power from Voters, Gives it to State Officials

July 2, 2013 – 9:00 am

Whatever your views on marriage — the Prop 8 ruling is “fundamentally undemocratic”: The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday on Proposition 8 unlocked the door for same-sex marriage in California but also may have stifled the voices of the state’s voters. In its 5-4 decision, the high court ruled that the private group behind the citizen-initiated […]

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MN Makes Clear: Individuals, Businesses, Nonprofits All Face Lawsuits From SSM

July 1, 2013 – 3:00 pm

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights today released rules listing all of the individuals who now face lawsuits for not recognizing redefined marriage — they include: The [gay marriage] law does not exempt individuals, businesses, nonprofits, or the secular business activities of religious entities from non-discrimination laws based on religious beliefs regarding same-sex marriage. Therefore, […]

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Rasmussen: Public Approval of Supreme Court Falls to All-Time Low

July 1, 2013 – 1:00 pm

America is not happy with the Supreme Court: The U.S. Supreme Court finished its term with big decisions on voting rights, affirmative action and same-sex marriage. Following those rulings, public approval of the court has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded in more than nine years of polling. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone […]

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Video: NOM's Appearances on the Sunday Shows

July 1, 2013 – 11:30 am

Prof. John Eastman, Chairman of NOM and Brian Brown, President of NOM were busy this weekend touring the Sunday shows and charting out the future of the marriage movement: NBC: Nightly News with Lester Holt – John Eastman: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy CNN: State of the Union […]

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Ed Whelan on the Lawless Project of SSM

July 1, 2013 – 9:00 am

Legal scholar Ed Whalen in NRO’s Bench Memos: Who has better displayed fidelity to the ideals of our constitutional republic, the supporters of traditional marriage (formerly known simply as marriage) or the proponents of same-sex marriage? Consider the histories of DOMA and Prop 8. …The battle for marriage in California displays a similar pattern. In 2000, […]

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Peters Interviewed by HuffPo on the New Momentum in the Pro-Marriage Fight

June 28, 2013 – 12:00 pm

Our Communications Director Thomas Peters was interviewed yesterday by Lila Shaprio of The Huffington Post about what the Supreme Court’s decisions mean positively for the pro-marriage movement: “…[Peters] wasn’t expecting the huge influx of supportive calls and donations that came in to his organization, the group leading the fight throughout the United States against same-sex […]

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Brian Brown Responds to Supreme Court Rulings in the Washington Post

June 27, 2013 – 3:00 pm

This op-ed by our President Brian Brown appeared online and will appear in the print edition of The Washington Post: It was outrageous for the Supreme Court to invalidate Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and allow the potential invalidation of California’s Proposition 8, a law passed with the support of more than […]

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Matt Lewis: Supreme Court Rulings Use Same Arguments as Polygamy

June 27, 2013 – 1:15 pm

Matthew Lewis in the Daily Caller asks, with the Supreme Court’s ruling on DOMA, why doesn’t the government have an obligation to honor polygamous ‘marriages’ as well? “…The arguments [for gay marriage and polygamy] are essentially the same. For example, Sen. Al Franken recently issued a statement saying, “Our country is starting to understand that […]

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Mother Jones Blogger Worried About Court's Prop 8 Precedent

June 27, 2013 – 12:00 pm

Kevin Drum of Mother Jones — a liberal outlet — admits that he is unsettled by what the Supreme Court did (or rather, chose not to do) on Prop 8: “In California, it’s routine for the people to pass initiatives that neither the governor nor the legislature supports. In fact, that was the whole point […]

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Franck on the Danger of Kennedy's Decision

June 27, 2013 – 11:00 am

Matthew Franck writes in First Things: “… It was in the less explosive, but still volatile Windsor case that the Court reached the merits, but only after considerable wrangling here too about whether DOMA could be defended in federal court by counsel retained by the House of Representatives, after the Obama administration withdrew from a […]

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