Former Attorney General Edwin Meese of the Heritage Foundation ties events surrounding Chick-fil-A, the Regnerus study and the FRC shooting together and describes it as a “summer of liberal intolerance”: “As summer faded to fall, a Chicago alderman’s fury toward Chick-fil-A finally seemed to be cooling. But fall is fickle in the windy city, and […]
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Starbucks Telling Investors One Thing, UK Tax Agency Another
October 19, 2012 – 1:00 pm
According to this Reuters news report, Starbucks is talking out of both sides of its mouth when comes to taxes, just like they want to have it both ways when it comes to being pro-gay marriage here in the United States and taking “no position” on the issue internationally: Starbucks’ coffee menu famously baffles some […]
Christian Post Summarizes the Marriage = Biology Video
October 19, 2012 – 12:00 pm
The Christian Post lays out the argument behind the “Marriage = Biology” video we released recently: “Is it fair for the government to promote natural marriage but not same-sex marriage? Isn’t this discrimination against homosexuals? What about equality? These questions are addressed in a new video ad by the National Organization for Marriage. The conservative […]
The Fight to Protect Marriage in France
October 19, 2012 – 11:00 am
In France, as in England, the media promised that gay marriage was a done deal. Now in France, as in England, the movement to protect marriage is growing: “…Despite widespread political and religious opposition, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault insisted there would be no backtracking on a manifesto promise by President Francois Hollande in an interview […]
Former SNP Speaker to Scottish MPs: "Don't Scorn the Electorate"
October 19, 2012 – 10:00 am
The BBC: A former SNP leader has attacked plans to introduce gay marriage, branding them “a step towards fascism”. Gordon Wilson told BBC Scotland that the state should not be asserting a superior claim over what citizens do or think. A bill to bring in same-sex marriage forms part of the Scottish government’s new legislative […]
Brian Brown: "We’ve Defeated Republican After Republican Who Voted for Gay Marriage, and We Will Defeat Mark Grisanti"
October 19, 2012 – 9:00 am
Our president Brian Brown spoke with the Buffalo News about Mark Grisanti and NOM’s plans to unseat him in November: “…Alesi’s decision was claimed as a victory by opponents of same-sex marriage, including one national group that has promised to throw a whopping $50,000 – or more – behind the campaign of one of Grisanti’s […]
Man Arrested in Connection With Assault of Reject R-74 Grandmother Volunteer
October 18, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The Seattle Times: King County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested a 23-year-old Burien man suspected of tearing a “Reject R-74″ sign off a campaign volunteer’s car and calling her names, then shoving another woman who tried to help her. Sgt. Cindi West, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, said the man was arrested at a house in […]
Breaking News: New York Appeals Court Strikes Down DOMA
October 18, 2012 – 1:30 pm
More reason for the Supreme Court to take the DOMA cases currently pending before it: A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday became the nation’s second to deem the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The divisive Clinton-era law was passed in 1996 and bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages and says states cannot […]
Gay Couple Files Human Rights Complaint Against New York Christian Farm Owners
October 18, 2012 – 1:00 pm
A writer for the Albany Times Union relates what is happening to a couple who own a farm in upstate New York: I was listening to FLY this morning and heard Brian and Chrissy talking about a listener who wanted to get married out at Liberty Ridge Farm in Rensselaer County. The venue has taken […]
Video: After SSM, What Next? A Look at Canada
October 18, 2012 – 12:00 pm
Kalley Yanta of the Minnesota Marriage Minute takes a more in-depth look at what has happened in Canada since redefining marriage: “To start, there have been hundreds of Canadian proceedings in courts, human rights commissions and employment boards, against critics and opponents of same-sex marriage. Religious groups and leaders have been punished. For instance, the […]
Washington Examiner Editors: Marylanders Face "Very Real Threat of Political Retaliation" Unless Marriage is Protected
October 18, 2012 – 11:00 am
The editors of the Washington Examiner react to the story of Dr. McCaskill: Gallaudet University’s rash decision to place its chief diversity officer on paid administrative leave because she signed the petition that put Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the ballot next month is a dismaying example of political correctness run amok. But it also […]
Chinese-American Grandmother Attacked for Opposing R-74 (Gay Marriage)
October 18, 2012 – 10:00 am
Via Preserve Marriage Washington: On Sunday, one of our volunteers, Arlene Mark – a Chinese American woman – was verbally attacked while waiting to distribute literature to other volunteers. What is more, Nikki Davis who came to her aid – an African American woman – was assailed with racial slurs…. According to the victims, the […]
Denver Post Columnist Accuses Tim Gill and Pat Stryker of "Gutter Politics"
October 18, 2012 – 9:00 am
Vincent Carroll doesn’t name the ideology Tim Gill and Pat Stryker are pushing — though we know it is redefining marriage — but Carroll does point out that Gill and Stryker have a long record of supporting political outfits that specialize in “character assasination”: [Pat Stryker is] still happily sends big checks to groups whose […]
WaPo: "Gallaudet Worker: 'Pro-Democracy,' Not Anti-Gay"
October 17, 2012 – 3:15 pm
The Washington Post: Gallaudet University’s embattled chief diversity officer said she wasn’t taking an anti-gay stance when she signed a petition advocating for Maryland’s same-sex marriage law to be put to a vote. Instead, Angela McCaskill says she was joining 200,000 others in standing up for the rights of voters to make decisions at the […]
Family Practice Doctor: "Research Shows Adult Children of Gay Parents Face More Health Risks"
October 17, 2012 – 2:45 pm
Opponents of Minnesota’s Marriage Protection Amendment have been trying to revive the “no differences” thesis through op-eds and other writings. Dr. Kion Hoffman of Cohasset, who has practiced family medicine for 23 years, the past 19 of them in Deer River, and was an adjunct faculty member for the universities of Washington and Minnesota in […]
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