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George, Anderson & Girgis: The Supreme Court, You and Me, and the Future of Marriage

June 27, 2013 – 10:00 am

In the Public Discourse today, Prof. Robert George, Ryan Anderson and Sherif Girgis argue that “what happened yesterday at the courthouse matters, and we must keep up our witness to the truth about marriage, by word and deed, until it is safely beyond judicial overreach”: Here’s the least reported fact about yesterday’s rulings on marriage: […]

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Politico: Chris Christie Blasts Gay Marriage Ruling

June 27, 2013 – 9:00 am

Bold words from Governor Christie: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed the Supreme Court decision on DOMA as “wrong” and an example of “judicial supremacy.” Christie, a former federal prosecutor, made the remarks on his “Ask the Governor” radio show, hours after the court struck a crucial section of the Defense of Marriage Act. “I […]

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Bill Duncan on The Supreme Court's Wrong Marriage Assumptions

June 26, 2013 – 6:00 pm

Bill Duncan writes in National Review: “To judge from most of the media coverage, today’s Supreme Court decisions in the marriage cases were supposed to give us a final answer on whether the U.S. Constitution requires the states to redefine marriage. They did not. …Even though we did not get a final settlement of the […]

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Video: Ryan Anderson on FOX News Reacts to Court Rulings

June 26, 2013 – 4:30 pm

Ryan Anderson did a great job explaining the decisions that were handed down today and defending marriage:

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Anderson: Supreme Court’s Mixed Decision on Marriage

June 26, 2013 – 3:30 pm

Ryan Anderson writes in National Review Online that “the Supreme Court announced disturbing decisions today on two important cases dealing with marriage law. The Court refused, however, to create a constitutional right to same-sex marriage”: Proposition 8 In its ruling on California’s Proposition 8, the Court declared that the citizen group that sponsored Prop 8 […]

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Jim DeMint: SCOTUS Decisions Mean Marriage Debate More Important Than Ever

June 26, 2013 – 3:00 pm

The Heritage blog: Today, the Supreme Court failed to uphold two important laws defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. At the same time, the Court also refused to fabricate a new right to same-sex marriage, as the proponents of redefining marriage through the courts had hoped to do. In other […]

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Anderson: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court’s Marriage Cases

June 25, 2013 – 9:30 am

[We are at the Supreme Court again today awaiting decisions — if an announcement is made we will post a statement here shortly after. -Ed.] Ryan Anderson at Heritage’s The Foundry blog: Next week the Supreme Court will decide two cases dealing with the definition of marriage. One concerns the federal Defense of Marriage Act […]

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Teetsel: "On Winning the Marriage Debate"

June 24, 2013 – 11:15 am

Today on Public Discourse, Eric Teetsel, the Executive Director of the Manhattan Declaration, argues that conservatives need to argue more like lovers if they want to win the marriage debate: “…What are marriage advocates to do? How can marriage–a thorough defense of which requires deep theological reflection or the complex natural law web of anthropological, […]

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Anderson: When it Comes to Marriage, Gender Matters

June 24, 2013 – 9:00 am

Ryan Anderson of Heritage: “…Some supporters of redefining marriage appeal to the civil rights movement and interracial marriage. They argue that laws defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman are unjust because that they fail to treat people equally—exactly like laws that prevented interracial marriage. Yet such appeals beg the question […]

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Catholic Father of Six: "Changing the Definition of Marriage in the Law is Unjust"

June 23, 2013 – 9:00 am

Tim Roder, Associate Director for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, writes in the Washington Post On Faith section: “The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule on two cases about marriage. But regardless of what the court decides, marriage cannot be redefined. Its meaning cannot be […]

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Australian Senate Defeats Effort to Bypass Marriage Laws 44-28

June 22, 2013 – 9:00 am

The Australian Herald: EFFORTS to change Australia’s marriage laws to recognise gay couples who tie the knot overseas have been shot down in parliament. The Australian Greens had moved a private bill to amend the Marriage Act, so that same-sex marriages validly entered into in foreign countries were recognised under Australian law. But on Thursday […]

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New Study: Children of Surrogates Face More Adjustment Problems

June 21, 2013 – 11:30 am

Today Health: Over the past decade the number of births involving surrogacy with donor eggs and sperm has surged. What, experts wondered, does this mean for the mental and emotional health of the growing number of kids who may or may not know the truth about their distinctive origins? A team of British researchers, led […]

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Anderson on Why Government Isn't in the Love Business

June 21, 2013 – 9:00 am

Ryan Anderson writes for Heritage’s Foundry blog: At a reception last week for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, President Obama reiterated his support for the redefinition of marriage, claiming inspiration from the Declaration of Independence: And it’s something that can be traced back to our Declaration of Independence—the fundamental principle that all of us are […]

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Brian Brown in NRO: African-American Pastors in Democratic Illinois Show that Redefining Marriage Is Not Inevitable

June 20, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Our President Brian Brown writes in NRO today: Illinois is one of the biggest and most important states in the nation. It’s President Obama’s home state. Democrats have a super-majority in both houses of the legislature. Governor Pat Quinn is a prominent supporter of so-called same-sex marriage, as is the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel […]

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Anderson in NRO: Marriage, Democracy, and the Court

June 20, 2013 – 12:00 pm

Ryan Anderson argues that it’s unconstitutional for activist judges to settle the marriage debate: A hallmark of democratic self-government is that the people should discuss, debate, and vote on important policy matters. And in America their votes should count, except when they clearly violate the people’s more settled will as expressed in the U.S. Constitution. Where the […]

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