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Video: Consequences of SSM for Pastors, Religious Groups and People of Faith

October 4, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Kalley Yanta explains: “If a pastor, religious group or person of faith could not agree with this new definition of marriage than they would find themselves in conflict with the law, and they could face legal consequences. In some other countries like Canada and Sweden, for example, ministers and pastors have been hauled before human […]

Posted in Debating Marriage, Marriage, Minnesota, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (11)

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors Announces Investigation of Incoming Catholic Archbishop

October 4, 2012 – 11:00 am

Government officials are “scrutinizing” Archbishop Cordileone for opposing redefining marriage: San Francisco’s new Catholic archbishop, the Rev. Salvatore Cordileone, will officially take office Thursday at a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral and if he hadn’t already figured it out, Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting made it clear that he’s likely in for a rough ride. […]

Posted in California, Catholic Church, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

Bishop E. W. Jackson Tells Black Christians to Abandon the Party of Same-Sex Marriage

October 4, 2012 – 10:00 am

This video of E.W Jackson is going viral on YouTube with over 350,000 views. In it, he calls for black Christians to abandon the democratic party for, among other things, its support of same-sex marriage and using the cloak of the civil rights movement to promote it: “Anyone who dares equate the so-called gay rights […]

Posted in Marriage, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (10)

Paul Ryan Unreservedly Speaks in Favor of Protecting Marriage

October 4, 2012 – 9:00 am

In an interview with Focus on the Family President Jim Daly, GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan offered this uncompromising defense of marriage: “[Marriage is] the foundation for society and for family for thousands of years. First of all, Mitt Romney and I — I’ll just say it, it’s worth repeating — we believe marriage is […]

Posted in DOMA, Election Watch 2012, Law, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Mitt Romney, Same Sex Marriage, Wisconsin | Comments (6)

Gov. Brown Vetoes California's "Three-Parent" Law

October 4, 2012 – 8:00 am

You know what they say about stopped clocks… Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have let judges declare that some California children have more than two legal parents. Brown says in announcing his veto Sunday that he is “troubled by the fact that some family law specialists believe the bill’s ambiguities may […]

Posted in California, Children, Law, Parenting | Comments (7)

Eric Teetsel's Question for the President Tonight

October 3, 2012 – 2:00 pm

Eric Teetsel is the Executive Director of the Manhattan Declaration and asks on Twitter: “My question for the [Presidential] debate: ‘Mr. President, your office runs a fatherhood initiative yet you also support [same-sex marriage]. Do dads matter or not?'”

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (10)

Matt Birk Talks About His Pro-Marriage Ad to Baltimore Ravens Sports Blog

October 3, 2012 – 1:00 pm

The Baltimore Sun’s Ravens Insider blog: In the wake of Ravens special-teams ace Brendon Ayanbadejo taking a strong public stance supporting same-sex marriage, one of his teammates has expressed an opposing view on this high-profile political topic. Six-time Pro Bowl center Matt Birk, a Catholic and married father of six children who grew up in St. Paul, […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Maryland, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

Video: The Slippery Slope When Marriage is Redefined

October 3, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Kalley Yanta explains: “… in Washington State and elsewhere the terms “husband” and “wife” were made to be gender-neutral. That means can be a man can legally be called a wife and a woman can legally be a husband. That might just be a laughable oddity until you think it through. Do you want your […]

Posted in Children, Culture, Education, Law, Marriage, Parenting, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Mainer: Legalizing Gay Marriage Would Undermine a Fundamental Institution

October 3, 2012 – 11:00 am

Christopher Ritter writes in the Portland Press Herald: “…The destruction of even as important a word as “marriage” does not mean necessarily that we would arrive in the world of Orwell’s Big Brother. There is always the hope that decency and common sense somehow will prevail. But none of us will know in our lifetimes what […]

Posted in Maine, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (11)

Minnesotan: Children Matter in Marriage Debate

October 3, 2012 – 10:30 am

Connie Rossini of New Ulm, MN writes to the editor: “The proponents of same-sex “marriage” would have us believe that marriage is all about how two adults feel for each other. It’s not. It’s about the well-being of children. Throughout history, there have been many types of relationships – sexual or not – among adults, but […]

Posted in Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (2)

Maryland Schoolteacher on Why He's Voting No on Question 6

October 3, 2012 – 10:00 am

Eric Lee writes to the Baltimore Sun that opposing gay marriage is not about hate: “Now, imagine if I went into my favorite vegetarian restaurant tomorrow and found out that there was a movement under way to start selling hamburgers there, while still calling the restaurant vegetarian. I go up to the manager and protest: “Hamburgers […]

Posted in Marriage, Maryland, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

Anti Question 6 Group Calls Marriage the "First Civil Right"

October 3, 2012 – 9:30 am

The Gazette: “…Jump the Broom for Marriages, a Baltimore-based ballot issue committee, objects to same-sex unions of any sort on religious grounds. “God’s word states that marriage is between one man and one woman,” said Alethia Williams, the group’s campaign manager. “That’s what our organization is about.” Jump the Broom for Marriage takes its name […]

Posted in Marriage, Maryland, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (1)

County Attorney Announces They Won't Enforce Polygamy Ban

October 3, 2012 – 9:00 am

The legal scholar blog Volokh Conspiracy: So says a County Attorney’s declaration filed on May 22, 2012 in a federal case challenging the polygamy ban on constitutional grounds: The policy, as officially adopted by the … County Attorney’s Office, states: Prosecution of Bigamy Crimes: The … County Attorney’s Office will prosecute the crime of bigamy […]

Posted in Law, Marriage, Polygamy | Comments (4)

Northern Ireland Assembly Rejects Motion on Gay Marriage

October 3, 2012 – 8:00 am

Gay marriage is on a roll internationally — of losing: The Northern Ireland assembly has rejected a motion calling for same-sex couples to be married in the province. A joint proposal by Sinn Fein and the Green party to allow gay marriage was defeated because the Democratic Unionists (DUP) ensured that it would have to obtain cross community […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (4)

How Common Are Stable Same-Sex Couples? They Are Rare.

October 2, 2012 – 3:00 pm

Maggie Gallagher in The Corner: The October issue of Journal of Marriage and Family published an analysis by Charles Lau of a British probability sample, “The Stability of Same-Sex Cohabitation, Different-Sex Cohabitation, and Marriage.” Lau found that cohabiting same-sex couples in Great Britain are twice as likely to break up as cohabiting opposite sex couples — and […]

Posted in Civility, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (23)
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