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400,000 Minnesota Catholics Asked to Support Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment

September 26, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Catholics in Minnesota are being asked to support Marriage with their time and treasure — as 32 states have done: Minnesota Roman Catholics will receive a letter this week from the state’s bishops, urging them to donate money for television ads asking voters to say yes to a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. For […]

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Video: Voting YES on Marriage in Minnesota Begins This Week!

September 26, 2012 – 11:00 am

Kalley Yanta of the Minnesota Marriage Minute announces that voting YES on marriage begins this week in Minnesota! Absentee voting has already begun:

Posted in Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

Marchione, Outspent 4-1, Expects Financial Advantage in November

September 26, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Daily Gazette: About $850,000 was spent this summer by the campaign of Sen. Roy McDonald in what appears to be a losing effort to hold on to the Republican nomination for the 43rd Senate District. According to the 10-day post primary filings with the state Board of Elections, McDonald spent more than $200,000 in […]

Posted in Marriage, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

PMW: Gay Marriage Activists Lying About Same-Sex Hospital Visitation Rights

September 25, 2012 – 2:00 pm

From Preserve Marriage Washington, which is asking Washingtonians to Reject R-74: In a television ad which began airing on Friday, a mother shares the story of her daughter’s struggle to care for her dying same-sex partner, saying that after her daughter’s domestic partner suffered a seizure, hospital staff refused to telephone her daughter because they […]

Posted in Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Washington | Comments (27)

General Mills Shareholders Take Company to Task Over SSM Endorsement

September 25, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Star Tribune: General Mills’ stand against a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage got both criticism and accolades from shareholders at the company’s annual meeting on Monday. The Golden Valley-based packaged foods giant has been the most prominent Minnesota corporate voice opposing the November ballot amendment, which would recognize marriage only as a union between […]

Posted in Corporate Ethics, Economics, Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (23)

France Set to Ban "Mother" and "Father" from Official Documents

September 25, 2012 – 11:00 am

A move recognizing that same-sex marriage renders the institution genderless: The move, which has outraged Catholics, means only the word “parents” would be used in identical marriage ceremonies for all heterosexual and same-sex couples. The draft law states that “marriage is a union of two people, of different or the same gender”. It says all […]

Posted in Children, France, Marriage, Parenting, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (31)

Marchione Extends Lead Over Mcdonald

September 25, 2012 – 10:00 am

The Post Star: State Sen. Roy McDonald’s re-election bid was dealt a significant blow on Monday after the final round of absentee ballots didn’t close Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione’s lead in the race for the Republican line on November’s ballot. Marchione held a slim 106-vote lead when the GOP primary polls closed on Sept. […]

Posted in Marriage, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (2)

DiCarlo Wins Conservative Line, Vows to Fight On

September 25, 2012 – 9:00 am

From Neil DiCarlo’s campaign: Neil Di Carlo trumped Senator Saland by 92 votes in the 41st district primary after absentee and write-in ballots were counted for the Republican and Conservative parties (unofficial BOE counts). Di Carlo and Senator Saland each won one line: Di Carlo won over 81% of conservative votes while Senator Saland, after […]

Posted in Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Gay Man in Washington Post: Why I Oppose Gay Marriage

September 24, 2012 – 3:30 pm

Doug Mainwaring (who lives in Maryland) courageously shares his personal evolution towards opposing gay marriage in the Washington Post: “…Full disclosure: I am gay. A few years ago, I was on the other side of the fence on this topic. But the more I read, thought, investigated and attempted to defend my position, the more […]

Posted in Debating Marriage, Marriage, Maryland, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (21)

FRC President Perkins on SPLC's Hate Label: "This Type of Demonizing Must Stop."

September 24, 2012 – 2:30 pm

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins: “…This comes in the context of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designating FRC a “certified hate group” because of our biblically-based beliefs regarding marriage and human sexuality. We encourage love and respect for all people including those seeking to redefine marriage, and we have made clear we abhor […]

Posted in Culture, Free Speech, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage, SPLC | Comments (42)

New Minnesota Poll: Marriage Amendment Within a Hair of Passage

September 24, 2012 – 2:00 pm

More encouraging polling, this time form Minnesota, shows we are close to a victory there — it’s all hands on deck time! The increasingly costly and bitter fight over a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage is a statistical dead heat, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll. Six weeks before Election Day, slightly […]

Posted in Marriage, Minnesota, Poll, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

UK's Cameron Invites American SSM Activists in Attempt to Convince His Own Party

September 24, 2012 – 1:30 pm

It’s interesting that Cameron thinks he can avoid defeat within his own party on marriage from activists who have yet to score a victory for gay marriage in America: David Cameron is concerned that his own backbenchers could sink his plan to change Britain’s marriage laws, if and when the issue comes to a vote […]

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Liberal Priest: Abp. Cordileone Appointment Shows Vatican "Serious" About Protecting Marriage

September 24, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Fr. Reese’s point is hardly a revelation, but it is also interesting how the local community is taking note of the Archbishop’s arrival: “…Oasis California, the Episcopal Church’s gay ministry, convened a meeting recently at a Castro District bar to discuss how spiritual people should respond to the “architect of Prop. 8” coming to town. […]

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After SSM, What Next? Mark Steyn on "Happy Triples" in Toronto Grade Schools

September 24, 2012 – 12:30 pm

Mark Steyn in National Review: A few years ago, when the gay-marriage bandwagon got rolling, some of us argued that “if the sex of the participants is no longer relevant, why should the number be?” The same-sex-marriage crowd swatted the polygamy shtick aside as utterly irrelevant, even though there are far more takers for polygamy […]

Posted in Canada, Children, Education, Polygamy, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (22)

Mike Huckabee: Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A is Still Pro-Marriage

September 24, 2012 – 12:00 pm

From Mike Huckabee’s Facebook page: I talked earlier today personally with Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick Fil-A about the new reports that Chick Fil-A had capitulated to demands of the supporters of same sex marriage. This is not true. The company continues to focus on the fair treatment of all of its customers and employees, […]

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