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Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy: We Have Made No "Concessions" to Same-Sex Marriage Supporters

The Blaze on Dan Cathy setting the record straight: On Friday, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said media reports claiming the restaurant chain will no longer give charitable donations to groups that oppose same-sex marriage are untrue. Cathy issued a statement on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s website, one day after Chick-fil-A released a company statement […]

Why is the State in the Marriage Business?

Adam Seagrave explains why the state is in the marriage business: Governments don’t legally recognize a certain type of relationship because they are suckers for romance; they do so because they are understandably afraid of the potentially destructive consequences of such romance. In the now-famous interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that precipitated President Obama’s […]

English PM Cameron: Church Schools Should Not Teach About the Bible's View on Sex

The UK Christian Institute: David Cameron thinks that faith schools should not be allowed to teach that homosexuality is a sin, according to a quote unearthed by the Daily Mail. The would-be Prime Minister made the inflammatory remark during an interview with a gay lifestyle magazine ahead of the last general election. According to the […]

Canada Admits They Overestimated Number of Same-Sex Married Couples

LifeSiteNews: Statistics Canada has admitted that “there may be an overestimation” in the number of same-sex ‘married’ couples from the 2011 census, after the government agency mistakenly counted some same gender roommates as gay couples. Stats Canada warned that the census data should be “used with caution.” While same-sex couples — both ‘married’ and common law […]

Brian Brown on Chick-fil-A: "Dan Cathy Has Not Changed His Position on Marriage"

LifeSiteNews: According to a statement from Civil Right Agenda, a homosexual rights group, Moreno has confirmed that Chick-fil-A will no longer give money to “anti-gay organizations” through its charitable foundation, WinShape, and has agreed to clarify “in an internal document that the company will treat every person equally, regardless of sexual orientation.” Moreno says he […]

JMC Analytics Poll: Maine Amendment Within Margin of Error (48%-44%)

More encouraging polling out of Maine, by JMC Analytics and Polling: Marriage amendment within the margin of error (48-44% in favor). Our philosophy about which population to use depends on the election, but we are generally comfortable with a “likely” model (as opposed to a “registered” model) for most elections. For this poll, we chose […]

PMW Responds to NYTimes Article on Why Fathers Really Matter

Chip White, Communications Director for Preserve Marriage Washington submitted this letter to the editor of the New York Times: Judith Shulevitz’ opinion piece on September 9 (“Why Fathers Really Matter”) underscores the important role that fathers play in the lives of their children. As Schulevitz explains, fathers shape their children “not just by way of […]

More Grim News for Grisanti in November

Things are already looking bleak for the only SSM flip-flopper who has made it through his primary. Consider how many votes Mark Grisanti got in his primary: 5,290. His challenger received 3,514 and many of those were solid pro-marriage votes who won’t switch to Grisanti in November. Charles Swanick, who ran in the Democratic primary […]

Chairman of Maryland Marriage Alliance: Same-Sex Marriage is Not a Civil Right

Derek McCoy in The Afro: As executive director of the Maryland Marriage Alliance, I am compelled to address Julian Bond’s recent opinion editorial featured in The Afro on Sept. 5. I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Bond. He holds an honored place in the Civil Rights movement. In his role as chairman emeritus […]

WND: Press Suckered by Chick-fil-A Nonstory

Dave Tombers reports on the recent broohaha over Chick-fil-A and notes that Chick-fil-A has not changed their tune. Instead, gay activists attempted to create a false media narrative: “Chick-fil-A says it will stop funding antigay groups” proclaimed the Detroit Free Press … It was a statement from The Civil Rights Agenda that prompted the recent headlines. It stated […]

Audio: Brian Brown on Why Obama's SSM Position Will Hurt Him in November

Our President Brian Brown was interviewed by 790 KABC during the Democratic National Convention and had this to say about marriage and the November election: “We just won in North Carolina by 61% — 61% to support a strong marriage amendment. Just looking at it politically this is a state President Obama needs to win […]

HuffPo Says of NOM: "Cross Us and We'll Kill You in a Primary"

We wouldn’t phrase it this way– Dan Collins, writing at the Huffington Post, apparently gets away with using such language: The primary elections for state legislature turned into a referendum, of sorts, on same-sex marriage. I’m sorry to say that gay rights had a bad day. … there will be a huge impact on the way […]

NOM's Schubert Announces Additional $250K for "Critical" Maine Contest

The Associated Press: The National Organization for Marriage is pumping money into the campaign that opposes Maine’s November ballot question seeking to legalize same-sex marriage. The Washington, D.C.-based group transferred $250,000 Thursday to the Protect Marriage Maine political action committee, which is spearheading the campaign against the ballot initiative, said campaign manager Frank Schubert. Schubert […]

Rhode Island School District Bans Father-Daughter Dances, Mother-Son Activities

The Providence Journal: In a move that has taken some parents by surprise, the school department has announced that it is banning traditional “father-daughter” and “mother-son” activities, saying they violate state law. Supt. Judith Lundsten said the move was triggered by a letter ifrom the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a single mom […]

New Liberal Polls Show Support for Gay Marriage Declining in Maine!

The latest polls shows its close in Maine, with support for gay marriage declining! This latest Maine People’s Resource Center poll oversampled Democrats by six points and still found declining support for Question 1: The poll released today shows a decline in support for gay marriage, at least when compared to a June survey conducted […]