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English Deputy PM Clegg Repudiates Use of Term "Bigot" To Describe Pro-Marriage Citizens

September 19, 2012 – 10:00 am

When will this minimum standard of civility be embraced in the U.S.? Nick Clegg has become embroiled in a row over gay marriage after aides had to remove comments in the draft version of a speech calling opponents “bigots”. … Mr Clegg later insisted he never intended to use such language as it was “not […]

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Conservative Stars Santorum and Jindal to Join Effort to Oust Pro-SSM Iowa Supreme Court Justice

September 19, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Sioux City Journal: Conservative activists campaigning to defeat Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins in Iowa’s Nov. 6 judicial retention vote are enlisting the help of some big-name Republicans. Leaders of Iowans for Freedom, a project of the Pleasant Hill-based Family Leader organization, announced Tuesday that former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum — who won […]

Posted in Iowa, Law, Let The People Vote, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (16)

George Will: "Advocates of Gay Rights Should Begin to Restrain The Bullies in Their Ranks"

September 18, 2012 – 5:00 pm

Columnist George Will writes about the case of the New Mexico photographer fined for refusing to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony: “… New Mexico, whose marriage laws discriminate against same-sex unions, has a “compelling interest” in compelling Huguenin to provide a service she finds repugnant and others would provide? Strange. … The Huguenin case demonstrates […]

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AP Report Last Week Admitted Rhode Island Elections a Mini Referendum on Marriage

September 18, 2012 – 4:00 pm

As we’ve reported, the defeat of five out of six Rhode Island Senate candidates who supported same-sex marriage during the Democratic primaries last Wednesday was a mini referendum on marriage. The Associated Press agrees — or at least they did before the elections took place: “…While jobs and Rhode Island’s battered economy continue to loom large […]

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New York Celebrities Raise Money for Maryland as New York Flop-Floppers Go Down in Defeat

September 18, 2012 – 1:00 pm

The pro-SSM glitterati of New York were too busy last Thursday evening fundraising for gay marriage for Maryland to notice the Republican flip-floppers they had paid off last summer were going down in electoral defeat in their own backyard: In one corner, comedian Sandra Bernhard, wearing a sparkly black skirt, chatted with a longtime fan. […]

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The Daily Beast on the Defeat of Pro-SSM Senators: "It Wasn’t Supposed to Be This Way."

September 18, 2012 – 12:00 pm

David Freedlander writes in the Daily Beast about false expectations — and about what the real consequences of voting to redefine marriage are: “… It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When the four bucked their party leadership, renounced their longstanding opposition and voted to bring gay marriage to New York, they were hailed far and wide as […]

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AP: "NY Voters' Gay Marriage Reaction a Caution for GOP"

September 18, 2012 – 11:00 am

More than a caution — a warning: Republican primary voters in New York punished two incumbents last week who voted to legalize same-sex marriage, firing a potential warning shot nationwide toward GOP lawmakers who could soon face tough votes in their states. Two of the four veteran — and long-secure — Republican senators in New […]

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Buffalo News: Grisanti's Same-Sex Marriage Vote Could Be "Unbeatable Obstacle" to His Reelection

September 18, 2012 – 10:00 am

The Buffalo News on Grisant’s grim prospects in November: “…If some of the more conservative GOP voters turn against Grisanti and vote for Swanick over the same-sex marriage issue, Amodeo said, that could prove an unbeatable obstacle to the incumbent. “Sen. Grisanti would have to make up the difference in Republicans that are voting for […]

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Gay Activists in France Complain Marriage Redefinition Proposals Don't Go Far Enough

September 18, 2012 – 9:00 am

PinkNews: “… LGBT rights advocates have criticised the announcement by the Socialist Party, saying that without “medically assisted procreation”, such as artificial insemination, the bill doesn’t have much clout.” … She argued that the process same-sex couples must go through already proves their commitment to parenting. “As a lesbian couple we can’t just wake up in the morning […]

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Rasmussen: Romney Opens Up 51%-45% Lead Over Obama in North Carolina

September 17, 2012 – 2:00 pm

North Carolina is a key swing state and the Obama campaign hoped holding their convention in Charlotte would boost the President’s chances.  But his endorsement of gay marriage and the sour economy is causing him real, persistent troubles, as this new poll shows: Mitt Romney has cleared the 50% mark again in the battleground state […]

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Pro-SSM Saland Outspent Opponent By More Than 40 Times -- Only Leads by 42 Votes

September 17, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Thomas Kaplan of the New York Times: Senator Stephen M. Saland, a lawyer from Poughkeepsie, has served in the New York State Legislature for 32 years. In 2010, he won re-election by 19 percentage points. And since then, he has raised $788,000 for his campaign war chest — more than 40 times what his challenger […]

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Video: Romney Promises to "Defend Marriage, Not Redefine It"

September 17, 2012 – 12:30 pm

Mitt Romney sent this video message to the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC this weekend — the largest gathering of social conservatives before November. In it he promises to “Defend marriage, not redefine it” and says America needs a President who will respect our traditional values:

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"Catholics for Equality" Priest Suspended by His Archbishop

September 17, 2012 – 12:00 pm

LifeSiteNews: A priest who helped found a gay ‘marriage’ advocacy group for Catholics has been suspended from distributing the sacraments or representing himself publicly as a cleric by his bishop. The National Catholic Register reported Monday that Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles had spoken to Rev. Joseph Palacios, co-founder of “Catholics for Equality” (CFE), […]

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NRO's John Fund: NOM "Drew Some Blood" in New York

September 17, 2012 – 11:30 am

National Review Online: “…it is clear the National Organization for Marriage and other traditional-marriage groups drew some blood. One of the four Republicans, James Alesi, announced his retirement earlier this year rather than face a potential challenger. Senator Roy McDonald of Saratoga Springs has apparently lost, and Senator Stephen Saland of Poughkeepsie had a 42-vote […]

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NOM's Plante: Rhode Island Senate Safer for Marriage After Elections

September 17, 2012 – 11:00 am

Bethany Monk at CitizenLink: Five of the six Rhode Island Senate candidates who support same-sex marriage lost during the state’s Democratic primaries Wednesday, despite massive backing from special-interest groups. “The Rhode Island Senate looks like it will again be safe for defending marriage as the union of one man and one woman,” National Organization for […]

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