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[Updated with Video] NFL Star Burgess Owens Tells Blacks Not to Vote for Obama Over Same-Sex Marriage

September 7, 2012 – 11:00 am

WorldNetDaily: Retired National Football League star Burgess Owens, a Super Bowl champion with the Oakland Raiders, has urged African-Americans not to vote for Barack Obama simply on the basis of race. In his newly published e-book, “It’s All About Team: Exposing the Black Talented Tenth,” Owens recounts how he grew up as a liberal Democrat […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (15)

UK Daily Mail: Regnerus "Cleared in School Inquiry"

September 7, 2012 – 10:00 am

The UK Daily Mail reports on the exoneration of the Regnerus study: “A professor who came under attack over a critical research paper about children of gay-marriages will not be fired after being backed up by his school. The University of Texas-Austin came to the defense of Professor Mark Regnerus after his controversial journal article […]

Posted in Children, Free Speech, Parenting, Research/Study, Science | Comments (15)

HuffPo: Dad Wears Skirt In Solidarity With His 5-Year-Old Son

September 7, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Huffington Post: When it comes to supporting his son’s unconventional wardrobe, Nils Pickert talks the talk and walks the walk. The German dad explains in Emma magazine that he wears women’s clothes (including nail polish) to help his 5-year-old son feel good about going out in dresses and skirts. … Pickert is not the […]

Posted in Children, Culture, Europe, Parenting | Comments (65)

Rev. Owens: "No One, Including Barack Obama, Has a Moral or Civil Right to Redefine Marriage"

September 7, 2012 – 8:00 am

Rev. Bill Owens in The Blaze: “…to use the civil rights as a cover for such a cause is a hijacking of the movement, and we who were a part of that movement reject it. We who marched with Rev. King did not march one inch or one mile to promote same-sex marriage, and the […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Media, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (15)

Video: Coalition of African American Pastors Stands Up For Marriage at the Democratic Convention

September 6, 2012 – 5:00 pm
Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (16)

Prop. 8 Backers Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up Case

September 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm

The Mercury News: Proposition 8 backers on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to jump into the gay marriage fray and restore California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex nuptials. In a widely expected legal move, ProtectMarriage.com urged the high court to review a federal appeals court’s decision earlier this year invalidating Proposition 8. The 9th U.S. […]

Posted in California, Law, Marriage, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (18)

Video: Michelle Obama: Same-Sex Marriage is the New American Dream

September 6, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Twice in her speech to the Democratic National Convention Michelle Obama referenced recognizing same-sex marriage as part of the American Dream: “…[Obama] wants everyone in this country, everyone to have the same opportunity [to live the American dream] no matter who we are or where we’re from or what we look like or who we […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (19)

Video: Minnesota Woman Unafraid to Speak Up for Marriage

September 6, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Colleen Simpson is confident, likeable and unafraid to speak up for marriage in Minnesota. Listen in:

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

Politicker: Pro-Romney Super PAC Launches Anti-Gay Marriage Ad to Snag Southern Swing State Votes

September 6, 2012 – 10:00 am

PolitickerNY: …The “Campaign for American Values” has launched a pro-Mitt Romney television campaign with an ad warning viewers that ”Obama trying to force gay marriage on this country.” In the commercial, which is entitled “New Morning,” a couple wakes up to coffee and the threat of legalized same sex marriage as they peruse the morning […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

Doug Mainwaring on The Myth of the Same Sex Marriage Mandate

September 6, 2012 – 9:00 am

Via the Potomac Tea Party report: … The author, Doug Mainwaring, is a principled conservative residing in Montgomery County, MD who is gay… When did it become controversial not to support same sex marriage? And why is there now such an enormous push across our nation toward its normalization? The national conversation about the issue […]

Posted in Culture, Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Prof. Robert George: Cardinal Dolan's DNC Invite Contradicts Myth that Marriage Defenders are Bigots

September 6, 2012 – 8:00 am

Prof. Robert George writes in the Wall Street Journal that the Democratic National Committee’s choice to invite Cardinal Timothy Dolan to give a benediction at their convention this week makes an important point, namely: “…Since no minimally decent political party would let a bigot or misogynist take the podium at its convention—much less bless the […]

Posted in Civility, Culture, Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

Zogby: "Voters Disagree With Obama's Marriage Plans"

September 5, 2012 – 2:00 pm

Pollster John Zogby explains the results of his latest poll (PDF): The poll, provided to Secrets Tuesday, is a vivid display of how American voters are split not just politically but on individual issues, making it difficult for either presidential candidate to carve out a clear path to victory.  Take Obama’s position backing same-sex marriage. […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Poll, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

Harris Interactive Poll: 12% of LGBTs Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

September 5, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Fascinating findings from a Harris Interactive poll of 1,190 U.S. LGBT adults who are registered to vote and say they are absolutely or very certain to vote in the 2012 presidential election. Including: 12% say they oppose same-sex marriage. Only 6% say same-sex marriage is the “most important” issue for how they will vote in […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, Poll, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (19)

Video: Children Raised by S-S Parents Are Worse Off Compared to Kids Raised by Traditionally Married Parents

September 5, 2012 – 12:00 pm

In this latest video from the Minnesota Marriage Minute, Kalley Yanta explains: “Gay marriage advocates have maintained for a long time that there are no differences in outcomes for children raised by same sex parents as compared with those raised by a married mom and dad but two important new academic studies show that the […]

Posted in Children, Debating Marriage, Marriage, Minnesota, Parenting, Research/Study, Same Sex Marriage, Science | Comments (10)

Gay Protest of Christian Bakery Owner Falls Flat

September 5, 2012 – 11:00 am

Colorado Media Trackers: A cake shop protest organized by local gay groups over the weekend turned out to be a flop, with barely a baker’s dozen worth of individuals showing up to the event.  The protest was organized after it was reported that the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood refused to bake a “rainbow-layered […]

Posted in Colorado, Corporate Ethics, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)
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