From the Albany Times Union Capital Confidential blog, proof that Sen. McDonald knows his re-election chances are in danger because of his vote for gay marriage: Sen. Roy McDonald, R-Saratoga, spent $365,081 over the last six months — quite a burn rate for this early in the cycle. McDonald appears to be paying three campaign […]
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SSM Flip-Flopper McDonald Furiously Spending Money to Fend Off Conservative Challenge
July 23, 2012 – 8:00 am
Scottish Government Ignores 80,000 Petitions Demanding Referendum on Marriage
July 22, 2012 – 11:00 am
What we are seeing unfolding in Scotland is familiar to us fighting to protect marriage here in the states — gay marriage activists and pro-SSM legislators claim a majority of citizens support redefining marriage, then proceed to deny the people the right to vote on it and demand that it be imposed immediately: A referendum […]
BBC: "Mock Gay Marriage Takes Place Outside Scottish Parliament"
July 22, 2012 – 9:00 am
BBC Scotland: Gay rights campaigners have held a mock wedding outside Holyrood as a sign of support for same sex marriage. The staged event comes ahead of the Scottish government making its views known on the issue. Currently the law in Scotland, as in the the rest of the UK, allows civil partnerships between couples […]
Video: John Stonestreet on Sexual Brokenness (Parts 1&2)
July 21, 2012 – 1:00 pm
John Stonestreet of the Colson Center is releasing a short series of videos on “sexual brokenness” one week at a time. Here are parts 1 & 2. “When Sex Got a Divorce”: “How Sexual Brokenness Victimizes People”:
One Child’s View Of Single-Motherhood
July 21, 2012 – 11:00 am
Michael Dougherty at the American Conservative shares his experience of being raised by a single mother: “….there are some things only a child of a single-mother could tell you about single motherhood. … Not having a father around meant I took on more student debt than I would have otherwise. It meant I would be […]
Dawn Stefanowicz Speaks
July 21, 2012 – 9:00 am
Lots of people know about Zach Wahls, whose two lesbians parents seem to have done a fine job raising him, by his own account. How many people know the experience of Dawn Stefanowicz? We don’t know how the average child raised by a same-sex couple or gay parent fares, yet. Do we care? Or would […]
Scotland Herald: Religious Freedom Inevitably Threatened by Gay Marriage
July 20, 2012 – 3:00 pm
The editorial board of the Scotland Herald honestly confronts the inevitably tension between religious freedom and redefining marriage: When equality for one person erodes the religious freedom of another, clear moral thinking is required. … The proposal is that faith groups and their celebrants should not be obliged to solemnise the ceremonies but this pragmatic […]
Black AIDS Institute: Obsession with Marriage Equality Hurting Black Gays
July 20, 2012 – 2:00 pm
National gay groups pride themselves on inclusiveness but are they excluding the priorities of the group described below? HIV-AIDS is affecting black gay men in the United States on a scale unseen among any other group in the developed world, said a report issued Wednesday ahead of the International AIDS Conference. So grave is the […]
Bioethics Expert: "Marriage Leads to Children - Gay Marriage Leads to Surrogacy"
July 20, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Michael Cook, editor of the bioethics newsletter BioEdge and a columnist for Australian Science in the Brisbane Times: In heterosexual relationships, the birth rate rises when couples are married. One would expect similar dynamics to apply to same-sex couples. For lesbian couples, this is not a huge problem; all they need is a sperm donor. […]
NOM's Peters Responds to "Young Conservatives for Freedom to Marry"
July 20, 2012 – 12:00 pm
NOM’s Thomas Peters responds in an interview with The Christian Post to Freedom to Marry’s attempt to split the GOP vote on marriage: “…Conservative groups including the National Organization for Marriage, Focus on the Family, and the Family Research Council have all come out against Freedom to Marry’s new campaign, insisting that while Freedom to […]
Elton John: "It Will Break My Son's Heart To Realize He Hasn't Got a Mother"
July 20, 2012 – 11:00 am
The UK Daily Mail: Since his son’s birth 18 months ago, Sir Elton John has been the epitome of the proud father. But the flamboyant star, now enjoying life as the parent of a toddler, has admitted it will be ‘heartbreaking’ for Zachary to grow up without a mother. The singer, 65, and his civil […]
Barney Frank's Wedding Vows
July 20, 2012 – 10:00 am
Doug Mainwaring says its a mockery of marriage — what do you think? Here is what Rep. Frank and his partner vowed: “Do you promise to love each other and be each other’s best friend, In sickness and in health, In Congress or in retirement, Whether the surf is up or the surf’s flat, For […]
CitizenLink Video: Marriage "In the Eyes of the Law"
July 20, 2012 – 9:00 am
This video by CitizenLink uses a fictional traffic stop to explain the consequences of redefining marriage “in the eyes of the law”:
James Taranto on the Politics of Single Motherhood
July 20, 2012 – 8:00 am
The marriage gap far outpaces the gender gap in politics — does undermining marriage end up serving partisan purposes? As pollster John Zogby notes in a Forbes.com column, the “marriage gap” between Democrats and Republicans is “even more dramatic” than the so-called gender gap: In an analysis provide [sic] by my colleagues at Gallup after the […]
Ann Widdecombe: "Freedom of Speech and Thought at Risk" Over SSM
July 19, 2012 – 3:00 pm
Ann Widdecombe writes about the conference that our own Brian Brown spoke at, which was denied access to two venues because organizers wishes to silence the pro-marriage speeches: It is reported that a large conference centre in London, much used by government, is facing being sued after it refused to allow a pro-marriage conference to […]
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