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Michelle Malkin on Obama's Coming DNC "Disaster"

June 25, 2012 – 11:00 am

Michelle Malkin notes that North Carolina’s strong support of their Marriage Protection Amendment has added to the woes of the DNC and the President’s re-election campaign: “…Moderate Democrats aren’t the only ones refusing to put on the party hats and sing “Kumbaya.” North Carolina is riling Obama’s left flank, too. And national media outlets are […]

Posted in North Carolina, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (9)

Youth Minister Asks: "Why is GLSEN Bullying My Community?"

June 25, 2012 – 10:00 am

Aaron Sweeney writes a guest post over at CitizenLink: I can’t remember the last time my town’s been in the national news—in fact, maybe there hasn’t really been another time. I guess that’s why what’s going on now has taken so many of us by surprise. I’m the youth minister at a church in Erie, […]

Posted in Children, Civility, Education, Free Speech, Illinois, MarriageADA, Religious Liberty | Comments (24)

New Pro-Marriage Group Forms in New Hampshire

June 25, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Union Leader reports on a new group that has formed in New Hampshire: “…a group of social conservatives and “politically active Christians of all denominations” have established a new nonprofit issues-advocacy group and state political action committee. They expect to have a “powerful impact” on the 2012 general election and the next session of […]

Posted in Marriage, New Hampshire, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (7)

Pair of Studies Show Several Ways Dads Make a Difference for Kids

June 25, 2012 – 8:00 am

Karla Dial of CitizenLink: Two studies recently published in scientific journals say that when it comes to parenting, dads really do matter to kids — and in some ways, they may have even more influence than mothers. According to a meta-analysis of several decades’ worth of parenting studies published in Personality and Social PsychologyReview in […]

Posted in Children, Marriage, Parenting, Research/Study | Comments (5)

Influential MN Pastor: Star-Tribune Got it Wrong -- I Support Marriage!

June 22, 2012 – 4:45 pm

(Watch Pastor Piper’s full message from last Sunday here.) Pastor John Piper writes in response to the Star-Tribune attempting to say he “opt[ed] out” of the fight to protect marriage when he preached against same-sex marriage last Sunday: “[The Star-Tribune] got two parts wrong. First they say, “Key Minnesota pastors opt out of marriage fight.” […]

Posted in Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (4)

18 Social Scientists Respond to Attempt to Discredit Regnerus Study

June 22, 2012 – 2:00 pm

Eighteen social scientists have responded to the attempt to discredit Prof. Mark Regnerus’ study: Same-sex marriage is one of the most contentious and vexing issues now facing our nation. It is perhaps in part for that reason that the new study on same-sex parenting by University of Texas sociology professor Mark Regnerus, which finds that […]

Posted in Children, Parenting, Research/Study, Science | Comments (31)

House GOP Leaders Will Ask Supreme Court By the End of June to Take DOMA Appeal

June 22, 2012 – 1:00 pm

CNN: House Republicans have signaled they plan to ask the Supreme Court by month’s end to get involved in a constitutional fight over same-sex marriage. In a federal court filing Wednesday in Connecticut, the House of Representatives’ Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group asked a judge to put on hold consideration of a pending lawsuit in that […]

Posted in Congress, DOMA, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court | Comments (18)

Australia's 2011 Census: Gay Couples Less than Half of One Percent

June 22, 2012 – 12:00 pm

PinkNews UK: Data from Australia’s 2011 census have been released today and show 33,714 gay couples, 1,338 of whom are married. The number of same-sex relationships is equivalent to 0.48 per cent of the total number of couples recorded in the survey and has risen from 25,600 in 2006. For the first time, gay couples […]

Posted in Australia, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Statistics | Comments (14)

AP Poll: Only 40% of Americans Support SSM

June 22, 2012 – 11:30 am

The AP: President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage did little to shift the nation’s views on the subject, with a new poll finding that the public remains evenly split on the issue. …The poll found that 42 percent of Americans oppose gay marriage, 40 percent support it and 15 percent are neutral. Last August, […]

Posted in Marriage, Poll, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (77)

Study's Newsflash: Nearby Guys Aren't Dads

June 22, 2012 – 11:00 am

This is the latest edition of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. We are still waiting for anyone to criticize this study for not using a random sample, or for saying stability doesn’t matter to children (see Pediatrics 2010, Gartrell). In this latest edition they are reporting that children raised by two lesbian moms […]

Posted in Children, Marriage, Parenting, Research/Study, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (9)

California Committee Passes Bill Redefining Marriage as "A Personal Relation"

June 22, 2012 – 10:00 am

CitizenLink: The General Assembly Judiciary Committee passed SB 1140 on a 7-1 vote late Tuesday afternoon. State Sen. Mark Leno says his legislation is meant to protect churches that refuse to perform same-sex ceremonies from being threatened with the loss of their tax-exempt status in the future. Should the bill become law, it would define […]

Posted in California, Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (11)

Legal Scholar Linton on the "Collusive Lawsuit" to Redefine Marriage in Illinois

June 22, 2012 – 9:00 am

Paul Linton, special counsel for the Thomas More Society in Chicago, writes at Public Discourse: “…The fact that advocates of same-sex marriage uniformly oppose public votes on state constitutional amendments that would define marriage as a union of a man and a woman is telling evidence that they do not believe what they say. If […]

Posted in Illinois, Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (24)

GOProud Endorses Romney

June 21, 2012 – 2:00 pm

The Advocate (a gay news source): Mitt Romney received his first endorsement from a group representing gay Americans when GOProud voted to support the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Tuesday night, saying that the businessman and former Massachusetts governor brings “the experience and expertise to turn this economy around.” In a statement, the group for gay […]

Posted in Marriage, Mitt Romney, Politics, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (36)

Grisanti Could Face Close Primary Because of SSM Vote

June 21, 2012 – 1:00 pm

ArtVoice: The other GOP race to watch is the primary between incumbent State Senator Mark Grisanti and Kenmore attorneyKevin Stocker. Grisanti has been campaigning hard in the last couple months, and he can afford to do so: He has plenty of campaign money to spend, as well as an allowance of public money for printing […]

Posted in Marriage, New York, Politics, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

Consequences of SSM: Catholic Hospital Sued For Same-Sex Benefits

June 21, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Redefining marriage won’t affect religious liberty? Tell that to this Catholic hospital in New York: A lawsuit that could impact religious liberty in at least six states — and which also has implications for the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) — was filed in a federal district court in New York Tuesday. St. Joseph’s […]

Posted in Law, Marriage, New York, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (65)
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