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CitizenLink: Illinois School Board Chooses Parents Over GLSEN School Curriculum

June 15, 2012 – 10:30 am

Kudos to the school board for standing up for the rights of parents to determine the time and method that sensitive issues are taught to their kids: A school board in Erie, Ill., is sending ripple effects nationwide after daring to listen to local parents rather than yielding to pressure from national gay activist groups. […]

Posted in Children, Education, Illinois, Parenting | Comments (29)

Kiplinger: Top 8 U.S. Cities Poised for Job Growth Exist in Marriage Amendment States!

June 15, 2012 – 10:00 am

Yahoo! just posted a report from Kiplinger that lists the top 8 U.S. cities for future job growth. Kiplinger says these cities are “poised to become job-creating machines in the years ahead.” Those who continue to push the false meme “gay marriage = economic stimulus” or that protecting marriage somehow impedes job growth should take […]

Posted in Debating Marriage, Economics, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Christian Group Demands Ontario Use Bill 13 to Protect Students from Christophobia

June 15, 2012 – 9:30 am

Turning the tables: In the wake the passage of Ontario’s “anti-bullying” Bill 13, Christian parents and leaders in the Hamilton area are demanding that their school board address what they say are instances of Christian children being bullied for their beliefs in public schools. “There is a sincere need for anti-Christophobia efforts in the public […]

Posted in Canada, Children, Education, Free Speech, Law, Religious Liberty | Comments (9)

Giant Turtles Divorce After 115 Years Together

June 15, 2012 – 9:00 am

A little humor to wrap up the week with: You can’t say they didn’t try. After an impressive 115 years together, two giant turtles at an Austrian zoo are refusing to share their cage anymore, the Austrian Times reported Friday. “We get the feeling they can’t stand the sight of each other anymore,” said Helga […]

Posted in Divorce, Humor, Marriage | Comments (2)

NRO's Tuttle on the New Mexico Photography Case's "Shocking Precedent"

June 15, 2012 – 8:00 am

We’ve reported on the case of the New Mexico photographer before. Ian Tuttle at National Review Online charts the dangerous precedent it sets for religious liberty and free speech: In its desire to prop up the same-sex-marriage agenda, though, the court has rejected that distinction and, in doing so, established a shocking precedent: Not only […]

Posted in Free Speech, Law, New Mexico, Religious Liberty | Comments (13)

Gay Activists Threaten to Challenge Catholic Doctrine in Court If Schools Don't Obey Bill 13

June 14, 2012 – 4:00 pm

Here in the U.S. it is mostly prominent individual gay rights activists like Dan Savage who are telling other people’s teenagers and kids they should get over “that Bullsh*t in the Bible”. In Canada gay marriage activists are threatening to go into schools to get that “crap” –i.e. Catholic teachings about sexuality and family– out […]

Posted in Canada, Catholic Church, Children, Education, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (34)

150 Christian Leaders Send Protest Letter to Obama Over Religious Liberty Issues

June 14, 2012 – 3:00 pm

Billy Hallowell of The Blaze: Christians leaders aren’t backing down on their pleas for the Obama administration to further expand religious exemptions surrounding the controversial contraceptive mandate. The ongoing debate about religious freedom has been raging since the mandate was first announced in January, causing a massive rift between Obama and a plethora of religious […]

Posted in President Obama, Religious Liberty | Comments (1)

Atlanta Black Star: NAACP Stance On Gay Marriage Leads to National Board Member Resignations

June 14, 2012 – 2:00 pm

Atlanta Black Star: The decision by the National Board of the NAACP to endorse same sex marriage has caused several local officers as well as members of the National Board to resign. The board approved the resolution on May 21—on the heels of President Obama’s endorsement of same sex marriage—despite the fact that the issue […]

Posted in Marriage, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (9)

Video: Newly-Married Couple Deliver 500,000 Pro-Marriage Petitions to David Cameron

June 14, 2012 – 1:00 pm

From the organizers: “12 June 2012, a petition of 500,000 names against the redefinition of marriage is handed in to Downing Street and the Home Office. A newly married couple hand the petition in at Number 10, alongside MPs and campaigners.” The UK Christian Institute reports: A mass petition calling for the traditional definition of […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (4)

Flow Chart on SSM Debate

June 14, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Hat tip to Tim Hsaio, who created this (full-size version here):

Posted in Debating Marriage, Youth | Comments (22)

10 Senators Come to the Defense of DOMA

June 14, 2012 – 11:00 am

William C. Duncan in National Review Online: “…A very important part of the brief [filed by the 10 senators in defense of DOMA] is its response to “a fundamental misunderstanding of the judicial role in passing on the constitutionality of a federal statute.” The brief explains that nothing in constitutional law “authorizes a court to […]

Posted in Congress, DOMA, Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (15)

Montana Democrats Endorse SSM

June 14, 2012 – 10:00 am

The Helena Independent Record: Delegates to the Montana Democratic Party platform convention went on record unanimously Saturday for repealing Montana’s constitutional ban on gay marriages. Without any debate, they supported striking existing platform language advocating legal protection for same-sex civil unions and offering those couples the same legal benefits and responsibilities granted to other individuals […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

GOP Senators Weigh in on DOMA Fight Before the 9th Circuit

June 14, 2012 – 9:00 am

Law.com: “Nothing in Supreme Court jurisprudence, the senators contend, “authorizes a court to strike down an otherwise constitutional law based on the belief that legislators individually, or the Congress as a whole, were motivated by ‘animus,'” states the brief, which is signed by Michael Stern of Fairfax, Va. “Judicial ‘psychoanalysis’ of legislative motives, to use […]

Posted in Congress, DOMA, Law, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (6)

NOM to Join Catholic Bishops, Other Faith Leaders in Fortnight for Freedom Campaign

June 13, 2012 – 4:45 pm

U.S. Catholic bishops are calling for a “Fortnight for Freedom” to be observed from June 21-July 4th: “Culminating on Independence Day, this special period of prayer, study, catechesis, and public action will emphasize both our Christian and American heritage of liberty. Dioceses and parishes around the country have scheduled special events that support a great […]

Posted in Catholic Church, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (18)

AP: R-74 Qualifies for Washington State Ballot!

June 13, 2012 – 1:00 pm

The AP: A referendum on gay marriage in Washington state has qualified for the ballot. The secretary of state’s office announced Tuesday that Referendum 74 passed the signature-verification process that has been taking place since last week. Sponsors turned in 247,331 signatures, far more than the minimum of 120,577 valid voter signatures required. … The […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Washington | Comments (25)
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