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Video: How Does SSM Interfere With Religious Liberty?

June 13, 2012 – 12:00 pm

Kalley Yanta of the Minnesota Marriage Minute explains how redefining marriage affects religious liberty. She says, “Same-sex marriage impacts the religious freedom of individuals and groups in many profound ways. If marriage is redefined to be genderless and people and groups do not accept that, they will be in conflict with the law and subject […]

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Business Insider: Obama Is Doing Stunningly Bad Among African Americans In North Carolina

June 13, 2012 – 11:00 am

The author does not have same-sex marriage on his radar otherwise he might have a better way to interpret these numbers: President Barack Obama is rapidly losing support among African-American voters in North Carolina, a new poll out today from the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling shows. The poll finds that Mitt Romney would get 20 […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, North Carolina, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (37)

Local Minnesota TV: Marriage Proponents Seek Corporate Neutrality

June 13, 2012 – 10:00 am

This report by KARE-11 includes an interview with Jonathan Baker of NOM’s Corporate Fairness Project: A national group working to ban gay marriage has asked Minnesota’s largest corporations to remain neutral on the issue. The National Organization for Marriage sent letters to the state’s 50 largest companies, as well as the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, […]

Posted in Corporate Ethics, Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (20)

AP: Church of England Formally Objects to Government Proposal to Legalize SSM

June 13, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Associated Press: The Church of England and Roman Catholic bishops of England and Wales formally objected Tuesday to the government’s proposal to permit gay marriages, both asserting that their historic understanding is that marriage is the union of a woman and a man. Prime Minister David Cameron is backing a proposal to permit civil […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (12)

Complaint Against Minnesota Family Council Dismissed!

June 12, 2012 – 3:00 pm

Beth Hawkins of the MinnPost reports on the final result of the spurious effort to harass the Minnesota Family Council through the campaign finance and public disclosure board: “…Last week, the state Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board rejected a complaint filed in March by Common Cause of Minnesota, which claimed that MFC was violating […]

Posted in Law, Marriage, Minnesota, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (25)

Denmark: Mandatory SSM Ceremonies Don’t Apply to Non-Lutherans -- Yet

June 12, 2012 – 1:30 pm

Catholic Culture World News: Denmark’s minister for ecclesiastical affairs has assured the head of the nation’s sole Catholic diocese that the new law requiring churches to solemnize same-sex marriages will apply only to the official Lutheran church. “One never knows,” cautions Bishop Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen. “Indeed there have been voices who suggested this law […]

Posted in Europe, Law, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (51)

"I am a Gay, Devout Mormon, Happily Married to a Woman, with Three Children"

June 12, 2012 – 12:30 pm

A fascinating post by a devout Mormon celebrating 10 years of marriage, co-written with his wife. Here is a sample: 7. Why do you not choose to be “true to yourself” and live the gay lifestyle? First of all, I understand that when people refer to a “gay lifestyle” they are talking about a lifestyle […]

Posted in Children, Culture, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (92)

New Study: Children Make People Happier

June 12, 2012 – 11:30 am

The National Catholic Register: Having children makes you happier. That’s the conclusion of a team of university researchers from the U.S. and Canada, who looked at data from thousands of couples and concluded that parents are happier than non-parents. The study flies “directly in the face of conventional opinion,” said Catholic parenting expert Ray Guarendi. […]

Posted in Children, Marriage, Parenting, Research/Study | Comments (6)

Video: Are Marriage Laws "Imposing Religion on Society"?

June 12, 2012 – 10:30 am

Kalley Yanta of the Minnesota Marriage Minute explains why defining marriage in a state constitution is not the same as “imposing moral and religious views on society.” She says, “The proposed Marriage Protection Amendment doesn’t impose anything, it simply puts our current law on marriage into our Constitution, so that it will be protected from […]

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NOM's Peters on Momentum for Marriage in Washington State

June 12, 2012 – 9:30 am

Christopher Goins of CNSNews with some quotes from our own Thomas Peters about the momentum for marriage in Washington State: “Thomas Peters, cultural director at the National Organization for Marriage, told CNSNews.com that there’s little chance that the repeal effort will lose steam. The six-month stretch between now and the election actually gives Preserve Marriage […]

Posted in Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Washington | Comments (15)

Billionaire Paul Singer To Spend Millions More Trying to Convince GOP to Abandon Marriage

June 12, 2012 – 8:30 am

The elites vs. the people once again, as relayed by the New York Times: “…Singer says, he’s providing $1 million to start a new “super PAC” with several Republican compatriots. Named American Unity PAC, its sole mission will be to encourage Republican candidates to support same-sex marriage, in part by helping them to feel financially […]

Posted in Marriage, Politics, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (15)

CBN Video: Black Pastors Against Obama on Marriage

June 11, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Via the Christian Broadcasting Network: Yes, that’s a glimpse of NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher up on the stage with the pastors!

Posted in Marriage, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (23)

Brian Brown in Rolling Stone: "Put on [the] Reality Glasses"

June 11, 2012 – 12:00 pm

We love our President Brian Brown’s short quote in Rolling Stone! “…Brian Brown, the President of the National Organization for Marriage, doesn’t think turnout has anything to do with it [gay marriage losing at the ballot box], and he calls “delusional” the notion of a shift in attitudes toward gay marriage. “People need to put […]

Posted in Culture, Marriage, Politics, Polling, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (12)

Deseret News: Studies Challenge Widely Held Assumptions About Same-Sex Parenting

June 11, 2012 – 11:00 am

Lois Collins at Deseret News reports on the new studies by Prof. Regnerus at Prof. Marks: The oft-cited assertion that there are “no differences” in outcomes between children of same-sex parent households and those of intact biological families may not be accurate, according to a new study published today in the journal Social Science Research. […]

Posted in Children, Marriage, Parenting, Research/Study, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (51)

NOM's Peters: "It's Not the Business of Corporations to Define Marriage"

June 11, 2012 – 10:00 am

NOM’s Thomas Peters appeared on Register Radio last week and Tim Drake wrote up part of their conversation afterwards: In the first half of Register Radio, Thomas Peters spoke about recent corporate efforts by corporations such as J.C. Penny’s, Target, and Starbucks, to advocate for homosexuality and push for the redefinition of marriage. “Over the […]

Posted in Corporate Ethics, Dump Starbucks, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (22)
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