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WaTimes: Two New Studies Counter "No Difference" Claim Between Same-Sex, Opposite-Sex Parents

June 11, 2012 – 9:00 am

The Washington Times reports on two new studies we are going to be hearing much more about in the coming days and weeks. The first is by Prof. Mark Regnerus: Two studies released Sunday may act like brakes on popular social-science assertions that gay parents are the same as — or maybe better than — […]

Posted in Children, Marriage, Parenting, Research/Study, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (52)

Do Children with Gay Parents Do Just As Well? The New Social-Science Debate

June 11, 2012 – 8:00 am

That’s the title of NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher’s post in National Review on this topic: Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in his decision overturning Proposition 8 that social science had disproven the idea that children benefit from being raised by their mom and dad in a marriage. The American Psychological Association has issued a proclamation to […]

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Pope: The Married Family Can Change the World

June 10, 2012 – 9:00 am

Catholic News Agency: Pope Benedict XVI has told the 7th World Meeting of Families in Milan that the family based upon marriage can revolutionize modern society for the better. “Your vocation is not easy to live, especially today, but the vocation to love is a wonderful thing, it is the only force that can truly […]

Posted in Catholic Church, Culture, Europe, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (43)

World Congress of Families Signs Declaration Upholding Natural Family

June 9, 2012 – 1:00 pm

LifeSiteNews: Delegates at the World Congress of Families signed a declaration May 27th decrying “ideologies of statism, atomistic individualism, and sexual revolution” and affirming the natural family. The Madrid Declaration reaffirms Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says “the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is […]

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Danish Lawmakers Approve Church Weddings for Same-Sex Couples

June 9, 2012 – 11:00 am

AP: Denmark’s Parliament has approved a law allowing same-sex couples to get married in formal church weddings instead of the short blessing ceremonies that the state’s Lutheran Church currently offers. Lawmakers voted 85-24 on Thursday to change Denmark’s marriage laws. The law takes effect June 15 and will put Denmark on par with countries such […]

Posted in Europe, Marriage, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (33)

"Dad" Deleted from UK NHS Baby Guide – for Sake of Gay Couples

June 9, 2012 – 9:00 am

The UK Christian Institute: “Dad” has been removed from a taxpayer-funded baby guide after a single complaint that same-sex couples were being excluded. The Scottish NHS guide, called Ready Steady Baby, now features the word “partner” instead of “Dad”. Critics said the health service should not be wasting money on such a change. The pregnancy […]

Posted in Adoption, Children, Law, Parenting, United Kingdom | Comments (24)

Video: Local WA TV Covers Preserve Marriage Washington Volunteers At Work Gathering Signatures

June 8, 2012 – 2:00 pm

This segment by a local news affiliate includes some footage of R-74 volunteers at work preparing signatures: Find out what happens next in the fight to protect marriage at PreserveMarriageWashington.com

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Former APA President Says APA Stances on Gay Issues No Longer Based on Science

June 8, 2012 – 1:00 pm

LifeSiteNews: A former president of the American Psychological Association (APA), who also introduced the motion to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness in 1975, says that the APA has been taken over by “ultraliberals” beholden to the “gay rights movement,” who refuse to allow an open debate on reparative therapy for homosexuality. Dr. Nicholas Cummings […]

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Kay Hymowitz on "The Single-Mom Catastrophe"

June 8, 2012 – 11:00 am

Kay S. Hymowitz, the author of “Marriage and Caste in America,” is a contributing editor at City Journal and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. This piece is adapted from the spring issue of City Journal in the Los Angeles Times: “…The single-mother revolution has been an economic catastrophe for women. Poverty remains relatively rare […]

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Civil Rights Leader Resigns from NAACP National Board Over Gay Marriage Endorsement

June 8, 2012 – 10:00 am

Billy Hallowell at The Blaze: The debate over gay marriage in the African American community continues to rage one month after President Barack Obama endorsed same-sex marriage. Weeks after the NAACP, an African-American civil rights organization, passed a resolution also backing gay marriage as a civil right, the Rev. Keith Ratliff Sr., a member of […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage, United for Marriage | Comments (27)

Yahoo! Australia on Man "Married" to Twin Sisters

June 8, 2012 – 9:00 am

Yahoo! 7 Australian: “…Christian lobby groups have seized on the perceived ‘threat’ of polygamous marriage to argue against the case for gay marriage in Australia. They claim that gay lobby groups’ arguments for equality in marriage, must also logically extend to polygamous marriage – a notion which has been rejected by lobby groups and The […]

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FoxNews Video: NOM's Brian Brown on Obama's Massive Marriage Mistake

June 7, 2012 – 5:00 pm

Our president Brian Brown was interviewed for FoxNews Special Report with Bret Baier:

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage, Marriage Election Watch, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (2)

Brian Brown to US News & WR: Gay Marriage Endorsement Will Be Obama's Downfall

June 7, 2012 – 2:00 pm

US News & World Report: Gay marriage opponents predict President Barack Obama’s public endorsement of same-sex marriage will hurt his re-election chances and pledge to push the issue in key swing states. Officials at the National Organization for Marriage, a political group that helps fund state-based campaigns against gay marriage, had already denounced the president’s […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, President Obama, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (27)

SanFran Chronicle: NOM to Make Marriage an Issue in Critical Swing States

June 7, 2012 – 1:15 pm

The San Francisco Chronicle: Leaders of the National Organization for Marriage, one of the main groups that backed Proposition 8 in California to ban same-sex marriage, promised Tuesday to make such marriages an issue in seven swing states critical to the outcome of this year’s presidential election. Gay and lesbian marriages have been prohibited in […]

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Photo: Preserve Marriage Washington Hands in 241,000 Signatures!

June 7, 2012 – 12:15 pm

From the Preserve Marriage Washington official blog: Olympia, WA – Preserve Marriage Washington (PMW) today will submit over 241,000 signatures in support of Referendum 74, more than two times the number necessary to qualify a referendum putting the definition of marriage on the November ballot. “The response to our petition drive has been incredible throughout […]

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