Florida is of course an important swing state in the November election. In 2008, it voted 62% in favor of marriage, back when President Obama said he believed in one-man, one-woman marriage. In the same year, he only carried the state by 3 points. The Sun Sentinel reports: At the Neighborhood Unisex Barbershop on Sistrunk […]
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Florida Sun Sentinel: "Many Black Voters Unhappy with Obama Over Same-Sex Marriage"
May 23, 2012 – 10:30 am
Round-Up: Even More Black Pastors Speak Out Against Obama's Marriage Switch
May 23, 2012 – 10:00 am
Obviously we are doing our best to cover and report on the groundswell of black pastors speaking up for marriage. Here are a few more we missed: CNN: Addressing his large, mostly black congregation on Sunday morning, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith did not mince words about where he stood on President Barack Obama’s newly […]
Mike Adams on Why Marriage Is More Than Just Religious Belief
May 23, 2012 – 8:00 am
Mike Adams argues that people’s political outlook also affects their views on marriage: “…For libertarians, recognizing marriage in any form is problematic. The true libertarian considers both the conservative and the liberal to be misguided on the issue. Libertarians believe the conservative is wrong to think that government should be in the business of promoting […]
Kaczor on Why Polygamy is Bad for Men, Women & Children
May 23, 2012 – 12:00 am
This week on Public Discourse, Chris Kaczor discusses recent empirical research that suggests that polygamy is socially detrimental: “…Pushed by advocates of same-sex marriage and multiculturalism, some scholars, such as the signers of “Beyond Gay Marriage,” argue that it is irrational and bigoted for contemporary society to limit marriage to just two people. However, there […]
Star Parker: Obama's SSM Support Forces Black Churches To Choose Priorities
May 22, 2012 – 3:00 pm
Star Parker in TownHall: Perhaps history will show that the first black president’s biggest contribution to black America was forcing this community to come to terms with its own identity and priorities. By formalizing his support of same sex marriage, President Obama has pushed blacks to decide what is most important to them. The Biblical […]
NAACP Endorses SSM, Claims it is a Civil Right
May 22, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The Washington Blade carries their statement: “The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the ‘political, education, social and economic equality’ of all people,” the resolution states. “Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the […]
FoxNews: NOM Raised $100,000 in First 24 Hours After Obama's Announcement
May 22, 2012 – 1:00 pm
FoxNews.com: “…Gay marriage opponents are on an electoral roll. Same-sex marriage has been on a statewide ballot 32 times and each time, voters have turned it down. The National Organization for Marriage, which supports traditional marriage, has seen a spike in fundraising since Obama’s comment. In the first 24 hours, the group collected $100,000 — […]
Minnesotan Man Explains Why His Parents' Marriage Mattered to Him
May 22, 2012 – 12:00 pm
B. Gehling, a physical therapist and source in Minnesota Public Radio’s Public Insight Network explains why his parents’ marriage mattered to him when growing up and what this tells us about marriage: “…My personal experience deeply affects my opinion on the proposed amendment. I grew up on a farm in southeastern Minnesota. If I was […]
New NJ Poll: Support for Gay Marriage Declining; Garden Equality Calls Vote of the People "Corrupting"
May 22, 2012 – 10:00 am
CBS New York: “…53 percent of those surveyed in the new Quinnipiac University poll said they would support a gay marriage law, and that is down 4 percent from a poll conducted in March. 67 percent said they agree with Gov. Chris Christie’s call for a ballot referendum on the issue. …“I think the people should […]
Franck Asks: On Gay Marriage, is Obama "Imposing His Religion"?
May 22, 2012 – 9:00 am
Matthew Franck points out that since Obama says his faith inspired him to change his views on marriage, then all people of faith are not “imposing their religion” when they act to protect marriage: “…Well, one of the endlessly repeated arguments of the advocates for this revolution in the meaning of marriage is that the […]
Christian Post: African-American Pastors Call on Obama to Reconsider Gay Marriage Stance
May 22, 2012 – 8:00 am
The Christian Post: A group of influential black ministers – some of whom are connected with the fifth largest denomination in the U.S. – gathered Thursday in one of the nation’s most famous civil rights cities to ask President Obama to reverse his stance on same-sex marriage. More than a dozen pastors from the Coalition […]
Heritage's Hans von Spakovsky: It's Time to Investigate the IRS
May 21, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Hans von Spakovsky is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and writes in FoxNews: “…Somehow, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a gay advocacy group, got its hands on Schedule B of the tax return filed by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM)—a conservative values organization that has sparred […]
What Obama's Gay Marriage Endorsement Hath Wrought
May 21, 2012 – 12:00 pm
Maggie Gallagher’s column this week, “Obama’s Gay Marriage Goof” is about the new dynamic unleashed by Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage which will hurt him politically. An example we just ran across, is this sermon from the First Baptist Church of Dallas, who said he was suddenly moved to preach on gay marriage: Senior Pastor […]
BET Opines Against Coalition of African Americans Pastors
May 21, 2012 – 11:30 am
They oppose but cannot ignore: It’s been a whirlwind of press since President Obama said last week that he is in favor of gays and lesbians being allowed to marry one another. In the ensuing days, both rapper Jay-Z and pop icon Janet Jackson have come out in support of the president’s statement, and other […]
Rev. Owens: "Not One Inch, Not One Yard for Gay Marriage"
May 21, 2012 – 11:00 am
In the AP story retailed here at RealClearPolitics, Rev. Bill Owens (who is NOM’s liaison to black churches) announced he marched with Martin Luther King, but “not one inch, not one yard” for same-sex marriage: A group of black pastors gathered in Memphis on Thursday to denounce President Barack Obama’s support for gay marriage and […]
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