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Last UK Catholic Adoption Agency Faces Closure

The new Orwellian world order unfolding on the other side of the pond: Catholic organizations may not “discriminate” based on sexual orientation, but gay groups can to protect their mission. An adoption agency is forced by the government to close.  The sky has not fallen.  But a new civilization is coming to be and its contours […]

NOM's Chris Plante on Rhode Island radio

The callers were really steamed up about the court decision overturning Prop 8. Listen in.

Texas Bigamy Laws Face New Challenge

Members of the FLDS church have announced plans to challenge the constitutionality of Texas’ anti-bigamy laws.  Read more.

Hadley Arkes: Judge Walker and the Language of Law

Prof. Hadley Arkes, the Ney Professor of Jurisprudence at Amherst College on the intellectual absurdity of saying, as Judge Walker ruled, that  same-sex and opposite-sex couples are identical: Archeologists of the law may one day come upon these words: “Relative gender composition aside, same-sex couples are situated identically to opposite-sex couples in terms of their ability […]

Bay Area Reporter: Let Imperial County Be Heard!

Imperial county is 77 percent Latino, borders Mexico and voted almost 70 percent for Prop 8.  It has asked to be allowed to intervene in the Prop 8 case (especially since San Francisco was allowed to become a party).  A reporter from the Bay Area’s KALW News, remarkably urges: Let Imperial county be heard. Read […]

The Tenth Circuit

All eyes in the media are focused now on the liberal 9th Circuit, which will be considering the Prop 8 case. Meanwhile, two similar cases are now winding their way up through the Tenth Circuit.  The first is a case in Oklahoma, where a gay couple has challenged that state’s marriage amendment on federal grounds.  And […]

Rhode Island Catholic: Celebration of Marriage & Family: Warwick Event Draws 1000

From last week’s edition of the Rhode Island Catholic, on NOM-Rhode Island’s 2nd Annual Marriage & Family Day: [B]ased on the turnout at this past Sunday’s second annual celebration, held on the grounds of the Aldrich Mansion, it appears that the event could be a Rhode Island fixture for years to come. “This is a […]

Maldonado Campaign Takes Aim at “Whether You Like It or Not” Gavin Newsom

The Maldonado campaign for Lieutenant Governor in California is taking aim at “Whether-You-Like-It-Or-Not-Newsom”: Too extreme for California?

What Happened to Ted Olson?!?

How did Mr. Federalist Society decide it’s okay to use the U.S. Constitution to require gay marriage? The New York Times is reporting that his new young Democrat wife may be a key reason: Via Ed Whelan on Bench Memos.

Meg Whitman Vows to Defend Prop 8

Meg Whitman, the GOP candidate for governor of California, has pledged to defend Prop 8 if she is elected.  Jerry Brown, her opponent, has declined to defend Prop 8, although it is his legal responsibility to do so. Read more.

Orange County: Top Law School Deans Spar Over Prop 8 Ruling

A distinguished constitutional law scholar and former dean of Chapman law school, John Eastman has emerged as a major new voice in the legal debate over Prop 8: Two of Orange County’s preeminent legal scholars are attracting considerable attention from local and national media outlets alike, from CNN to the Weekly. Mirroring the California public […]

Dr. Jennifer Morse: Blankenhorn Did Not Mess Up in Prop 8 Trial

The Ruth Institute’s own Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse explains why the media spin on David Blankenhorn’s testimony in the Prop 8 case is just plain wrong. Read it here.

Mexican Cardinal Charges Supreme Court Justices Bribed in SSM Decision, Mexico City Mayor Files Defamation Lawsuit

In Mexico City, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez suggested that Mexican Supreme Court Justices may have been bribed to uphold the same-sex marriage law passed by Mexico City. The Mayor of Mexico City has filed a defamation lawsuit in response, the Cardinal has refused to retract his remarks, and his spokesperson has said he has “something […]

Why We Have Marriage

Over at FamilyScholars.org, a researcher named Amber Lapp asked an Ohio waitress/manager “Why do we have marriage?”: “I guess in a way to keep families together. Because if you think about it, if you have a guy and a girl who spend their lives together, or who intend to spend their lives together, if they […]

Brian Brown in Newsweek

NOM President Brian Brown had this to say about the Prop 8 case in the August 17 issue of Newsweek: “The fact that the most liberal court  in the country just decided to rein in Judge Walker clearly shows how extreme his decision was,” Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, tells NEWSWEEK. […]