Kalley Yanta at the Minnesota Marriage Minute explains that no judge except Judge Walker in California has ever reached the radical conclusion that marriage laws fail a rational basis test. “In fact,” she says, “The U.S. Supreme Court has specifically rejected the idea that there is a federal right to same-sex marriage, and that was […]
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Catholic Blogger Writes About Her "Evolution Against Gay Marriage"
May 30, 2012 – 10:00 am
A catholic blogger writes about her evolution against gay marriage: Like Obama, I have also evolved on the marriage debate. I suspect a lot of people journeyed a similar path, and even more so, I suspect a lot more people are evolving now. Here’s how I went from not really caring to wide-eyed activism. “Let’s […]
Spanish City Council Bans Bishop For Speaking About Homosexuality
May 30, 2012 – 9:00 am
Catholic News Agency/EWTN World News: Priests in Spain voiced support for a local bishop after a city council adopted a motion banning him from official city events over his remarks criticizing dangerous behaviors within the gay community. On May 15 the Alaca city council passed the motion, which also called for Bishop Juan Antonio Reig […]
Same-Sex Marriage Separates Candidates in Nevada
May 30, 2012 – 8:00 am
The Las Vegas Review-Journal Capital Bureau: President Barack Obama’s support for gay marriage was bound to become a campaign issue for Nevada legislative races in November’s general election. That’s where Republicans, who generally don’t like the idea, and Democrats, who mostly back it, will duke it out. But just two weeks after the presidential announcement, […]
Why Islam Opposes Same-Sex Marriage
May 29, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Last week on Public Discourse, Rida Fozi presented an Islamic perspective of marriage: While Islam opposes same-sex marriage, its opposition to it and to President Obama’s stance is not a matter of hate or bigotry but a matter of principle. God Almighty states in the Quran on the creation of Adam and Eve, “It is […]
Mississippi Lawmaker Gets Death Threats After Criticizing Obama's SSM Move
May 29, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Clarion Ledger: A state legislator is asking authorities to investigate death threats allegedly made against him and his family related to his online comments concerning same-sex marriage. “We got several death threats on Saturday left on the answering machine,” said Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton. Gipson had posted May 10 on his Facebook account his […]
Maryland Citizen: The Word "Marriage" Matters
May 29, 2012 – 10:00 am
Frank O’Keefe writes to the editors of the Baltimore Sun: “…It is clear by now to anyone who has observed this controversy that proponents of same sex marriage are more interested in the re-definition of marriage than they are in the attainment of marital normalcy as regards the law. The law could easily have been […]
David Quinn: Nothing Connects a Father to His Children Better than Marriage
May 29, 2012 – 8:00 am
Ireland’s Independent: “…In 2009, Brendan Dempsey, the southern regional president of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) said the absence of fathers from the lives of children was set to cause “huge problems”. Echoing what Alesha Dixon had to say, he said that in some housing estates in Cork nine out of 10 […]
Video: Alan Keyes' Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage
May 28, 2012 – 9:00 am
From the archives, proof that President Obama has been exposed to a cogent argument on behalf of marriage at least once: in a debate with Alan Keyes in 2004. This video has been viewed upwards of 250,000 times:
Video: Maggie Gallagher on Threats to Religious Liberty Posed by SSM
May 27, 2012 – 9:00 am
NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher participates in a series by The Daily Beast where readers can ask prominent thinkers anything they want. In this video, she answers a reader who mistakenly thinks there is no threat to religious liberty posed by redefining marriage:
Video: Maggie Gallagher On How Her Experience as a Single Mom Shaped Her Views on Marriage
May 25, 2012 – 1:00 pm
NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher participates in a series by The Daily Beast where readers can ask prominent thinkers anything they want. In this video, she explains how her experiences as a single mom helped shape her views about marriage:
AP: North Carolina a Political Headache for Democrats (Because of Marriage)
May 25, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Associated Press: Once a bright spot for President Barack Obama, North Carolina is now more like a political migraine less than four months before Democrats open the party’s national convention in Charlotte. … When Democrats announced the choice in February 2011, they said selecting the Southern city signaled Obama’s intent to fight hard for […]
AP: Obama Stance Adds Fuel in Marriage Battlegrounds
May 25, 2012 – 10:00 am
NOM’s Political Director Frank Schubert on the ongoing political fall-out from Obama’s marriage flip flop: “…Frank Schubert, political director for the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes gay marriage, said Obama’s opinion will continue to have ramifications as November’s elections close in, particularly for Democrats who don’t share his view. “I think he’s scrambled the […]
Video: Maggie Gallagher on What Harm Redefining Marriage Has Caused
May 24, 2012 – 1:00 pm
NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher participates in a series by The Daily Beast where readers can ask prominent thinkers anything they want. In this video, she answers a common question: “what harm has redefining marriage caused?”
Video: Mississippi Pastors Speak Out Against President Obama on Marriage
May 24, 2012 – 11:00 am
WAPT local news reports that “Pastors across Jackson lashed out at President Obama’s comments supporting gay marriage”:
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