Patrick Krey, president of Catholic Attorneys for Life and Liberty, writes in the New American: Rose Marie Belforti, a part-time town clerk for the small town of Ledyard, a rural farming community in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, won her reelection on Tuesday, November 8; however, her struggle is just beginning. The […]
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NY Clerk Belforti Subjected to Online Abuse, Calls for Business Boycotts
November 14, 2011 – 1:30 pm
NY Clerk Rose Belforti Wins Re-Election Handily
November 9, 2011 – 10:25 am
Last night New York town clerk Rose Belforti (profiled by marriageADA here) won re-election after Ed Easter launched a challenge against her over the issue of issuing same-sex licenses. Belforti won handily, 305 votes to Easter’s 186 votes. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms congratulates her: “…the people of Ledyard have spoken and rejected religious discrimination. […]
Video: Christian Broadcasting Network Interviews NY Clerk Belforti
October 31, 2011 – 9:00 am
CBN News interviews New York town clerk Rose Marie Belforit (watch her interview with marriage-ADA here):
AP Profiles NY Clerk Belforti, Up For Reelection Soon
October 28, 2011 – 12:00 pm
The Associated Press: Belforti was on a glide path to re-election when Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York lawmakers approved the same-sex marriage measure June 24. The bill was passed only with the last-minute support of four fence-sitting Republicans state Senators, and advocates on both sides of the issue are trying to influence their political […]
Readers Write in Support of NY Clerk Rose Marie Belforti
October 24, 2011 – 11:00 am
Two readers write to the Syracuse newspaper in support of NY Clerk Rosemarie Belforti after the paper’s editors claim she was wrong to “defy” New York’s SSM law: A professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University Robert George recently stated: “There is no groundswell of public support for redefining marriage to include same-sex sexual partnerships.” …Less […]
Video: NY Clerk Belforti Answers Questions at Wells College
October 24, 2011 – 9:00 am
The Syracuse Post-Standard: Ledyard Town Clerk Rose Marie Belforti, who gained national attention for refusing to issue a same-sex marriage license, told a crowded room of college students and community members Wednesday night that she was not going to back down from her beliefs. “This is who I am and I can’t do it,” Belforti, […]
NRO on NY Clerk Rose Marie Belforti's Being Within Her Rights
October 7, 2011 – 10:30 am
MarriageADA just posted video of her telling her story. National Review’s Brian Bolduc interviews an Alliance Defense Fund attorney about her rights, and about facts of life in a small New York state town: [Rose Marie] Belforti isn’t picking which laws to enforce, she’s merely changing how she enforces them, says Holly Carmichael, an attorney […]
Cisco & Bank of America Drop Discrimination Practices Against Marriage Supporters, NOM Marriage News, November 10, 2011
November 10, 2011 – 5:45 pm
My Dear Friends, As I write these words, the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee is about to vote to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. I know that many of you, Democrat and Republican, will be appalled to learn what your representatives in Washington are doing—in your name. The Associated Press story on today’s action is […]
How could this happen in America?!
October 24, 2011 – 7:54 pm
“This may be the first time in my whole life that I’ve had to actually receive persecution.” Dear Friend of Marriage, It’s downright un-American. Today, countless Americans have been bullied, threatened, and even fired from their jobs, for no other reason than because they support traditional marriage. That’s why the National Organization for Marriage just […]
She spoke out in defense of marriage, and they threatened her job! Please help!
October 13, 2011 – 1:51 pm
“This may be the first time in my whole life that I’ve had to actually receive persecution.” It’s downright un-American. Over the past three years, hundreds of Americans have been bullied, threatened, and even fired from their jobs, for no other reason than because they support traditional marriage. That’s why the National Organization for Marriage […]
Press Release: New York Town Clerks Lose Jobs for Defending Marriage
October 6, 2011 – 1:29 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2011CONTACT: Mary Beth Hutchins or Elizabeth Ray (703-683-5004) Town clerks forced to choose between their jobs and their convictions WASHINGTON –The Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance (MADA) is releasing three videos with town clerks in New York State who have faced discrimination for their belief in one man-one woman marriage. Ruth Sheldon, […]
Lesbian Couple from Miami Sue New York Clerk for Delegating Same-Sex License
September 29, 2011 – 9:00 am
The New York Times tells the story of an upstate New York clerk involved in a “test case” lawsuit filed by two lesbian women who flew in from Miami for a marriage license and are now saying that the clerk’s choice to delegate that task to someone else in the office is unacceptable: Rose Marie […]
Manhattan Law Firm Seeks Criminal Prosecution of Upstate Marriage Clerk
September 23, 2011 – 12:23 pm
Thompson Reuters: A Manhattan law firm [Proskauer Rose, LLP] is calling for the resignation of a town clerk in upstate New York who claims she can’t grant same-sex marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs. … The Proskauer letter cites a July 13 memorandum from the New York State Department of Health that says town […]
Legal Action Threatened Against Town Unless They Force Clerk to Issue SSM Licenses
September 15, 2011 – 10:30 am
CitizenLink: People for the American Way Foundation (PFAW) is threatening legal action against a New York town unless its clerk starts issuing same-sex marriage licenses — or resigns. Rose Marie Belforti made national headlines last month when she announced that her Christian beliefs would not allow her to sign same-sex marriage licenses, and that a […]
Cayuga County Clerk Refuses to Sign NY Gay Marriage Licenses
August 12, 2011 – 3:00 pm
AuburnPub.com reports: A town clerk in Cayuga County has informed her town board that because of her religious beliefs, she does not believe she can sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples, according to a member of the board. Ledyard Town Clerk Rose Marie Belforti submitted a letter to the Ledyard Town Board saying that her […]
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