The Seattle Times: With same-sex marriage virtually assured in Washington state, opponents seeking to undo it are looking ahead to summer and fall, and to a campaign they say will draw on the resources of national organizations that have waged and won these kinds of fights. A day after the state Senate approved same-sex marriage [...]
The Associated Press: Washington state is likely to become the seventh state to legalize same-sex within the next two weeks, but opponents have already promised a ballot challenge would halt any summertime weddings. As supporters celebrated the Senate’s 28-21 vote passing the measure on Wednesday night, a coalition of religious groups promised to start collecting [...]
APP.com: After a long hearing that produced heated and emotional testimony Thursday, an Assembly committee voted 5-2 along party lines in favor of a bill from Democrats that would allow gay couples to marry in New Jersey. The measure still faces votes in both houses of the Legislature, with the Senate vote set for Feb. [...]
NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher’s latest syndicated column in Human Events: Let’s take a break from politics to ask the burning question: How did Karen Santorum and Ann Romney get so lucky? Just who are the happiest wives in America? According to a new report by the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project, “When Baby Makes [...]
LifeSiteNews: Spain’s new government, swept into power in November after seven years of socialist rule, has announced the elimination of a controversial program to indoctrinate students with homosexualist and socialist ideology. The government’s new Minister of Education, Culture, and Sports, Jose Ignacio Wert, says frankly that the civics course, which was imposed on all public [...]
A brave young girl testifies on her 14th birthday against the gay marriage bill in Maryland. She says at one point: “Today is my 14th birthday and it would be the best birthday present ever if you vote no on gay marriage … I don’t want any more kids to get confused about what’s right [...]
The Los Angeles Times on the breaking news: A federal appeals court refused Thursday to make public the video of the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage trial, a victory for opponents of gay marriage. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the video from the 2010 federal trial in San Francisco [...]
From their website: The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of Cooper-Harris and her partner, charging that the Department of Veterans Affairs discriminated against them by denying these benefits but granting them to spouses in heterosexual marriages. It also charges the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional because it bans federal [...]
TFP filmed this video of a massive gathering of pro-marriage supporters in Annapolis earlier this week. One pastor says: “Never in human history has marriage been defined as two men. Never in human history has marriage been defined as two women. Who has the right to redefine it? [Crowd shouts: "No One!"] This is reckless [...]
The Associated Press: The Washington state Senate passed a bill Wednesday night that would legalize same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The measure now heads to the House, which is expected to approve it and could take action on it as [...]
NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher’s syndicated column in Human Events: American women are both incredibly dogmatic and anxious about our mothering. When Amy Chua described her intense efforts to push her two daughters into high achievement in school, in music and, hence, in life, she caused an uproar among many Americans who consider her methods bordering [...]
In an interview with Capital Tonight NY: Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long says denying legislative candidates endorsements because of their vote for same-sex marriage hasn’t changed. “Anybody who votes to destroy traditional marriage would not receive our endorsement. That is in cement and there is no change,” he said. … “My hope there is that [...]
Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the GOP, is trying to sway independent-minded Republicans in New Hampshire to support gay marriage: I will be in New Hampshire this week — to urge legislative members of my party to reject House Bill 437. It’s time to stand up for individual freedom and liberty, to live by the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 31, 2012 Contact: Anath Hartmann or Elizabeth Ray at 703-683-5004 Former Governor of Massachusetts has signed NOM’s Marriage Pledge WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today congratulated GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney on his victory in the Florida primary. “NOM congratulates Mitt Romney [...]
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