Mitt Romney on a call with faith leaders said about Obama’s record on Marriage: “There’s been an assault on marriage. I think [the President] is very aggressively trying to pave the path to same-sex marriage. I would, unlike this President, defend the Defense of Marriage Act. And I would also propose and promote once again [...]
On a call with faith leaders, Newt Gingrich said about gay marriage: “Marriage is between a man and a woman. This is a historic doctrine driven deeply into the bible. Both in the old testament and in the new testament. And it’s a perfect example of what I mean by the rise of paganism. The [...]
Matt Palmer of the Catholic Review: Maryland First Lady Katie O’Malley has apologized for calling members of the House of Delegates who opposed voting on changing the definition of marriage in 2011 “cowards.” A bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in Maryland was never voted on in the House of Delegates after passing in [...]
A sign that the GOP leadership is worried about Sen. Mark Grisanti’s re-election effort because of his vote for gay marriage? The long-awaited proposals to redraw state Senate and Assembly boundaries are finally out. And reviews are harsh particularly for the redrawn Senate map which would grow from 62 seats to 63. “When you have [...]
The New York Daily News Politics blog: If the new Senate redistricting lines are approved, it would render the upcoming March 20 special election to fill the Brooklyn seat of convicted ex-Sen. Carl Kruger practically meaningless. That’s because the two candidates running, Democrat City Councilman Lew Fidler and Republican David Storobin would no longer live [...]
Thomas Farr, visiting associate professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, served as a diplomat and was the State Department’s first director of the Office of International Religious Freedom. Farr talks to Joan Frawley Desmond at the National Catholic Register on the challenges ahead for religious liberty and respect for conscience: …When it comes [...]
Charles Murray essay in last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal previewing his new book Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010: … When Americans used to brag about “the American way of life”—a phrase still in common use in 1960—they were talking about a civic culture that swept an extremely large proportion of Americans of [...]
Thomas Rogers interviews Hanne Blank in Salon: Blank mentions her personal story at the beginning of her provocative new history of heterosexuality, “Straight,” as a way of illustrating just how artificial our notions of “straightness” really are. In her book, Blank, a writer and historian who has written extensively about sexuality and culture, looks at [...]
Democrat-leaning Public Policy Polling finds the Minnesota marriage amendment leading in the polls (PDF results here): Should the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota? Yes – 48% No – 44% Not sure – 8% We’ve [...]
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute testifies to the Washington State Legislature. “I’m here today to address you who’ve already made up your minds to redefine marriage. History will not be kind to you. Previous generations of social experimenters have caused unimaginable misery for millions of people. Particular people advocated the policies that [...]
NOM Regional Director Christopher Plante speaks before the Washington State Legislature. “[Marriage] is a decision that should be left to the people. NOM is committed to making sure that if [you] redefine marriage … the people of Washington will have the say that they deserve, that basic right to vote on marriage and the definition [...]
We’ve been following Julea Ward’s story since last March, and today we’re thrilled to report that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has found in her favor, as David French at NRO reports: So far, 2012 has been a good year for religious liberty in federal court. Two weeks ago the Supreme Court unanimously ruled [...]
The Wall Street Journal: … in an indication of how controversial the issue [of same-sex marriage] remains, several states are considering legislation to roll back gay-marriage rights or further enshrine laws that forbid gay marriage. North Carolina and Minnesota will have constitutional amendments on their ballots in November. … Brian Brown, the president of the [...]
She made these comments on MSNBC during the New Hampshire primary campaign. No word on her views on Gingrich or Romney’s marriage views:
Michael Foust of the Baptist Press: …Conservatives — who warn that religious liberty will take a hit if those bills pass — also could win in each of those states. Washington and Maryland allow citizens to place recently enacted laws directly on the ballot, and New Jersey’s governor has threatened to veto that state’s bill [...]
