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3 Recent Examples of Pro-SSM Intolerance and Hate Backfiring

The intolerance and hate of many pro-SSM activists began to backfire this week. First, Adam Smith, a former CFO and treasurer for manufacturer Vante uploaded a video of himself verbally harassing a courteous Chick-fil-A employee: His employer, Vante, let him go immediately after being made aware of his activities and issued the following statement: The […]

On the Paranoia of Some Gay Marriage Activists

Numerous gay marriage militants have accused me of lying when I claimed the DC Chick-Fil-A food truck had long lines when I went there for lunch last Wednesday, saying this photo of mine clearly showed a line to the grey truck in the distance, not the Chick-fil-A truck. It’s disappointing to see our opponents so […]

The Geography of Snobbishness

Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class” and one of the formulators of the thoroughly-debunked “gay marriage is good for the economy” meme is out with a new article for the Atlantic comically called “The Geography of Tolerance”. Oh please. This strikes me as yet another elitist attempt to badger the “unevolved” […]

Reminder: The Minnesota Marriage Amendment Title Was Chosen by Bipartisan Vote!

Amidst the news that Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has decided to unilaterally change the title language of the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, we should recall that the original title was proposed by DFL Scott Dibble (who himself opposed the amendment!) and was immediately approved with strong bipartisan support (49-16) by the Minnesota Senate. Talk […]

Pundits Take Note as Coalition of Black Pastors Make Waves Over Obama's SSM Support

This story which appeared in the Washington Examiner was picked up by the Drudge Report (as you can see at right): A large coalition of African-American pastors, snubbed by President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder in their demand for a meeting to discuss same-sex marriage, are calling on blacks to boycott the president and […]

Debunking the "1,400 Rights and Benefits" Canard

One of the ongoing reporting memes that amuses me in covering marriage-related news is the ever-changing number of “rights and benefits” that married couples supposedly enjoy. Take, for instance, this paragraph in the Middletown Journal (Ohio): “Roger Conner, owner of Flowers by Roger in Middletown for the last 37 years, said gay men and women, […]

Capehart's Folly

Jonathan Capeheart, a particularly energetic activist on behalf of redefining marriage, claims NOM is “apoplectic” over America’s “rapid change of public opinion” on marriage. He also claims Obama, after his endorsement of same-sex marriage, is “doing just fine” and that national support for redefining marriage is “up today because of what he did.” Talk about […]

AEI Young Bloggers: Why Young Voters Won’t Tip the Gay Marriage Debate Anytime Soon

Lazar Berman is the American Enterprise Institute’s program manager for Foreign and Defense Policy studies. Daniel Berman has written for Fivethirtyeight.com and Chatham House on electoral politics, and is currently a graduate student at the London School of Economics: The landslide passage of Amendment One in North Carolina, which defines marriage as between one man […]

HRC, Which Believes Moms are Optional, Calls on Moms to Condemn Organization Dedicated to Arguing Moms are Irreplaceable

Yesterday was, of course, Mother’s Day, and the Human Rights Campaign decided to “celebrate” it by calling on mothers across the country to “unite” against NOM by uploading this photo to their Facebook profile: HRC also gave 10 reasons for why they think Moms should unite against NOM, but I’d like to give you just […]

Where Are the 12 Million Millennial Americans Who Believe in Marriage?

The Public Religion Research Institute/Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown recently released a report showing that among Millennials (Aged 18-24), 37% of them oppose same-sex marriage. 59% said they favored same-sex marriage and 4% did not answer. If we take these percentages at face value, they still mean that almost 12 […]

My Unpublished New York Times Letter-to-the-Editor

I recently submitted a letter to the editor to the New York Times in response to Bill Keller’s recent article where he tried to claim that voting for gay marriage and betraying their constituents on marriage hasn’t harmed pro-SSM Republicans. Since the New York Times decided to pass on my response, I’ll publish it here: […]

Pew: Romney Leads Obama on Marriage By 7 Points

No wonder President Obama doesn’t want to officially endorse same-sex marriage — he’s already underwater on the issue compared to Mitt Romney, according to the Pew Research Center, which found that among the 28% of registered voters who think the issue of gay marriage is “very important”, they prefer Romney 50% to Obama’s 43%. Just […]

Sen. Alesi Still Promoting SSM Outside New York State

As much as Sen. Alesi is now complaining about how much money he will have to spend defending himself against a primary challenge from within his own party after he betrayed his constituents and voted for gay marriage, he is still attempting to earn accolades for that vote outside of his state. Talk about a […]

Sen. Alesi Complains That Primary Challenge Will Wipe Out His Pro-SSM War Chest

Sen. Jim Alesi is now complaining that the money he took from pro-same sex marriage hedge fund millionaires won’t be enough to save him from a challenge within his own party: State Sen. James Alesi is one beneficiary of hedge-fund money. The Rochester Republican took in about $150,000 from people in the industry, Common Cause […]

The UK's Rapid Mobilization for Marriage

Across the pond in Great Britain, elite efforts to redefine marriage have run into a major stumbling block: the British people. At this writing, over 365,000 UK citizens have signed a petition telling the government “Don’t play politics with marriage!” How did this happen? It’s the same old story we’ve seen happen again and again. […]