There is a proposed amendment to the Constitution to define marriage, which is necessary because of the
number of federal judges who insist on creating rights rather than administering them.
The definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, excluding all other combinations,
could have been written into the Constitution, but some things just go without saying. At least they
used to. Not that
long ago, perversion was accompanied by stigma and
social ostracism.
Perversion is defined as
"Deviation from the normal path, whether it be in the area of one's intellect, emotions, actions, or
reactions." In other words, it's abnormal.
Normalizing homosexuality will lead to polygamy, and beyond. As I always say, this kind of
incrementalism only goes one direction. Once homosexuality is normalized and legitimized,
that won't be the end of the friction between radical leftists and normal people — the
average everyday people who would prefer to have American society operate under the traditional
rules and expectations we embraced until just recently. (People like that are known
as "conservatives.") The envelope will be pushed even more.
For centuries, the traditional family was the basic building block of our
society, but now that concept is being diluted because of the redefinition of "family"
and "marriage". The actions of a few leftist judges in the northeastern part of the
country can affect all fifty states, so the only sure way to address this matter legally,
aside from the wholesale impeachment of public officials, is through an amendment to
the Constitution. But even that solution is questioned by some conservatives,
as shown in this first article:
Judicial
Tyranny? In response to the court's sodomy ruling last term, conservatives
are talking about passing a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a
man and a woman. It's really touching how conservatives keep trying to figure out
what constitutional mechanisms are available to force the courts to acknowledge
the existence of the Constitution. But what is the point of a constitutional
amendment when judges won't read the Constitution we already have?
Homosexuality is Not Normal.
Gay marriage is an oxymoron. Nothing about it fits or works or makes sense in any way. When we stop defining issues
Biblically and through common sense and began interpreting everything emotionally, the truth becomes irrelevant and insanity
reigns. However, rather than focusing on gay marriage specifically, consider the irrationality of homosexuality.
Homosexuals do not match physically. There is no point in elaborating with a description of male and female anatomy.
Besides, my writings are always G rated. Homosexuals, and especially men, are more susceptible to health problems,
infections and a shorter life span than heterosexuals. There is conclusive proof available in studies for those who will
search the internet and in libraries. People of the same sex do not fit one another physically. Have you ever noticed
among homosexual men, one tends to be more masculine and the other feminine and among lesbian couples, one tends toward masculinity
and the other is more feminine? This unintentional tendency to define two genders validates heterosexuality.
Obama's wicked marriage proposal.
It's one thing to be a hypocrite, which Mr. Obama has been for years. Since he began pretending to oppose the redefinition of marriage but
refusing to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act while homosexualizing the military. It's quite another thing, however, to invoke
Christ when doing the devil's work. Forget the voters. Mr. Obama's going to have to answer to God for this one. [...] With this
wicked move, Mr. Obama is insisting that we bow down and worship the false idol of sexual anarchy. That's what his wealthy supporters
in Hollywood demand.
African-American Church Leaders
Condemn Obama For Gay Marriage Support. Just days after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, pastors and priests
around Maryland took to their own pulpits with their reaction — and in some cases — condemnation of the president.
On Love, Homosexuality, and Sin. Biblical teaching on human
sexuality is clear: As a group of orthodox Anglican pastors put it some years ago, Heterosexual marriage is upheld in Scripture and Christian tradition to be the
only appropriate context for acts of physical sexual intimacy." This is the instruction of the Bible from its opening through its closing pages. Scripture
offers us no latitude on this subject. Its teaching is clear and definitive. [...] Informing much of this discussion is the insistence of activists that homosexual
conduct be recognized as normal and moral. Not just by society, but by the believing church.
UMC
Affirms That Homosexuality Is "Incompatible With Christian Teaching". Following some some intense debate and
emotional appeals from homosexual factions within its numbers, the United Methodist Church (UMC) affirmed May 2 that
homosexual activity is "incompatible with Christian teaching." The decision, which came at the UMC's General Conference
in Tampa, Florida, is certain to prompt backlash from the homosexual activist community, which for years has been pushing the
denomination to abamdon its scriptural position on sexuality and officially allow the oridnation of "gay" clergy and the
"marriages" of same-sex partners.
Obama,
touting gay marriage stance, calls for repeal of Defense of Marriage Act. While his administration has put out statements
on the idea of repealing the 1996 federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, it's unusual for Obama to call for its repeal.
He did so Monday [5/14/2012] as one of a list of policy goals for what he hopes will be a second term, along with passing the immigration
legislation known as the Dream Act, reforming Wall Street and investing in schools.
Hilary Rosen: Straight People Ruining Marriage.
Heterosexuality isn't the problem with marriage. People who get involved with the wrong people, make bad decisions, and act badly toward one another
are the problem. Second, the implication here is that we need men to marry men and women to marry women to "fix" marriage. This, again,
is idiocy. You don't fix a car by dumping a garbage disposal mechanism into the engine. You fix it by using replacement parts.
Institutions aren't "fixed" by changing the definitions of the institutions. They're fixed by people making better decisions.
The Antietam of the culture war. Only six states have approved
homosexual marriage, while 30 have imposed a constitutional ban. In North Carolina, a ban not only on same-sex marriage but also
civil unions, though opposed by Obama and Bill Clinton, carried on Tuesday with 61 percent of the vote. Republican turnout in
North Carolina's primary was up half a million, the highest in history. And this is a state Obama carried in 2008, a state whose
largest city, Charlotte, will host Obama's convention.
Free Our Kids From Arne Duncan. President
Obama now commands center stage following his formal announcement that, yes, he supports same sex marriage. But for perspective on how we got to
this point, we should shift our sights to three days before the president's announcement. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appeared on MSNBC
where he responded "yes, I do" when asked if he supports same sex marriage. Duncan at best raised a few eyebrows by stating his support for same
sex marriage. If he had said that homosexuality is immoral there would have been demands for his ouster.
The
bile being spat at the people of North Carolina. Apparently if you oppose gay marriage you are a dumb, ill-informed, brainwashed,
knuckle-dragging hick and bigot. At least that's the message coming out of liberal circles in America this week, as supporters of gay marriage
look with disgust upon the people of North Carolina for voting in favour of Amendment 1.
Gay Marriage is Obama's Poison Pill. Gay marriage is a deal-breaker for a
vast swath of American voters that includes Catholics as well as the black and Hispanic communities. Urbanites and suburbanites may say that they are
okay with gay marriage, but what they tell pollsters and what they say privately among friends and family is far different. Americans may want to be
tolerant, but their distaste for the gay lifestyle and incessant demands for acceptance is deeply offensive to most people.
Obama's homosexual America. President
Obama has made it official: He now supports same-sex marriage. It is his latest onslaught on traditional America.
[...] He has crossed a cultural watershed, paving the way for the eventual triumph of the homosexual agenda. Rather
than being a victory for "civil rights" or "marital equality," Mr. Obama's decision puts America on the path to moral
disintegration. We are one step closer to becoming like secular, post-Christian Europe.
To Bigotry No Sanction. Now that President Obama has
"evolved" on the matter of same-sex marriage to the position favored by "enlightened" Americans, this would seem to be a good time for some rhetorical hygiene.
There are modest and civil proponents of same-sex marriage. But the tone of many advocates has been shrill to the point of frothing. The Southern
Poverty Law Center, for example, put the National Organization for Marriage and the Family Research Council on its 2010 list of "hate groups" because of their
opposition to gay marriage.
House
Armed Services vote bans gay marriage on military bases. On the same day that President Obama threw the weight of the White House in support
of gay marriage, defense lawmakers in the House banned the practice from taking place on U.S. military bases.
Obama's politics of distraction. While Europe is
inching ever closer to plunging into a financial abyss, there are moments of comic relief provided by the current President of the United States. He has
not only become the butt of innumerable jokes but his re-election campaign tactics are the stuff of low-brow comedy. A case in point, his recent "evolution"
into supporting gay marriage. [...] Virtually every time the issue has been brought up to a popular vote the gay marriage propositions have been defeated —
in 32 states.
How
President Obama, in Six Days, Decided to Come Out for Gay Marriage. Vice President Biden torpedoed the White House plan to
endorse gay marriage before the Democratic convention.
Mocking derision:
Another Gutsy Call! This now puts Barack
Obama in the same reviled category as the Hollywood elite, the New York Times editorial page, the American professoriat, his Wall
Street fundraising bundlers, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, readers of the Nation, the cast and crew
of The Daily Show, and the majority of residents on New York's Upper West Side. And lest we forget: He now risks the
wrath of zealots, extremists, partisans, and ideologues.
Obama Was For
Same-Sex Marriage Before He Was Against It. Today the President announced that he has evolved on the issue of gay marriage
and that, contrary to what he said in 2004 and 2008, he now supports it. But there's reason to question whether Obama was ever really
against gay marriage or whether he simply took the path of least resistance to get elected to the Senate and then the White House.
W.H.: Joe Biden forced Obama's hand on gay marriage. For
President Barack Obama and his team, the decision to back gay marriage came down to a choice between two unpalatable alternatives:
Support it and brave the backlash in battleground states where the issue could be a liability — or keep silent and be accused by
allies of gutlessness and putting politics over principle. Administration officials said the president planned to announce his support
before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., this September. But they acknowledge that Vice President Joe Biden
did, indeed, force their hand.
Obama's same-sex evolution.
Adopting an evolving position is a classic political dodge, allowing Mr. Obama to claim to be sympathetic to the concerns of homosexual
activists while not offending traditionalists. His stance is calculated to grab centrists whose votes he needs in November.
It gives him wiggle room with leftists who are curious why he won't be more explicit. But when Mr. Obama says he is evolving, he
does so with a wink. His liberal supporters know where he really stands.
VP Biden Says He's
"Absolutely Comfortable" With Same-sex Marriage. President Obama has sent his second in command on ahead with a message for voters in the upcoming
presidential election: legalizing same-sex marriage will be a major rung of the Administration's re-election ladder. During an appearance on NBC's
Meet the Press May 6, Vice President Joe Biden said that he would be just fine with fully legalizing homosexual relationships.
Whoops: Joe Biden Seems To Endorse Gay Marriage.
Joe Biden seemed to shift in the Obama administration's position on gay marriage this morning [5/6/2012] on NBC's "Meet the Press." But then the Obama
administration backtracked, saying the Vice President Biden was simply reinforcing President Obama's position and past statements on the issue.
Rep.
Barney Frank plans to marry longtime partner before retiring from office. Rep. Barney
Frank (D-Mass.) plans to marry his longtime partner in July, which will make him the first member of
Congress in a same-sex marriage. "I think it's important that my colleagues interact with a married
gay man," Frank said in an interview with New York magazine published online Sunday [4/15/2012].
President
Obama, his 'evolving' stance on gay marriage, and the 2012 campaign. Interviews with gay rights advocates and
people close to Obama's campaign suggest it is no longer a matter of if, but when the President publicly voices his support.
Former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on gay adoption: Kids 'aren't puppies'. Huckabee, a GOP presidential contender in 2008 who
may run in 2012, said that he backed an Arkansas law barring same-sex couples from adopting or being foster parents.
Why bother to vote? The federal judges will decide what's best.
Federal Judge Finds
'Defense of Marriage Act' Unconstitutional. A federal judge in San Francisco says the U.S. government cannot
deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition
of same-sex unions.
Gay
Texas judge, Tonya Parker, won't perform marriages for straight couples. An openly gay Texas judge says she
refuses to conduct marriage ceremonies for straight couples until same-sex couples can also wed. Dallas County Judge
Tonya Parker explained her decision Tuesday [2/21/2012] at a monthly meeting for the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas.
The Editor says...
So if the roles are reversed, and a normal judge won't perform a same-sex wedding, nobody should have any objections.
The Reversal of Proposition 8:
A Dangerous Precedent. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has acted to reverse the democratic
decision of the people of California to confine marriage to its traditional parameters of a man and a woman.
In making this decision, the court decided that it could overturn the will of the people of California on the
basis of what is known in legal circles as "the rational basis standard." When evaluating the violation of
fundamental rights, the court has often used a standard of "strict scrutiny" in cases involving racial or religious
discrimination. By that standard, the petitioner frequently wins. In cases of gender discrimination,
the court has relied on a kind of intermediate scrutiny.
The Ninth Circuit
Upholds A Constitutional "Right" To Gay Marriage. Everything that is wrong with our of control court
system is on display today in the Ninth Circuit Court's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, upholding a lower
court ruling that the will of over 7 million Californians who voted for Prop. 8 doesn't matter.
Morality based on ancient Christian moral precepts doesn't matter. Gay marriage is a "constitutional right" in
California.
9th Circuit delusion.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit just ruled that Proposition 8, California's constitutional
marriage amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman, is unconstitutional. This decision
is one of the most radical to come out of a circuit known for fringe rulings. It's little wonder that this
circuit is the nation's most overturned.
Court:
Calif. gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. A federal appeals court on Tuesday [2/7/2012] declared
California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law
on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prop.
8: Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, court rules. A federal appeals court Tuesday [2/7/2012]
struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay
marriage as early as next year. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found
that Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that limited marriage to one man and one woman, violated the
U.S. Constitution. The architects of Prop. 8 have vowed to appeal. The ruling was narrow and
likely to be limited to California.
Is Barack Obama
a Red Letter Christian? Many evangelicals seem taken with Barack Obama. Tired of the Religious
Right and seeking a new tone in Washington, they see in this untested, enigmatic senator a chance for real change.
And indeed he is congenial and a breath of fresh air when compared with the grasping Clinton dynasty. Many
Bible-believers seem ready to look the other way with Obama, despite his extremely liberal voting record (including
unfettered backing of abortion), because he appears to be a genuine person they can work with. I wonder how
his latest, religiously based comments might change this. The other day Obama reiterated his support for
civil unions for homosexuals.
Judge:
Christian Opposition to Same Sex Unions is Wrong. A New Jersey Judge has ruled that a Christian
organization engaged in wrongdoing and violated the state's discrimination laws when it prevented a gay couple
from holding a civil union ceremony on its property. Administrative Law Judge Solomon Metzger made the ruling
Thursday [1/12/2012] in a case involving the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. In 2007 the group stopped
a lesbian couple from using its boardwalk pavilion.
Gay Couple
Receives Obama Congratulations on Wedding. Matt Katz and Aaron Lafrenz of Brooklyn, N.Y., were surprised to
receive a letter from President Barack Obama congratulating them on their marriage.
Virginia
agencies can ban gay adoptions. Faith-based adoption and foster care agencies in Virginia will
not be required to provide services to gay individuals, a state panel ruled Wednesday [12/14/2011] after nearly a year of
heated debate that attracted national interest from advocates on both sides of the issue.
California
high court OKs appeal effort in support of Prop. 8. The California Supreme Court today [11/17/2011]
said that the supporters of a ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in the state are legally entitled
to defend the measure in court, even if the governor and attorney general won't, the Associated Press reports.
The effect of the ruling is that the backers of Proposition 8 can now take the case to federal court and
potentially to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Christian
Baker Faces Boycott For Refusing to Make Lesbian Cake. Pro-gay activists have launched a boycott
of an Iowa baker who declined to create a wedding cake for a lesbian couple based on her religious beliefs.
Victoria Childress, the owner of Victoria's Cake Cottage in Des Moines, has been accused of being anti-gay,
homophobic, and a bigot after she refused to make a cake for Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers.
Gillibrand
bill encourages LGBT adoption. For the first time in Senate history, a bill has been introduced to
encourage agencies not to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples seeking to adopt.
Evangelical
Chaplains Refuse to Marry Gay Couples on Military Bases. An organization representing more than
2,000 of the nation's 5,000 military chaplains announced Wednesday [10/26/2011] they would join forces with Catholic Archbishop
Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for Military Service, saying they will not perform same-sex ceremonies.
Democrats Eyeing
DOMA Repeal. They may not have the votes for passage, but Senate Democrats say they aren't giving
up on their push to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. "No, I don't believe it does at this stage," Sen.
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said when asked whether her legislation to repeal the 1996 law that defines marriage
as between one man and one woman has 60 votes in the Senate. But she insisted that next month's
Judiciary Committee markup of the bill is important to build momentum for repeal and said it is likely to be
approved by the committee.
US:
military chaplains may perform same-sex unions. The Pentagon has decided that military chaplains
may perform same-sex unions, whether on or off a military installation.
Same-Sex
Weddings Won't Be Allowed at West Point's Catholic Chapel. "The answer is 'no,'" said Taylor
Henry, director of public affairs and media relations for the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services,
USA, and spokesman for Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who certifies all Catholic chaplains for the armed services.
"Holy Trinity is an actual Catholic parish, unlike the non-denominational chapels that are found on other
military installations, and the only services held there are Catholic services.
This is what's called sitting on the fence.
Romney
Supports 'Partnership Agreements' for Gay Couples. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told a
New Hampshire gathering that he would support "partnership agreements" for homosexual couples that would extend
certain legal rights to them, but affirmed that he opposed same-sex "marriage."
Census
Bureau Admits It 'Artifcially Inflated the Number of Same-Sex Couples' — by 40%. The
Census Bureau admitted yesterday [9/27/2011] that it had "artificially inflated the number of same-sex couples"
in the United States, initially reporting a number that was about 40 percent higher than what it now
believes is accurate.
Frank
Talk About Marriage: The New Anti-Defamation Project. Maggie Gallagher is heading up a new effort
to protect and defend those whose livelihoods are threatened by their speaking up in defense of traditional
marriage: the Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance.
The
Man Who Married the Goat. Marriage, we all know, is between human beings, not between a human
being and an animal or reptile (or wall!). But is marriage simply the union of two human beings or is it
specifically the union of a man and a woman? If the latter, then the union of two men or two women is no
more a "marriage" then is the union of a man and an animal, reptile, wall, or whatever, regardless of how much
the two human parties love each other.
N.C.
House passes bill on definition of marriage. A North Carolina bill to allow voters a
chance to define marriage in their state constitution goes to the state Senate on Tuesday [9/13/2011],
after passing the state House. The 75-42 vote followed a lengthy debate, dominated by opponents
of the amendment. If it passes, it will go on the May 2012 ballot. North Carolina is the only
Southeastern state without voter-approved language in the state constitution that defines marriage as the
union of one man and one woman.
Obama
backs bill to repeal Defense of Marriage Act. The Obama administration announced Tuesday
[7/19/2011] that it will support a congressional effort to repeal a federal law that defines marriage
as a legal union between a man and woman. White House spokesman Jay Carney denounced the 1996 Defense
of Marriage Act (DOMA), saying the administration will back a bill introduced this year by Sen. Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.) to remove the law from the books.
Democrats urge DOMA
repeal. Senate and House Democrats urged their colleagues at a Wednesday hearing to support a
bill that would repeal the federal law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, so federal benefits
and rights can flow to gay couples who are legally married under a state law. "I believe it is important
that we encourage and sanction committed relationships," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J.
Leahy, Vermont Democrat, who called the hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the 1996
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
NY Archbishop's Warning.
Roman Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York warned in a posting on his blog on Thursday [7/7/2011]
that the next step that politicians will take after legalizing same-sex marriage — which New York
did last month through a statute enacted by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo —
may be an effort to redefine marriage to justify "multiple partners" and adultery.
Obama's assault
on the rule of law. Even the liberal San Francisco Chronicle marveled at the Obamanistas' audacity:
"The latest San Francisco court filing on same-sex marriage reads like a gay rights manifesto: It rejects
tradition, morals and procreation as justifications for marriage restrictions and concludes that a federal ban on
spousal benefits was unconstitutionally based on 'animus' — dislike, rooted in prejudice —
toward gays and lesbians. The brief comes not from Lambda Legal or the American Civil Liberties Union but
the Obama administration's Justice Department." Does anyone really believe that marriage as created by
God is protected in the law solely to marginalize homosexuals?
Supremes
equate video violence with free speech. This week, we've seen the Republican-controlled New
York State Senate grant legal recognition to pretend "marriage." A Wall Street Journal photo makes
that case: Two women, one dressed as a groom, celebrate. Because marriage at its core is the
union of male and female, a groomless or brideless wedding is an absurd counterfeit. In a free
country, you can pretend to be all sorts of things, but you should not be allowed to use the power of the
law to force your delusions on others.
Same-sex marriage,
cancer, and fig leaves. At 5:30 this morning [6/25/2011] the Associated Press reported,
"Champagne corks popped, rainbow flags flapped and crowds embraced and danced in the streets of Manhattan's
Greenwich Village." The article quoted nine people, all ecstatic about the new gay right. ... But what
about the AP's "Statement of Ethical Principles"? The first sentence under the heading "Integrity"
states, "The newspaper should strive for impartial treatment of issues and dispassionate handling of
controversial subjects."
Next Step:
Persecuting Churches? When the New York legislature passed a law last Friday legalizing same-sex
marriage, all of New York's Roman Catholic bishops signed a statement warning that they now expect efforts to
enact laws attacking churches that defend the truth. ... Efforts to sanction churches for defending the truth
will not be starting now, they have already started. America's liberal establishment has already shown
how it can flout the Constitution and use government to force churches to act against their own moral teachings.
If You're
Not Involved in Politics, Don't Complain. The Governor of New York State made it the sixth
state to allow same sex marriages in spite of the opposition of church leaders and religious groups who
see this legislation as an attack of their core moral principles. Frankly I am surprised that this
legislation didn't pass earlier because New York is one of the more liberal states due to the apathy of the
silent majority of its residents. The mainstream media (MSM)is trying to demonize the current social
conservatives vying for the GOP presidential race but the truth is that those on the left have found a way
to engineer social change through the courts and legislation bypassing the will of the people. In
almost every case these changes are enacted by the Democrats in power and that is because special interest
money is always funding their campaigns.
Americans
still believe in one man, one woman. For years, the mainstream media has done their level
best to make the redefinition of marriage seem inevitable. As if in concert, local, regional, and
national outlets have published the results of poll after poll under headlines like "Majority of Americans
Now Supports Same-Sex 'Marriage,'" all in an attempt to silence opposition and create an atmosphere wherein
they can finally see the fabrication of same-sex "marriage" achieved.
Obama: The Lester Maddox of
Gay Marriage. Although he has grown Washington more than any president in a generation,
Barack Obama is talking like a Jeffersonian states rights champion — in the one night, in the
one state, on the one issue that would promote his top-down rejection of traditional morality.
Obama says gay couples deserve
same rights as all. Treading carefully, President Barack Obama praised New York state lawmakers
who were debating landmark legislation Thursday to legalize gay marriage, saying that's what democracy's
all about.
NY Gov. Cuomo signs gay marriage law.
Same-sex marriage is now legal in New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that was narrowly passed by
state lawmakers Friday [6/24/2011], handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay
rights movement was born.
Why the Same-Sex Marriage
Experiment Will Not Work. Supporters are waging a clever, celebrity-driven and well-funded
campaign, suggesting that all they want is "marriage equality." In fact, what they want to do is
redefine this multi-millennial institution. I am, naturally, personally opposed to the
legalization of same-sex marriage for the simple but profound reason that it violates and contradicts the
sacred text of the Bible, which I believe to be true and inspired. But on what basis should I expect
people who don't believe as I do to likewise oppose same-sex marriage? On the basis of logic, reason,
common sense and the fact that preservation of traditional marriage is in the best interest of the common
good, as evidenced by any number of factors, including reams of social science data and thousands of years
of history.
The
left decides who gets lawyers. The left has predictably gone batty over the resignation of
former solicitor general Paul Clement from the law firm of King and Spalding after the white-shoe firm
backed out of its representation of the House of Representatives on the Defense of Marriage Act case.
Greg Sargent interviewed a gay rights activist and got a remarkable admission: The left favors
politically bullying to deter lawyers from representing clients it doesn't like.
Al-Qaeda,
Yes; DOMA, No. Like the DOJ, the Atlanta-based white-shoe law firm asks 'How high' when
left-wing agitators tell it to jump. In this instance, the agitators were gay-rights activists.
They were in a snit because K&S — in particular, K&S partner Paul Clement, the former Bush-administration
solicitor general — agreed to represent the American people in litigation involving challenges to
the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Pressure
from Left causes law firm to abdicate responsibility. Legal insiders knew there would be controversy
when Paul Clement, the former solicitor general, signed on to defend the Defense of Marriage Act against
constitutional challenge. But few could have predicted a controversy so intense that Clement's law
firm, under fire from gay activists, would abruptly abandon the defense, forcing Clement to resign in
protest. And yet that is what happened on Monday [4/25/2011].
Defend mass
murderers but not DOMA? It struck me as the news broke yesterday [4/25/2011] about Paul
Clement of the law firm of King and Spalding withdrawing from assisting the House of Representatives
in its defense of the Defense of Marriage Act that lawyers will line up to defend a mass murderer but
give into political correctness on the issue of marriage.
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Topics We Can't Have Adult Conversations About in America. [#5] Gay Marriage: Our
republic has survived for 200+ years without gay marriage. Up until the last couple of decades,
even gay activists weren't seriously trying to redefine marriage. So now, suddenly, anyone who opposes it
is a homophobe? How about we discuss the fact that being pro-gay marriage is incompatible with being a
Christian? Isn't forcing Christian churches to have gay marriages a violation of their First Amendment
rights? ... Should we be doing something that helps mainstream an extremely unhealthy lifestyle?
"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the
first duty of intelligent men."
Did the Justice Dept. Collaborate
With Those Trying to Overturn California's Proposition 8? A conservative advocacy group wants to know
if the U.S. Justice Department had any behind-the-scenes correspondence or communication with various law firms and/or
groups that are suing California over its voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. The Family Research Council
has filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the Justice Department, seeking any and all communications
between Justice Department officials and various law firms or liberal advocacy groups that oppose, or are involved in
the legal fight against either California's Proposition 8 or the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Gay
judge's disclosure raises bias questions. To hear them describe it, defenders of traditional
marriage during last year's trial on California's Proposition 8 felt like the visiting team in a game
with a hometown referee. It was an open secret that District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker was gay,
although he had never publicly acknowledged it. Under the circumstances, challenging his objectivity
in a case on the constitutionality of "one man, one woman" marriage carried substantial risks, such as angering
the judge or being accused of "outing" a public figure, without any promise of success.
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Topics We Can't Have Adult Conversations About in America. [#5] Gay Marriage: Our
republic has survived for 200+ years without gay marriage. Up until the last couple of decades,
even gay activists weren't seriously trying to redefine marriage. So now, suddenly, anyone who opposes it
is a homophobe? How about we discuss the fact that being pro-gay marriage is incompatible with being a
Christian? Isn't forcing Christian churches to have gay marriages a violation of their First Amendment
rights? ... Should we be doing something that helps mainstream an extremely unhealthy lifestyle?
Obama's Mind. All of Obama's deep
thinking is ultimately bogus. Just consider his constantly "evolving" stance on gay marriage.
Senate
Dem to Introduce Repeal of "Defense of Marriage Act". Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a senior
member of the Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday that she will introduce legislation to repeal the
federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defines marriage as being solely between a man and a woman.
This move comes on the heels of a decision by the Obama Administration to abandon it's [sic] defense of the
constitutionality of DOMA, a 1990's measure that outlaws the federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
U.S., in Shift, Sees Marriage Act as Violation
of Gay Rights. President Obama, in a major legal policy shift, has directed the Justice Department
to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act — the 1996 law that bars federal recognition of same-sex
marriages — against lawsuits challenging it as unconstitutional.
President abandons
marriage. The Obama administration announced yesterday [2/22/2011] that it will not defend the
constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is the next step of President Obama's
strategy to force the radical homosexual agenda on America against the will of the people and Congress.
Obama Completes His
Trifecta. [Scroll down] On the judiciary side, we witness the executive ignoring a Federal Court
ruling on ObamaCare's unconstitutionality, the refusal — to the point where an order of compliance had
to be issued from the bench — to refrain from imposing an illegal moratorium on oil drilling; and, now
the clearest and most blatant power grab of all. Obama has arrogated to himself, in the matter of DOMA, the
power to declare that law unconstitutional and order his Justice Department not to contest lawsuits challenging it.
Obama
to God and America: You're Wrong About Marriage. As one who helped draft the first version of the Defense
of Marriage Act (DOMA), I regard Mr. Obama's order to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to abandon DOMA's legal
defense as lawless, reckless, arrogant and a violation of his oath of office. I think it is an impeachable offense.
Obama's homosexual America.
The homosexual rights movement is on the verge of destroying marriage. If successful, it will permanently alter
society. And President Obama is playing a pivotal role in this attack on traditional America. Mr. Obama
ordered the Justice Department on Wednesday not to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
In the face of lawsuits, the federal government is abdicating its role to uphold laws enacted by Congress — at
least those the administration does not agree with.
Rep.
Steve King: Cut DOJ Budget Over Obama's DOMA Decision. The Iowa congressman, who is a member of the
House Judiciary Committee, echoed criticism leveled by many Republicans, who say President Obama is shirking a duty
to defend established law. "The resources that they would be using to defend the DOMA law in court are not
necessary to appropriate to them," he said. "So with open rules on appropriations, that's an opportunity to
bring an amendment that will reduce their budget by an appropriate amount."
The executive can't pick and choose which laws to defend.
One of the supposed great crimes of the Bush administration was the "politicization" of the Justice Department,
a drumbeat we heard repeatedly, even after a politically motivated criminal investigation eventually found no
wrongdoing. But nothing the Bush administration did compares with what the Obama administration is
doing openly.
Obama
gets out of way of gay marriage. The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it had withdrawn
its legal support for the federal Defense of Marriage Act, stating that the law is unconstitutional and therefore
the administration is under no obligation to defend it.
The Editor says...
It is not the function of the Executive Branch to decide which laws are constitutional and which laws are not.
Obama
Not Just Above the Law — He Is the Law. During his presidential campaign,
Obama stated that he did not support same-sex marriage but that he did believe that DOMA should be
repealed. He gave no hint that he would take it upon himself to issue a presidential edict, without
a congressional bill placed before him, forbidding the executive branch from enforcing the law. But
that is precisely what he did this week.
Obama's
Indefensible DOMA Decision. Obama thinks it's easier to grapple with God over marriage than
with a federal judge. Republicans and Democrats should know better. There's a bigger judgment
day than the one in 2012.
Is the President Above the Law?
This is the uncomfortable question many Americans are asking after President Obama's lawless decision to stop
defending in federal court the law of the land on the institution of marriage.
President
Obama Throws Marriage Under the Bus. In an unexpected move (particularly in the midst of the Libyan
crisis), President Obama signaled that he thinks the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, and he
has instructed Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department (DOJ) to cease defending cases brought
against DOMA. The wording of this surprise announcement suggests that the decision is another instance of
this president's politicizing the administration of justice: the White House ordering the Justice Department
what it should do in order to appeal to the extreme elements of its political base.
Democratic (Not!) Party. Should the people
of Massachusetts determine whether your state awards recognition to homosexual "marriages"? That, in effect, is
what the President seeks in ordering his administration to not defend a U.S. law in federal court, i.e., the "Defense
of Marriage Act" (DOMA).
Church
group blasts Obama for abandoning Defense of Marriage Act. A coalition of 34,000 black
churches is blasting President Barack Obama's decision to stop defending the federal law that bans
recognition of gay marriage. The Rev. Anthony Evans, who heads the National Black Church
Initiative, says Obama "has violated the Christian faith" by failing to uphold Jesus' teaching
that marriage is between a man and a woman.
These Homosexuals Are Chickenxxxx.
Homosexual activists have ginned up a fake controversy targeting Chick-Fil-A just because one of the chicken
outlets was kind enough to donate sandwiches and brownies to a "marriage seminar" run by a group that happens
to oppose same-sex marriage. How utterly pathetic of the activists. How utterly pointless.
How utterly unhinged. The homosexual groups' tactics are Leninist.
A
Christian Business in the Left's Crosshairs. Chick-fil-A is run by devout Christians who
believe in strong marriages, devoted families and the highest standards of character for their workers.
The restaurant chain's official corporate mission is to "glorify God" and "enrich the lives of everyone we
touch." ... Democrats are always ready to invoke religion to support their big government, taxpayer-funded
initiatives. But when an independent company — thriving on its own merits in the
marketplace — wears its soul on its sleeve, suddenly it's a theocratic crisis.
Why Did We Repeal Don't
Ask, Don't Tell? I don't have many Facebook friends but the ones I do have are professionals and just
plain smart so I asked all of them a question that had been puzzling me about Congress' rush to repeal the Don't
ask, Don't Tell military policy on sexual identity — DADT. I wrote: "Can someone explain DADT?
Before it was enacted no gays could serve openly in the military. If DADT is repealed, doesn't it go back to
that? ... There can be no other answer than to presume that repeal of DADT is a prelude to allowing gays to marry how
could we allow them to die for their country yet still be prevented from marrying?
Guess
What's Next? Activists Now Want Openly Transgender Soldiers... It didn't end with securing
the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Activists have their next social experiment for our US military already
in sight: allowing openly "transgender" troops in the US armed forces.
'Mother,'
'Father' Changing to 'Parent One,' 'Parent Two' on Passport Applications. The words "mother" and
"father" will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, the
State Department says. "The words in the old form were 'mother' and 'father,'" said Brenda Sprague,
deputy assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services. "They are now 'parent one' and 'parent
two.'"
What Obama Thinks of America:
Homosexual activists conducted a campaign of harassment, threats, vandalism, and attacks on employment against people
who support traditional marriage — with particular venom toward religious people. The vile assaults
on Carrie Prejean for merely expressing her views pulled away the curtain that had been hiding how homosexual activists
routinely treat decent people who dissent. It raised the question: Who is the aggressor, and who is victim?
The Obama administration would answer that question in a manner different from how most Americans would.
Playing
the Hate Card. The view that marriage means one man and one woman and that children flourish when
raised by a married mother and father is rooted not only in biblical teachings but also in common sense; it's a
truth proven by science as well as centuries of lived experience. But children know that "hate" is a bad
thing, and no one wants to be labeled a "hater." It's not hard to imagine the pressure tactics that our
children soon will face: keep silent or risk being slapped with the label — "hater" — that
will define them socially for years. The label of "Hater" quickly shuts down reasonable discussion or open
disagreement. And that's the real point: to intimidate proponents of traditional morality into keeping
silent. Put differently, it's to lock traditional morality in the closet so social engineers can be free to
redefine marriage as they wish.
The Constitution and Politics.
Although it is not often noted or advocated in this manner, religious liberty, the right to life, and traditional
values such as classical marriage are clearly protected from unlimited government power by the U.S. Constitution.
Moreover, as demonstrated by 33 (out of 33) referenda upholding the traditional definition of
marriage, these are not only explicitly constitutional, but also popular, democratic values. Traditional
values are challenged, rather than cherished, by modern cosmopolitan elites who are disproportionately
influential in the public discourse, policy, and legal processes.
Three Iowa judges may face
voters' retaliation. Three Iowa Supreme Court justices who were part of a unanimous decision
last year to allow same-sex marriage may pay the price next month as voters decide whether to keep them on
the bench.
The Most
Anti-Catholic Political Ad You'll Ever See. A Democrat Party supporting independent non profit
group has sent out perhaps THE most anti-Catholic political advertisement I've ever seen. ... What this is
about is the fact that the Church stands strong against abortion and gay marriage. And that makes some
very angry.
America's Slipping
Grasp on Self-Governance. In the 2000 primary election, 61.4% of the voters officially
defined marriage as between a man and a woman. Just five years later, the legislature passed a
bill overturning the voter-backed measure. The bill was vetoed by the governor. Undeterred by
losses in the elected realm, the battle was taken to the courts. In 2008, a 4-3 state Supreme Court
decision struck down the marriage law. The people continued to use proper legal means to enact their
will. Californians successfully defined marriage in the state Constitution (ostensibly the court's
sovereign document). Once again, this petition was answered with injury. No longer able to
undermine the people's will on the state level, the Federal District Court in San Francisco took up and
invalidated the new amendment, thus overruling the more than 7 million votes (over 11 million
votes factoring in the original referendum).
Affirmative
action and gay marriage are frauds. Marriage has existed for centuries and, until recent times, it has
always meant a union between a man and a woman. Over those centuries, a vast array of laws has grown up, all
based on circumstances that arise in unions between a man and a woman. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that
law has not been based on logic but on experience. To apply a mountain of laws based specifically on experience
with relations between a man and a woman to a different relationship where sex differences are not involved would be
like applying the rules of baseball to football.
Our Dying Constitution.
Federal Judge Vaughn Walker, who unilaterally redefined the millennia old definition of marriage in his California
marriage decision, will not have the last word on this issue. However, it is troubling who will.
Many constitutional "experts" from both sides of the marriage argument agree that this issue will inevitably
be "settled" by Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. Thus, one judge (one man) may get to
tell over 300 million people how they are allowed to order the very basis of their society. How
did it come to this?
Cherry-Picked
Constitutionality. A federal judge ruled that only a state gets to define what "marriage"
is in that state, and the federal government can't overrule it. ... At least two things about that line
of reasoning are very bothersome, regardless of your opinion of gay marriage. First, it was not
quite the "state" of Massachusetts that redefined marriage in this instance; four justices on its supreme
court did. The state legislature did not redefine marriage. There was no popular vote to redefine
it. The governor never signed legislation to redefine it. Four justices on the state supreme
court did this. And now we have a federal judge ruling that the federal government must honor that
decision of state judges. At this point, we have a total of five people redefining marriage
as a legal institution for the remaining 310 million of us.
Gay
Marriage Myths and Truth. The decision by federal judge Vaughan Walker to invalidate
California's Proposition 8 both recycles and revives some of the tired, misleading clichés
regarding the same sex marriage controversy. These distortions demand direct, concise correction
and rebuttal.
Lack of Intellectualism
Is Losing the Marriage Debate. Judge Vaughn Walker's legal ruling striking down California's
Proposition 8 certainly was no triumph of intellectualism. ... Among other things, he said that opposition
to faux marriage was ultimately based on "moral disapproval." While this is a rhetorically compelling
argument in an age where "morality" has become a dirty word, it is also nonsense.
Judicial Tyranny Strikes Again: Homosexual
Marriage Imposed on D.C. Voters. In a 5-4 decision, the D.C. Court of Appeals held today [7/15/2010]
that "We the People" do not have the right to vote on the issue of same-sex "marriage."
Federal
judge to rule on whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry. U.S.
District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who presided over a trial earlier this year on the
constitutionality of Proposition 8, will release his long-awaited ruling Wednesday [8/4/2010] on
whether the 2008 ballot initiative violates the U.S. Constitution, a court spokeswoman said.
Federal judge strikes down California's ban
on same-sex marriage. A San Francisco federal judge today [8/4/2010] struck down California's ban on
same-sex marriage, concluding that it tramples on the equal rights of gay and lesbian couples and that
they are entitled to be married throughout the state.
The
Judge Has Spoken — Whether You Like it Or Not. While Proposition 8 opponents
style themselves as champions of tolerance, they've chosen judicial fiat over the slower, surer route of
persuasion. Californians want to be sure that tolerance will be a two-way street. Will the
courts force people to approve of same-sex marriage in the same fashion that San Francisco Superior Court
judges voted to bar judges from taking part in the Boy Scouts because the Boy Scouts barred gays?
Will advocates use the schools to promote same-sex marriages with young kids? These aren't
unreasonable questions.
Prop 8 Ruling Could Criminalize Christianity, Leaders
Warn. Religious leaders warn that if an Aug. 6 ruling by a federal judge on same-sex marriage is upheld,
it could wind up putting a gag on Christians speaking out about homosexuality — a gag that a top Southern
Baptist leader says his denomination will not accept.
California's
bumbler in a black robe. After reading Walker's decision, Ed Whelan, a constitutional law authority
and president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, concluded that Walker was "intoxicated by his own bias."
Yet, this latest decision marks the third time Walker has been rebuked by appellate courts since he was appointed
to the federal bench by President Reagan.
What's
Next, Bigamy? Yesterday's ruling by a California federal court striking down the state's ban
on gay marriage opens a constitutional Pandora's Box. The court ruled that the gay marriage ban
violates the Equal Protection Clause because homosexuals should be just as free to marry whoever they
choose as heterosexuals. The court concluded that there is no rational basis for a distinction
between the marriage of a man and a woman and the marriage of a man and a man.
Marriage
and the Constitution. The federal same-sex marriage decision out of California sets into
motion a sequence of events that will result in a Supreme Court earthquake two years from now. The
Supreme Court can either vindicate traditional marriage, or forever redefine the most basic unit of human
civilization. Sounds melodramatic, but unfortunately — it's true.
One Leftist Judge
Slaps Down Seven Million Voters in California. You people know this as well as I do. The
American people are boiling. The American people are furious. My e-mails are unbelievable.
This federal judge yesterday, this decision, Prop 8, California, has just put people over the edge, and
all of these decisions are coming one after another from all corners of the federal government. It's as
if we have absolutely no say in what is going on all around us. Decisions are being made for us, in
lieu of us and imposed on us.
Was
Judge In California's Gay Marriage Case Truly Impartial? You do not have to be a legal expert
to conduct this experiment. You can even try it at home. Slog through Judge Walker's 136-page
opinion and then ask yourself: why does this document read like the battle report of a search-and-destroy
mission? One would think, for example, that there are some rational bases for saying that marriage is
what our society and our law have understood it to be for a few hundred years: the union of a man and
a woman. Not in Judge Walker's court.
Activist Judges Strike
Again. Of course gay federal district judge Vaughn Walker ruled the will of the people of California
irrelevant and the Proposition 8 ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional. Convened in a San Francisco
courtroom, with a parade of political activists dressed up as experts testifying against the people's mandate,
a blind man and his deaf dog could see the direction this judicial train wreck was heading.
Disoriented
Judge. All federal judges must swear they "will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform
all the duties incumbent upon me ... so help me God." But can a judge given the opportunity to knock down a
law that declared homosexual marriages invalid be impartial when he himself is openly homosexual?
Out Of
Thin Air. The imperial judiciary has struck again, with Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker
striking down California's Proposition 8, passed in November 2008 with 52% of the vote, on the grounds that
the voter-approved law was a violation of gay couples' civil rights. Walker's ruling follows a Massachusetts
federal judge's ruling last month that the state's married gay couples, also established by judicial fiat, were
being wrongly denied the financial benefits of marriage because of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Incremental Tyranny. I hope the
people of California have learned their lesson. All this silly voting stuff is "so Twentieth Century".
Voting? We don't need no stinkin' voting. All we need is the "enlightened wisdom" of the
judiciary.
Jefferson was
Right to Fear the Courts. In a little more than a week, federal judges — liberal
activists both — have ruled to stay or strike down state laws in defiance of the will of the
people. Arizona's immigration law was first. Next was a ruling by a federal judge to strike
down California's Proposition 8, which voters there passed to define marriage between a man and a
woman.
Judge
overturned Prop. 8 while claiming he wasn't changing anything. Judge Vaughn R. Walker's
opinion purporting to strike down California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative banning gay marriage is
a screaming advertisement against the appointment and confirmation of renegade judicial activists like Elena
Kagan. The labyrinth of twisted reasoning Walker constructs in his opinion is a testament to the
depth of deceit that inhabits the modern left's thought processes.
Amnesty bill to be blurred with Gay marriage
and 'freedom rights'. A leak, who is very reliable, has revealed from behind closed doors the
intentions from this progressive congress and Obama. There is a Bill in the Works that will blur the
controversial, gay marriage issue with illegal alien rights and amnesty. This administration and congress
plans to hide behind 'freedom' and are obtaining huge support from the gay community, naturally in the name of
freedom regarding this soon to be exposed Bill. You and I have just gotten a sneak peak as to the
next 'Rules for Radicals trick' as it is unfolding.
NBC Changes Rules to Allow Same-Sex 'Today'
Wedding. After a meeting with gay and lesbian activists on Thursday, NBC's "Today"
show said it is changing the rules for its annual wedding contest to allow same-sex couples to
apply for a ceremony conducted on morning TV.
Judge: Federal gay marriage ban
unconstitutional. A U.S. judge in Boston has ruled that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional
because it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage.
Stopping
Obamacare or Gay Marriage? Suffice it to say that the issue of "gay marriage" may be back in
the headlines again soon. Specifically, the "prop 8" case could be headed to the Supreme Court.
This, in turn, will likely cause at least some socially conservative Americans to demand that the Republican
Party jump-start its previous "gay marriage ban" efforts. And this will impact the November 2010 elections.
Newsweek's Transparent Call for
Legalizing Gay Marriage. Newsweek's article "The Right to Love — and Loss" pretends to fight
for gay couples' "right" to divorce. Instead, it is simply a transparent ruse to fight for gay marriage.
How else could gay divorce be legal unless gay marriage preceded it? In a shining example of journalistic bias,
reporter Eve Conant included seven different sources in favor of the government recognizing gay divorce (and hence,
recognizing gay marriage) and quoted them 14 times in her article.
Huckabee
compares incest, drug abuse to gay marriage. Mike Huckabee, a possible Republican presidential
candidate in 2012, says the effort to allow gays and lesbians to marry is comparable to legalizing incest,
polygamy and drug use. Mr. Huckabee also told college journalists last week that gay couples should not
be permitted to adopt. "Children are not puppies," he said.
New
York Senate votes against legalizing gay marriage by a large margin, 38-24. In a major blow to
the gay rights movement, the state Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly killed a bill to legalize same-sex
marriage. After two hours of emotional and often deeply personal debate, the Senate voted down the
measure 38-24, effectively killing its chances before next year's elections.
Marriage
in Maine: Why We'd Better Fight. Now that we know what President Obama's "Safe Schools
Czar" Kevin Jennings means by "safe," we'd better start putting the pieces together on homosexual activism
and fight back. The beautiful old state of Maine faces a battle that will affect us all. Will
they vote "yes" to maintain traditional marriage on November 3rd or will they not? Homosexual
advocates are pouring in millions, while defenders are operating on a shoestring.
The Episcopal Church:
Still Christian? It certainly isn't my job to pronounce judgment on other churches (I attend a
nondenominational Evangelical fellowship). But I can only wonder at people who gain their authority from
the historic Christian church while simultaneously trashing the doctrinces of the very same historic Christian
church.
Episcopalians say God calls homosexuals.
God has called and may continue to call homosexuals "to any ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church," the
denomination's House of Deputies declared Sunday. Homosexual-rights activists cheered the resolution,
saying it would effectively end the church's three-year-old moratorium on the election of bishops in same-sex
relationships.
Who
says they're your kids? Not in Montana. The Montana Supreme Court just made it a whole lot harder
to be a parent, and a whole lot easier to become one. ... The court affirmed a Missoula District Court ruling by Judge
Ed McLean that Michelle Kulstad had earned the right to be known as a parent to two children because she had
"shacked up" with the children's adoptive mother during the time when they were adopted.
Gay marriage gone wrong creates Catch-22.
Trapped in a bad marriage? Sorry, really. But you've got nothing on Larissa Chism and Tara Ranzy,
a divorce-seeking Indiana couple doomed to live unhappily ever after and after and after by a legal Catch-22.
The Editor says...
Are we supposed to feel sorry for these people? If you make waves, you will be left to swim in them.
An
Open Letter to President Obama: If you agree with our concern about marriage, it's time for you
to start contacting both Republican and Democratic congressmen. Congress is where the battle concerning
the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) will likely be fought. Importantly, many Republicans are shying away
from this important social issue. Conversely, the Democratic Party (generally speaking) seems to be
beholding to the gay marriage movement for its financial support in the last election.
Obama's EEOC Nominee
Would Redefine Marriage. Chai Feldblum, Obama's nominee for the EEOC, aims to fundamentally
change America's definition of marriage. Feldblum is perhaps the nation's leading LGBT (lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender) rights activist. A graduate of Harvard Law School, once Legislative Counsel for
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), she's now Professor of Law at Georgetown University. She's
also a self-avowed lesbian.
DOMA Repeal Introduced, Faces Stiff Opposition.
A new challenge has arisen to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 federal marriage law that gives states
the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages from other states and prevents federal recognition of gay
marriage. ... H.R. 3567, which already has 91 co-sponsors, would mandate the acceptance of same-sex
marriages under the law nationwide so long as the marriage was legally performed in one of the four states
with active same-sex marriage laws.
Unequal marriages.
According to the work of Harvard trained Dr. Stanley Kurtz and others, rapid destabilization of the entire
institution of marriage has been an unintended consequence of recognizing same-sex marriages.
The Institution Formerly
Known As Marriage. The Iowa court's recent decision does not simply broaden marriage, it radically changes
its nature. While marriage previously served public purposes of attaching mothers and fathers to their children
and one another, now marriage merely serves as affirmation of adult feelings.
Opponents of gay marriage to rally in Augusta
Sunday. More than 1,000 gay-marriage opponents are expected to rally in Augusta for an evening event
Sunday [9/13/2009] featuring religious and conservative leaders from across Maine and the country. It's the second
such rally held in the state capital this year and it's designed to inspire and motivate same-sex marriage opponents, said
the Rev. Bob Emrich, of Plymouth, one of the organizers.
Black clergy opposing gay marriage resent
civil rights comparision. Black clergy have long opposed the march toward legal same-sex
marriages. Now, they're also challenging the growing efforts of gay-marriage supporters to frame
the issue as a civil rights cause.
California high court upholds gay marriage
ban. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday [5/26/2009], but
it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.
Prop. 8: Schwarzenegger says he'll carry out court's ruling.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said this morning that he would carry out the Supreme Court's ruling backing
Proposition 8 but that he believes gay couples should have the right to marry and would obtain it
someday through an initiative or the courts. "He voted no on Prop. 8. He supports the idea
of giving same-sex couples the right to marry. I think he was hoping it would go the other way,"
said spokesman Aaron McLear.
Prop 8
protesters blocking traffic in California. Hundreds of people, protesting the State Supreme Court's decision
to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage, have formed a human blockade at Van Ness Avenue and Grove Street, shutting down
traffic and causing disruptions on Muni bus lines.
The Editor says...
I just don't get it. The voters of California rejected the idea of same-sex marriage. The
state's Supreme Court upheld the law. And now an angry mob takes to the streets... for what
possible purpose? How is that going to change anyone's opinion, or the law itself?
Gay Marriage Advocates
in California Face Another Setback. The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 yesterday [5/26/2009],
the initiative Golden State voters approved last fall to amend our state's constitution to recognize only unions between
one man and one woman as marriages. Now advocates of gay marriage have their work cut out for them. Since the
court refused to respond favorably to their opinion, they must go back to the people and ask them to reverse Prop 8.
To do that, they'll need make a better case than they did last fall.
Miss
California Is Braver Than Some Pastors. I never thought that I would mention Perez Hilton in one of
my columns, much less publically thank him for being an obnoxious, culturally-toxic chunky gay man, but thank you
Perez — or whatever the heck your name is.
Why do I thank him? Well, I thank him because his inappropriate, gay agenda-laden beauty queen litmus test
regarding homosexuals getting hitched-up afforded Miss California the opportunity to stand up for the
biblical definition of marriage...
The
Destruction of Miss California. Most polls show that the majority of Americans agree with
[Carrie] Prejean, including the president of the United States. Yet since she made that statement
as Miss California, the woman has been persecuted in the media.
Miss
California is the Left's new Sarah Palin. [All the fuss] seems absurd given the low interest in
these events let alone the improbability of anyone caring about the views expressed by the contestants during
the question and answer phase. Let's face it: people tuning in to watch such a spectacle aren't
doing so to get a tutorial on current events and pressing issues of the day.
Gay Tail Wags Hetero
Dog. Those who say the militant homosexual activists' goal is to live and let live apparently aren't
following their reaction to Prejean and Hilton, which proves the militants will not tolerate an opposing viewpoint.
Those who doubt their persistence might be surprised on a not-too-distant day when most states have succumbed to the
bullying and changed their definitions of marriage.
Carrie On the Tradition.
Beyond applauding Carrie and her steadfastness, I think an important point should be made. Asking a woman
in a beauty contest to testify against the sacrament of marriage between a man and a woman is an intrinsically
absurd proposition. If her presence in such an event has any point, it is to highlight the gift of
womanhood, to proclaim to men that God has prepared for them a perfect partner. To ask a woman engaged
in celebrating her femininity to declare that it is fine if a man chooses to refuse this gift is a negation of
what she is trying to communicate.
The (Same) Sex Issue.
It is unbelievable how wretched and wormy the liberal media have been regarding Carrie Prejean's comments
regarding same sex marriage. Here she was expressing the views of probably over 90 percent of
Americans, to wit (1) America is a great country because opposing views are allowed, protected even.
(2) But for her, she was brought up as a Christian and guides her life on those precepts, and thus (3) She
believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Fortunately Donald Trump put it all in perspective
by noting that she was saying nothing more that what President Obama has said about the same subject!
Axelrod: Prejean is a
dog. How much longer will this country be able to endure the utter contempt these progressives
have for traditional American values? When will conservatives begin to stand up for this young woman and
the values she is defending?
The Donald Didn't
Duck. It's an odd day when Donald Trump becomes your hero. But that's the new light I see him in,
standing beside Miss California as she withstood the worst kind of public incivility, just for giving an honest answer
to a question about a fundamental institution in American life. Truth be told, "hero" might be overkill.
But Trump, for whatever his reasons, deserves credit for how he handled the Carrie Prejean controversy.
This is a side-track, and yet I'm inclined to follow it...
Lessons
From A Beauty Pageant. No one tells Donald Trump what to do. Trump has de-crowned beauty queens
before, upon release of photos. I suppose Prejean may have technically broken pageant rules by not
disclosing them, but contrary to what the magnitude of media coverage suggests, this isn't a murder trial.
This is The Donald's world, in which he is judge, jury and executioner. I doubt that his foremost consideration,
in determining Prejean's fate, was to safeguard the integrity and good name of a skin parade.
Update: Donald Trump is no hero after all.
Exclusive: Miss California Carrie Prejean Loses
Her Crown. Less than a month after being told by Donald Trump that she can keep her Miss California
crown, Carrie Prejean was fired on Wednesday [6/10/2009]. In a release first obtained by FOXNews.com, K2 Productions,
the independent producers of the Miss California USA pageant, under license from Miss Universe, cited continued breach of
contract issues as the reason for Prejean's firing.
Yes, Marriage Can Be Saved From the Gay Lobby.
Since the April defeats for traditional marriage in the Iowa Supreme Court, the Vermont Legislature and the
Washington, D.C., City Council, Americans in the other 48 states are quietly stress-testing their legal
defenses against the spread of legalized same-sex marriage. The Iowa ruling was particularly shocking.
Not one of Iowa's seven supreme court justices, who were appointed by both Republican and Democratic governors
over the past 15 years, could identify a valid public purpose for the institution that has guided our
civilization for thousands of years.
How Iowa Happened: By now, everyone knows
that the Supreme Court of Iowa has imposed same sex "marriage" on the heartland of America, a mere 10 years after the
people of that state had expressly voted against it. What very few people know is exactly how unfair this fight
really was. Not only was the line-up within the courtroom imbalanced, but the trial court refused to hear relevant
evidence. When the case made its way to the Iowa Supreme Court, they didn't behave much better.
Iowa, A Great Place To Be From. The
state in which I was born and raised has become the latest judicial laboratory for deviant social policy. In a
unanimous vote last week, the Iowa Supreme Court created the "right" to same-sex marriage. As is always the case,
the voters had no direct say in the matter. Their state senators and representatives had acted responsibly on the
matter several years ago by defining marriage as what it is — a union of one man and one woman. But that no
longer matters in America, where we now live not in a representative republic but rather under a left-wing judicial
oligarchy.
Protecting parenthood.
Barbara Maniaci is asking the high court to come down from the mountain with the legal equivalent of the Ten Commandments,
or more particularly the traditional Fifth Commandment: "Honor thy father and mother." What she hopes for from
the distinguished justices is no less than a promise that the state of Montana will, must and should "honor the mothers
and fathers' of all legally recognized families, and shall not take away inalienable parental rights or bestow them
upon others because of a political agenda that would allow gay rights to trump family law.
Same-sex marriage foes push for a
vote. Almost as soon as the Iowa Supreme Court issued its historic decision legalizing
same-sex marriage, gay marriage foes began lobbying legislators to debate a proposed constitutional
amendment limiting marriage to heterosexual couples. That is "exceedingly unlikely," said Senate
Majority Leader Michael Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs. He vowed Monday [4/6/2009] not to take up the
issue in the Senate.
D.C. eyes gay
marriage recognition. The D.C. Council will consider Tuesday [4/14/2009] whether to recognize
domestic partnerships granted in other states and countries — a decision that could serve as a
prelude to the city's own attempt to legalize same-sex marriage.
Vermont becomes 4th state to allow
gay marriage. Vermont legalized gay marriage on Tuesday [4/7/2009] after lawmakers overrode a veto
from the governor by a wafer-thin margin, making the New England state the fourth in the United States where
gays can wed.
Married to
Liberty?. Last week, the Iowa supreme court found a constitutional right to gay marriage,
rejecting the arguments for marriage accepted by the state supreme courts of New York, Maryland, and Washington.
Thus did the Iowa court, as my colleague at the National Organization for Marriage Brian Brown said, "misuse the law to
impose an untruth on unwilling Iowans: Same-sex unions are not marriages and Iowans should not be forced to treat
them as such by law."
Will Iowa Become a Homosexual Mecca? Shock,
amazement, anger, disgust. All were feelings experienced by Iowa conservatives last Friday [4/3/2009] after the state Supreme
Court issued a unanimous decision which allows same sex marriages in the Hawkeye state. The Court struck down the
existing law which states, "[O]nly marriage between a male and a female is valid," proclaiming in a sixty-nine page
decision that the statute was unconstitutional. ... The Court ignored both Iowa public opinion and its constitutional
duty to interpret the statute rather than enacting public policy.
Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption
ban. A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from
adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone
to prohibit anyone from adopting. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal
protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents, rejecting the state's arguments that there is "a
supposed dark cloud hovering over homes of homosexuals and their children."
Why America's Culture Is Being Undermined: New
York State now dignifies homosexuality to the point of considering two females as the parents of a newborn. And New
York State is not alone in taking such action. The bedrock of any worthwhile civilization, the traditional
family, has been undermined and has now been officially denigrated. No government bureau would have dared circulate
such a directive only a few decades in the past. A solid foundation of traditional morality would have made it
impossible to even consider such a departure during past millennia. But America's culture is changing, and the
gradual acceptance of same-sex "marriage" is just one example. But why is America changing?
Pestered Prop 8 donors file
suit. After giving $10,000 to California's Proposition 8 campaign last year, Charles LiMandri began receiving
some unexpected correspondence. "I got about two dozen e-mails and hate phone calls," said Mr. LiMandri, who lives
in San Diego. "They were calling me Nazi, homophobe, bigot. I tried to engage people once or twice -- I
said that Proposition 8 had nothing to do with being bigoted, it was about preserving marriage -- but people
don't want to engage on the issue." As a lawyer, however, Mr. LiMandri knew what to do with the e-mails.
Judge Orders Homosexuals' Names
Placed on Adopted Boy's Louisiana Birth Certificate. The State of Louisiana is expected to appeal
a federal court decision last week ordering the state's Office of Vital Records to change a child's birth
certificate to list two homosexual men as his parents.
Cloaking
Extremism: Obama and Same-Sex Marriage. Obama declares his support for "civil unions,"
identifies the legal recognition of homosexual relationships as a matter of "civil rights," and parrots the
line of the supporters of same-sex marriage that affording gay couples those "rights" works him and others no
harm in their own (heterosexual) marriages. But as a former teacher of constitutional law, he surely
also knows that civil unions were the wedge employed by the California supreme court to crack open the
tradition of marriage and declare that "equality" required the final step be taken from civil unions to
full-fledged marriage. Speaking of the "civil rights" of same-sex couples in egalitarian tones, as
Obama does, is an invitation to courts to continue this strategy.
Massachusetts couple who led
gay marriage fight to divorce. A lesbian couple who led the fight for gay marriage in
Massachusetts has filed for divorce. Julie and Hillary Goodridge were among seven gay couples
who filed a lawsuit that led to a court ruling making Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex
marriages in 2004. The couple became the public face of the debate in the state and married the
first day same-sex marriages became legal.
The New
Blacklist. Strange times we live in when it takes a ballot initiative to confirm the
definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Stranger still when endorsing that
definition through the democratic process brings threats and reprisals. In November, the San
Francisco Chronicle published the names and home addresses of everyone who donated money in support of
California's Proposition 8 marriage initiative. All available information, plus the amount
donated, was broadcast. My name is on that list.
California
Supreme Court looks unlikely to kill Proposition 8. State justices appear unwilling to overturn
the gay-marriage ban but suggest that pre-vote weddings are valid.
Gay Marriage
vs. Democracy: [The citizens of California] don't believe gays should be allowed to unite under
the name of marriage. In 2000, more than 61 percent of voters supported a ballot measure barring such
unions. That didn't mean the voters get their way. Last summer, the state Supreme Court struck the
law down on the ground that it violated the California Constitution by discriminating on the basis of sexual
orientation.
The
Unconstitutional Constitution. Last November, 13,402,566 California voters expressed themselves
for or against Proposition 8, which said that their state's Constitution should be amended to define
marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. The voters, confident that they had a right to
decide this question by referendum, endorsed Proposition 8 by a margin of 52.3 to 47.7. Now comes
California's attorney general, Jerry Brown — always a fountain of novel arguments — with
a 111-page brief asking the state Supreme Court to declare the constitutional amendment unconstitutional.
SF
City Attorney to file legal challenge to Prop 8. The San Francisco City Attorney's office
says he plans to challenge the validity of a ballot measure that would change the state constitution to
ban gay marriage. Spokesman Matt Dorsey says City Attorney Dennis Herrera will file the legal
challenge in the California Supreme Court if the measure passes.
Civil rights groups challenge
Prop 8 in court. Civil rights groups moved quickly today to challenge Proposition 8,
asking the California Supreme Court to strike down the latest attempt to ban same-sex marriage across
the state. While refusing to concede that the ballot measure has passed, gay marriage supporters
nevertheless filed a petition with the state's high court in the event the current vote holds and
Proposition 8 amends the California constitution to once again outlaw marriage for gay and
lesbian couples.
The Editor says...
Why have elections if the state Supreme Court can override them?
Thousands in Salt
Lake City protest LDS stance on same-sex marriage. Opponents of a measure that banned gay
marriage in California took their outrage to the spiritual hub of Mormonism on Friday [11/7/2008]. More
than 3,000 people swarmed downtown Salt Lake City to march past the LDS temple and church headquarters,
protesting Mormon involvement in the campaign for California's Proposition 8.
San Francisco Challenging Prop. 8 Results.
San Francisco intends to take the legal battle over same-sex marriage to the state Supreme Court. Meanwhile,
Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger has expressed disappointment over the passage last week of Proposition 8, which
bans gay marriage in California.
L.A. County to join Prop. 8 suits.
Los Angeles County supervisors voted Wednesday [11/12/2008] to join cities and counties in lawsuits against the
same-sex marriage ban, a move cheered by gays and lesbians who say they'll step up protests to overturn the
divisive measure approved by voters last week.
If
Democracy Doesn't Work, Try Anarchy. [Scroll down] What's wrong with this picture?
Lots. First, there's the obvious inability of the minority to accept the will of the majority.
Californians have spoken twice, through the elections in 2000 and 2008. Nearly every county across the
state (including Los Angeles County) voted to amend the state constitution in favor of traditional marriage.
Nevertheless, bitter activists simply cannot accept the outcome as being truly reflective of the general public.
Donor Disclosure Has Its Downsides. We
have secret balloting for obvious reasons. ... And yet the mandatory public disclosure of financial donations to political
campaigns in almost every state and at the federal level renders people's fears and vulnerability all too real.
Proposition 8 — California's recently passed constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage by ensuring
that marriage in that state remains between a man and a woman — is a dramatic case in point.
Gay Activists Boycott Backers
of Prop 8. Soon after California's passage of a initiative banning same-sex marriage last month, dozens of
gay activists descended on the El Coyote restaurant with signs and placards. They chanted "Shame on you," cussed at
patrons and began a boycott of the cafe. The restaurants's [sic] crime: A daughter of the owner donated $100
to support Proposition 8, the antigay-marriage initiative approved by voters.
The New Culture War.
[Pastor Rick] Warren is comfortably in the American mainstream. ... Warren, in short, is an unlikely hate figure,
more Billy Graham than Pat Robertson. But he has a black mark against him for those yelping in rage about
his participation in the inauguration. He believes what a majority of Americans do, what the vast majority
of the planet does, and what all major religions maintain about marriage: namely, it should be defined as
between a man and a woman.
California Supreme Court to take up gay
marriage ban. California's highest court has agreed to hear legal challenges to a new ban on
gay marriage, but is refusing to allow gay couples to resume marrying until it rules. The California
Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted three lawsuits seeking to overturn Proposition 8.
Florida, California voters approve gay-marriage
bans. A ban on gay marriage, which is already illegal in Florida, looks like it will be
enshrined in the state Constitution. The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment is one of four
constitutional changes that appeared headed for approval with 95 percent of statewide precincts
reporting.
Progressivism's
Achilles Heel. Something interesting happened on Election Day that didn't get much attention.
Bans on gay marriage were on ballots in several states, and they all won. In fact, gay marriage bans have
ultimately passed in all 30 of the states in which they were on the ballot.
California ban on same-sex marriage
struck down. The California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage
Thursday [5/15/2008], saying sexual orientation, like race or gender, "does not constitute a legitimate basis
upon which to deny or withhold legal rights." In a 4-3 120-page ruling issue, the justices wrote that
"responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual's sexual orientation."
California's Top Court Overturns Same-Sex
Marriage Ban. The California Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage Thursday, calling
such a prohibition unconstitutional and paving the way for California to become the second state where gay
and lesbian residents can marry. In the 4-3 decision, Chief Justice Ron George wrote for the majority
that domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage.
Gay Rights vs. Democracy:
The high court of California has made gay marriage into a right that is immune from restriction by the majority of citizens in the
state. We already know what California citizens think about gay marriage: they oppose it. A referendum outlawing
gay marriage was passed with the support of the state's voters. More than 60 percent of voters cast their ballots
against gay marriage. How, then, can a court invalidate the referendum and over-rule the will of the people? Basically
through a kind of legal fraud.
Obama's Mandate for Nationalized Same-Sex
Marriage. Appearing Monday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Joe Biden made the most high-profile
statement yet of the Obama-Biden position on same-sex marriage. DeGeneres asked where he stands on
California's Proposition 8, a 14-word proposal that says, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is
valid or recognized in California." Those exact words were enacted originally as a California statute
in 2000, when 61 percent of voters approved Proposition 22, the California Defense of Marriage Act.
A Line in the Sand for
Same-Sex Marriage Foes. While the battle over same-sex marriage has been all but invisible in the
presidential race this year, it is raging like a wind-whipped wildfire in California. Conservative religious
leaders from across the country are pouring time, talent and millions of dollars into the state in support of
Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriage.
What same-sex "marriage" has
done to Massachusetts. Homosexual "marriage" hangs over society like a hammer with the force
of law. And it's only just begun. It's pretty clear that the homosexual movement's obsession
with marriage is not because large numbers of them actually want to marry each other. Research shows
that homosexual relationships are fundamentally dysfunctional on many levels, and "marriage" as we know it
isn't something they can achieve, or even desire. (In fact, over the last three months, the Sunday
Boston Globe's marriage section hasn't had any photos of homosexual marriages. In the beginning it was
full of them.) This is about putting the legal stamp of approval on homosexuality and imposing it with force
throughout the various social and political institutions of a society that would never accept it otherwise.
Tyranny In the Name of Progress:
California
court bans religious objections to same-sex pregnancies. Once again, judges in California have
taken sides in the culture wars. On Monday [8/18/2008], in North Coast Women's Care v. Benitez, the Golden State's
highest court ruled that doctors may not rely on their religious principles to refuse in-vitro fertilization
for same-sex couples. The decision runs roughshod over the First Amendment's free-exercise clause,
seeking to supplant Judeo-Christian principles with the state-imposed religion of secularism. This is a
false choice under the federal Constitution, which makes room for both.
California
Court Strips Children of Right to Mother and Father. Most of the media coverage of the California
Supreme Court's decision has focused on the court's declaration that there is a right to same-sex marriage.
The ruling invalidated California's Proposition 22, a state ballot initiative that passed with 61 percent
of the vote in 2000, and which banned same-sex marriage in the state. But the California Supreme Court
decision goes beyond simply giving same-sex couples the right to call their unions a "marriage." It also
strips children of the right not to be artificially conceived or adopted by people other than a mother and
a father.
Governor signs "1913 Law"
repeal with gala State House ceremony. After the Legislature kept their promises to the
homosexual lobby and even passed the new, practically referendum-proof version of the 1913 Law repeal on
Wednesday afternoon [7/30/2008], the Governor wasted no time having a splashy State House signing ceremony.
The New York Times is surprised to find...
A Poll
Finds Californians Still Oppose Gay Marriage. More than half of Californians support a proposed ballot
measure that would overturn a recent ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the state, a poll has found. Fifty-four
percent of registered voters would back the measure, according to the survey by The Los Angeles Times and KTLA-TV.
Thirty-five percent oppose the proposed measure, which is expected to be on the November ballot.
Gay Marriage Returns.
California's Supreme Court is not the law of the land, but its 4-3 ruling, titled "In re Marriage Cases" for
six consolidated appeals, explicitly told both the state's voters and its elected legislature to get lost.
Back in 2000, California voters by 61% approved a proposition asserting that the state could only recognize a
"marriage" between man and woman. Now comes the court.
Gov.
Moonbeam's Revenge: By the narrowest of margins, the California supreme court ruled Thursday
[5/15/2008] that Proposition 22, passed by 62 percent of California voters in 2000, is
unconstitutional. ... On the legal front, this opinion breaks radically new ground: The California
supreme court is the first in the country to find a fundamental right to same-sex marriage. ... In
a slam-dunk for gay-marriage advocates, the Court also affirmed a sweeping equal-protection right to gay
marriage, grounded in the right to have one's family relationships accorded equal respect and dignity.
The End of 'We
the People'. Anyone desiring a preview of what the federal judiciary would look like under
a Barack Obama administration need look no further than a narrow ruling by the Connecticut Supreme Court
allowing same-sex "marriage." By a 4-3 margin, the high court deprived Connecticut citizens of the
right to limit marriage and, thus, societal approval, to the legal and covenantal relationship between a
man and a woman. The ruling cannot be appealed, in keeping with the dictatorial mind-set of the
majority.
Hallmark Adds Same-Sex
Marriage Cards. Most states don't recognize gay marriage — but now Hallmark
does. The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards —
featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. "Two
hearts. One promise," one says.
Care Enough to Send the Very Worst.
Hallmark, a privately owned company and the biggest name in greeting cards, is releasing same-sex marriage cards.
This latest marketing venture comes despite the fact that homosexual "marriage" has only been imposed by the courts
in two states. The cards include two tuxedos on the front or two hearts intertwined.
California court won't delay gay weddings until vote.
California's highest court on Tuesday refused to stay until after the November election its decision legalizing
same-sex marriage in the state. Conservative religious and legal groups had asked the California Supreme
Court to stop its order from becoming effective until voters have the chance to weigh in on the issue.
The Editor says...
The voters have already "weighed in on the issue" when they voted on Proposition 22 That's
why the Supreme Court's ruling is so repugnant.
County clerk will
stop performing weddings before same-sex couples can apply for licenses. Kern County Clerk Ann Barnett has
announced that her office will stop performing all weddings a few days before June 17, the date that same-sex couples
can legally apply for marriage licenses. Barnett's staff processes marriage licenses for hundreds of Kern County
residents each year and it will continue to do, for both straight and gay couples, beginning June 17 as required by
law, she said in a written statement.
Two California
counties to halt all weddings, gay or not. County officials in at least two California counties
say they'll stop performing all wedding ceremonies by next week, arguing that they don't have enough resources
to marry both gay and straight couples. Officials in Kern and Butte counties cited budget and staffing
constraints as the rationale for halting the ceremonies.
Update:
California Supreme
Court keeps anti-gay marriage initiative on ballot. A voter initiative to reinstate a ban on
same-sex marriage will remain on the November ballot, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously
Wednesday [7/16/2008]. The court issued a brief order rejecting arguments that the initiative,
Proposition 8, was an illegal constitutional revision and that voters had been misled when they
signed petitions to put it on the ballot.
Proposition
8 -- the case for traditional marriage. California voters were taken aback by the May 15
California Supreme Court (4-3) decision that reversed the votes of 4.5 million Californians who said
"yes" to traditional marriage in 2000. Proposition 22, which legally defined marriage as between
one man and one woman, was passed overwhelmingly in November 2000. Essentially, the court by a slim
4-3 decision overturned the will of the people and said "no" to 63 percent of San Diego County voters.
Victory for Christian registrar who refused
to carry out gay 'weddings'. A Christian registrar who was harassed and discriminated against after she
refused to carry out same-sex civil partnership ceremonies has won a key legal battle. Lillian Ladele, 47, said that
she was treated like a pariah by colleagues at Islington council in North London after she said that she could not carry
out the ceremonies as a matter of religious conscience.
Christian
registrar who refused to marry gay couples reveals bullying ordeal. The devout Christian registrar who won a
landmark legal battle over her refusal to carry out gay 'weddings' has spoken for the first time about the devastating
campaign of bullying she suffered at the hands of her politically correct colleagues. Lillian Ladele says she was
treated as a 'pariah' because her traditional values were at odds with the dogmatism of equalities-obsessed Islington
Council.
California same-sex weddings will
affect other states. After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who
marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges. Many will return home to states which explicitly
reject same-sex unions. Major gay-rights groups are urging them not to rush into lawsuits demanding that their marriages
be recognized. Lawyers warn that they may have difficulty divorcing if things go awry.
That's No
Man, That's My Wife. As you may have noticed, the California Supreme Court recently decided by
a 4-3 margin to green light same-sex marriages. In doing so, they over-turned a ballot measure that
61% of the voters approved in 2000, which stated that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and
recognized in California." Although there is nothing in the state constitution that warrants that vote
being set aside by four jurists, these days there's nothing unusual about 56% of the judges over-ruling
61% of the electorate.
Male
priests marry in Anglican church's first gay 'wedding'. Two male priests exchanged vows and rings in a
ceremony that was conducted using one of the church's most traditional wedding rites — a decision seen as
blasphemous by conservatives. The ceremony broke Church of England guidelines and was carried out last month in
defiance of the Bishop of London, in whose diocese it took place.
Same-Sex Marriage
and Immoral SUVs: There is a verse in the Bible that comes to mind: "So justice is driven back, and
righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter" (Isaiah 59:14). It's a
prophetic utterance of a time when judgment would be turned inside out and backward. Right would be wrong, wrong would
be right and truth would be the victim, having "stumbled in the streets." It would seem we are there. At the same
times as the New York Times was implying that anyone driving an SUV is committing an immoral act, they were praising the new
age of freedom being ushered in by the California rush of same-sex marriages.
The Editor says...
The book of Isaiah is full of interesting reading, mainly because of its many long-range predictions that
turned out to be true. The verse quoted above is quite applicable, but read the next verse (59:15) as well:
"Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a
prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no
judgment."*
Mormon Church enters
gay marriage fight. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking California members to
join the effort to amend that state's constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Same-sex marriage
decision may help Republicans. The California Supreme Court's historic ruling affirming the
right of same-sex couples to marry is certain to inject the issue into the 2008 presidential race and could
help Republicans by serving up a red-meat issue to rally conservative voters. The court's 4-3 decision
echoes the Massachusetts Supreme Court's ruling legalizing gay marriage before the last presidential election
in 2004, which led San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
Wedded to
Activism. The California supreme court, by a 4-to-3 margin, ruled Thursday that it is not
sufficient that California has enacted a domestic-partnership scheme that makes available to same-sex couples
"virtually all of the same substantive legal benefits and privileges" as marriage. The court instead
invented a "right of same-sex couples to have their official family relationship accorded the same
dignity, respect, and stature as that accorded to all other officially recognized family relationships."
In short, it required that marriage itself — both the term and the institution — be
redefined to be fully available to same-sex couples.
Over The Threshold. The civil
purpose of marriage is not and never has been to reaffirm the love of two people for one another. Nor is marriage
primarily a business arrangement. This country and healthy societies around the world and throughout history have
given marriage special legal protection because of the recognition that it's the one institution that ensures the
society's future through the orderly upbringing of children.
California
Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Fuels a Battle, Rather Than Ending It. [Mathew D.] Staver, the founder and chairman
of Liberty Counsel, a Florida group that defends traditional marriage, flew to Dallas on Thursday night [5/15/2008] for a late
dinner meeting with a fund-raiser. The topic was how to finance a campaign for the California Marriage Protection Act, a
November ballot initiative that would amend the state Constitution and effectively undo the court's decision. … The
amendment would insert 14 words into the California Constitution — "Only marriage between a man and a woman
is valid and recognized in California"….
You Can Fight The Imposition Of Same-Sex Marriage In
America. On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that same-sex marriage should be legal
in the state. This decision was made despite millions of voters approving Proposition 22 in 2000.
Proposition 22 stated clearly that the people of California wanted marriage to be only a union of one man and one
woman. Proposition 22 expressed the will of 61.4% of California citizens. But their will has been
overthrown by four liberal activist judges on the California Supreme Court.
Activist wamts
to impeach judge for gay ruling. A conservative political activist is demanding that the Iowa
Legislature impeach Polk County District Judge Robert Hanson, who ruled last month that state's ban on gay
marriage is unconstitutional. Bill Salier, a Nora Springs farmer and former Republican candidate for
U.S. Senate, said Wednesday [9/12/2007] that he is passing petitions favoring the judge's impeachment.
"Gays"
Don't Want "Marriage" After All. Getting married isn't even on the radar screen for the vast
majority of homosexuals. … By co-opting and misapplying the language of the genuine civil rights movement,
homosexual activists — along with kindred leftists in the media, government and elsewhere —
are making considerable strides toward reshaping our culture. They've enjoyed much success in attaining
official government recognition of a disordered and empty, though demonstrably mutable, sexual lifestyle.
Another
case against gay parents raising kids. London author Dawn Stefanowicz has published a compelling
memoir entitled "Out From Under: The Impact of Homosexual Parenting." In this compelling book, she
presents an open and honest account of her anguishing experiences as a child growing up in a dysfunctional home
dominated by a homosexual father and a submissive mother.
Civil unions aren't
marriage. In a 3½-hour session that sounded sometimes like a law school seminar and sometimes like a
radio talk show, the California Supreme Court this week wrestled with the question of whether the state Constitution's
guarantee of "equal protection of the laws" requires the recognition of same-sex marriages.
NHS
could pay surrogates £15,000 to have babies for gays. Surrogate mothers could be given up
to £15,000 of Health Service money to have children for gay couples, it emerged yesterday [1/30/2008].
An NHS trust is considering funding the service for infertile couples -- whether they are heterosexual
or of the same-sex.
Gore
Expresses Support for Homosexual Marriage. Al Gore, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and
self-proclaimed "inventor of the Internet," has earned a new moniker: champion of homosexual
marriage. And while some observers are excited about Gore's endorsement of same-sex marriage, the laws
at the state level show overall that traditional marriage is supported by a vast majority of Americans and
legislatures.
Philadelphia
Mayor Presides Over Same-Sex 'Wedding'. Outgoing Philadelphia Mayor John Street officiated at
his first same-sex commitment ceremony at City Hall on Saturday [11/24/2007]. A pro-family
organization said the event marked a "dark day in the history of the City of Brotherly Love."
Court:
Gay marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York. An appeals court has ruled
that a gay couple's marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York. The Appellate Division
of state Supreme Court today reversed a judge's ruling in 2006 that Monroe Community College did
not have to extend health benefits to an employee's lesbian partner.
Massachusetts Liberals
Unhinged. [Eileen] McNamara's column encapsulates the haughtiness with which liberals proselytize
their social scheme and the utter disdain with which they hold those who do not agree with their attempts to
impose their will on an unreceptive public. In essence, she is saying that if you don't agree with the
proponents of same sex marriage, you are a bigot. This episode has laid bare the elitist, insufferable
and anti-democratic nature of liberalism for all to see.
Who's
to blame for anti-gay-marriage initiatives? Homosexual relationships surely have existed
throughout history, but homosexuals have not sought marriage rights nor has any society formally sanctioned
such relationships through its laws, that is until the late 20th century, and then in just a very few
societies. Now, some judges in the United States have cast aside tradition and law in favor of an
experiment in reordering society, without the democratic consent of the citizens of the affected
communities. Should it surprise anyone that a backlash has ensued?
Maryland taxpayers may be
forced to subsidize homosexual lifestyle. Pro-family activist Matt Barber is warning Maryland
taxpayers that they may soon be forced to support the homosexual lifestyle with their pocketbooks. Barber,
policy director for cultural issues for Concerned Women for America, says Maryland appears on the fast track
to becoming the 15th state to grant domestic partner benefits to homosexual state employees.
Governor flies flag for gay
marriage in pride parade. Onlookers cheered and waved "thank you" signs yesterday as Deval
Patrick became the first governor to march in Boston's gay pride parade, days before an anticipated vote
on a ballot question that could bar same-sex marriages.
Court Restores Nebraska's
Same-Sex Marriage Ban. Supporters of banning gay marriage won two major court rulings Friday
[7/14/2006], with a federal appeals court reinstating Nebraska's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage
and the Tennessee Supreme Court dismissing an effort to keep a proposed ban off the November ballot.
Gay
"marriage": [Homosexuals] argue against a "ban on gay marriage" but marriage has for centuries
meant a union of a man and a woman. There is no gay marriage to ban. Analogies with bans against
interracial marriage are bogus. Race is not part of the definition of marriage.
Bias in the Headlines:
The Walt Disney Company's decision to allow same-sex couples to purchase the high-end Fairy Tale Wedding Package
has generated lots of news coverage — with headlines frequently biased in favor of so-called homosexual
"marriage." … Gay "marriage" is not recognized in Florida or California, where Disney's amusement parks
are located. The ceremonies that will be performed on the company's properties and cruise ships will not
be weddings. They will be commitment ceremonies, which have been performed in Disney parks for some time.
Massachusetts
lawmakers approve gay marriage vote. Massachusetts lawmakers approved a measure on Tuesday
[1/2/2007] that could give voters a chance next year to ban gay marriage in the only U.S. state where it is now
legal. But the 200-member Legislature, which has been waging a grueling legislative battle over the issue,
immediately moved to reconsider its vote — a tactic that gay-marriage supporters hope could be used
to defeat the proposal later Tuesday.
Gay Impasse: Social policy
throughout the United States has evolved from the conviction that unions between men and women bring forth
welcome fruits, primarily the children who become citizen-successors and provide for the continuation of the
state. In terms of civil status, such a union is — and is called — marriage.
A marriage has derivative rights and responsibilities, including child care. The gay lobby seeks to
neutralize those special inducements to marriage.
New
Jersey Supreme Court Says there is No Fundamental Right to Same-Sex Marriage. In a decision that
came dangerously close to authorizing same-sex marriage, the New Jersey Supreme Court concluded in the case of
Lewis v. Harris that there was, in fact, no constitutional right under the New Jersey Constitution for
same-sex marriage. This aspect of the opinion is very important. … The court noted that both
the U.S. Supreme Court and decisions in New Jersey "fall far short of establishing" that same-sex
marriage was a fundamental right.
Homosexual Marriage In Canada Killing Free
Speech. The legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada has put law and religion on a collision
course. The Catholic organization, the Knights of Columbus, in Port Coquitlam, B.C., was required to pay
a fine for causing 'hurt feelings,' when it denied the use of the organization's hall to a lesbian couple to
celebrate their wedding. Religion-based social services, such as counseling and adoption services, are
now required to conform to the same-sex marriage law. The tax-exempt status of churches has become the
subject of intimidation and harassment.
Labour
kills off 'husbands' and 'wives' . Labour has removed the traditional terms
"husband", "wife" and "spouse" from a wide range of official forms, and replaced them with
the word "partner". Civil servants at Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, which is
responsible for tax collection, yesterday [11/17/2007] admitted the new term was a
convenient "catch-all" and a part of "modern language". The move is said to take into
consideration the range of relationships that now have a legal standing.
Gays cannot 'marry' in New
York. New York's highest court ruled yesterday [7/6/2006] that the state's marriage laws are
constitutional and that homosexual couples cannot "marry."
Homosexuals at the Boston
Globe told to marry or lose benefits. Memo to Boston Globe gay and lesbian Guild employees:
Get married or lose your domestic partner benefits. Globe staffers have been told that health and dental
benefits for gay employees' domestic partners are being discontinued. Gay couples who want to keep their
benefits must marry by January 1, 2007.
Why Did Hagel Vanish for Marriage
Vote? The "conventional wisdom" just can't explain Nebraska. The "conventional
wisdom" (read: liberal media spin) on last week's U.S. Senate vote regarding the Marriage Protection
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was that the vote was scheduled for purely political reasons — to
mobilize the Republican Party's conservative base for the November midterm congressional elections.
Marriage is
about children. The debate over the federal marriage amendment is really a debate about
children. Or, at least it should be, because at its core marriage is really all about children.
Society, and therefore government, has a direct and compelling interest in children. They are the
future of any society and a society that is not recruiting suitable replacements in sustainable numbers
is at best in decline and possibly facing extinction.
Constitutional
convention? Supporters of a constitutional amendment to keep the courts from legalizing
homosexual marriage, stunned by poor support in the recent Senate vote, are beginning a campaign for a
constitutional convention.
Bait and
switch: Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) was one of the few who actually talked about the Marriage
Protection Amendment itself. He called any vote for the amendment "a vote for bigotry, pure and
simple." Well, that's pretty straightforward. If Mr. Kennedy is correct, then about half the
Senate, the president of the United States, the Pope, Billy Graham, the late Mother Teresa, Franklin Roosevelt,
the Founding Fathers and a majority of the U.S. electorate are or were drooling, raving hatemongers.
Eleven States
Vote to Ban Same-sex Marriage. In a resounding, coast-to-coast rejection of
gay marriage, voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments [on Election Day] limiting
marriage to one man and one woman. The bans won by a margin of 3 to 1 in Kentucky
and Georgia, 3 to 2 in Ohio, and 6 to 1 in Mississippi.
Alaska legislators balk
on same-sex benefits. The state Legislature decided Monday [11/20/2006] to flout a court order
to provide health insurance for gay partners of state employees. Now it remains to be seen what
effect, if any, the legislation will have.
[Just a reminder: The legislature is supposed to make laws, not the courts.]
Gay-marriage
ban coasts. Texans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday [11/8/2005] to bolster the state's ban
on same-sex marriage by writing it into the state constitution, rejecting concerns that the broadly
worded amendment could go much further than intended.
Alabama:
'No' to gay unions. Voters overwhelmingly approved a measure banning gay marriage, making
Alabama the 20th state to amend its constitution to keep same-sex couples from the altar. With
99 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment was favored by 81 percent, or 735,057 voters,
and opposed by 19 percent, or 169,777. Forty-five states, including Indiana, have
specifically barred same-sex marriage through statutes or constitutional amendments.
Alabama Voters
Endorse Ban on Gay Marriage. Alabama voters … overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on
gay marriage Tuesday [6/7/2006], giving it 81 percent approval.
On June 7, 2006, Alabama voters approved this law, but the event
received almost no coverage in the mainstream media. Of course, there are many
other examples of suppressed news.
Judge
strikes down Georgia ban on gay marriage. A judge has struck down Georgia's ban on same-sex
marriages, saying a measure overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2004 violated a provision of the state
constitution that limits ballot questions to a single subject. The ruling by Fulton County Superior
Court Judge Constance C. Russell had been eagerly awaited by gay-rights supporters who filed the court
challenge in November 2004, soon after the constitutional ban was approved.
[This is typical leftist strategy: If you can't win at the ballot box, run to the courtroom.]
Georgia
to appeal gay marriage ban ruling. Georgia will appeal a judge's ruling that struck down its
voter-approved ban on gay marriage, and the governor said Wednesday he will call a special legislative
session if the state Supreme Court doesn't rule on the issue soon. "I think the people spoke
overwhelmingly. I think the people of Georgia knew exactly what they were voting for," Republican
Gov. Sonny Perdue said.
Same-sex
amendment? Those who wish to make a libertarian point against the amendment currently
proposed have got to grope for appropriate language, which doesn't come readily to mind. Because
the point at issue has to do not exclusively with connubial relations, but with the sanctions
that are visited by the state on connubial unions.
Conservative
Groups Boycott Ford After All. "Ford has every right to give hundreds of thousands of
dollars to groups promoting homosexual marriage. But those who oppose homosexual marriage have
every right not to buy automobiles made by Ford Motor Company," said the American Family Association,
which has reinstated its boycott against the car-maker. AFA Founder and Chairman Don Wildmon
says the year-long boycott will commence because Ford has backed out of a deal to avoid supporting
the homosexual agenda.
Update:
Support for homosexual agenda
remaining 'Ford tough'. Ford Motor Company has signed on as a major sponsor of the 2007 national
convention for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Family advocates — among
them a group boycotting the automaker and an individual soon to speak at Ford's annual shareholders
meeting — say it is just one of many moves by Ford in its ongoing support of homosexual activism.
Southwest Airlines stands by
sponsorship of DC 'homosexual pride' event. Southwest Airlines is defending its recent sponsorship
of a homosexual pride celebration in Washington, DC, last weekend. The airline says it has no regrets about
its decision.
Bringing
the church to its knees. We live in interesting times when the Catholic Church has to
defend its doctrinal beliefs regarding the adoption of children against those who insist that the
church adjust its policies to reflect the preferences of gays and lesbians.
No out-of-state gay marriages in
Massachusetts. The state's highest court ruled Thursday [3/30/2006] that same-sex
couples from other states cannot legally marry in Massachusetts.
House
rejects gay marriage ban amendment. The House rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban
gay marriage on Tuesday [7/18/2006], a setback that conservatives hope to turn to their advantage in the fall elections.
Polygamy next in
line? The argument proponents of same-sex "marriage" most fear in the coming debate on the
Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA), and are doing their best to ignore or discount, is that legalized
polygamous marriage is next if society accepts same-sex "marriages" as legitimate and legal.
Once same-sex marriage is OK, polygamy's
next. The Minnesota Legislature is considering proposing a constitutional amendment that would
define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Many opponents claim that definition is
antiquated and discriminatory. A committed relationship should be the only criterion for marriage,
they say. But wait. What if a person loves two people, or three or more?
Blurring the
lines. In an essay 10 years ago, I pointed out that it is utterly logical for polygamy rights
to follow gay rights. After all, if traditional marriage is defined as the union of (1) two people of
(2) opposite gender, and if, as advocates of gay marriage insist, the gender requirement is nothing but
prejudice, exclusion and an arbitrary denial of one's autonomous choices in love, then the first
requirement — the number restriction (two and only two) — is a similarly arbitrary,
discriminatory and indefensible denial of individual choice.
Matrimonial
multiplication. When social conservatives argue legalizing same-sex "marriage" could
lead to legalized polygamy, same-sex "marriage" advocates either laugh or sneer. It's a scare
tactic, they say. It'll never happen. … Wrong. In these politically correct times,
do-gooders expand definitions until words — or institutions — lose all
meaning. Marriage can mean what you want it to mean. And if you don't prosecute
all crimes in a category, you can't prosecute one.
"The goal of the radical homosexual agenda is to eliminate any
and all laws regulating consensual sexual conduct. This would
mean the elimination of laws banning polygamy as well as those
that ban sex between adults and minors."
- Mathew D. Staver,
President and General Counsel of Liberty Counsel
The Editor says...
Let's hit the high beams and look even further down the road.
The Slippery Slope of
Same-Sex "Marriage": Homosexual "marriage" proponents categorically reject
the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. So does a Missouri man
who wants to marry his horse. Instead, the sole criterion for marriage becomes the
presence of "love" and "mutual commitment." But once marriage is no longer confined
to a man and a woman, it is impossible to exclude virtually any relationship between two or
more partners of either sex — even non-human "partners."
Protests
greet UK's first gay unions. Lesbian couple Shannon Sickels and Grainne Close became the
first gay couple to be "married" in the UK, sparking protests outside Belfast City Hall.
Omaha
stakes: Last Thursday [5/12/2005], a federal judge in Omaha overturned
Nebraska's constitutional amendment that banned same-sex "marriage." And the
press reaction to the story was muted. Why? Because this decision proves
that we and other critics of the courts and advocates for a constitutional
amendment banning same-sex "marriage" have been right all along.
The
Reporters Who Didn't Bark. There's a reason that the media hasn't asked national
Democrats what they think about California's same-sex marriage bill. The media knows this is an
issue of intense interest across the political spectrum. The mainstream media also knows that
every single time the question of same-sex marriage has been submitted directly to the voters, it
has been overwhelming rejected.
Gay agenda means less
freedom for all. The latest Gallup polling on attitudes regarding same-sex marriage shows a
trend that should concern conservatives as well as all Americans.
NEA
will promote homosexual, polygamous marriages to students. Our talking points as conservatives on
the problems with same sex marriage should ALWAYS include the effect on what every student will be forced to
learn: "When I grow up, I can marry a man or a woman." (Or two, or three?)
AFL-CIO
Promotes Homosexual "Marriage". The political activism of labor unions is growing, and
drifting far from labor issues. Recently it was learned that the AFL-CIO has endorsed and is
using member dues to promote homosexual "marriage."
Sodomy
Decision is a "Battering Ram" in the Hands of Homosexual Activists. Family
values activist Gary Bauer calls the ruling a "disaster for the pro-family side of
America's culture war." He believes homosexual activists will use this decision to
promote same-sex marriages — and that, he says, "will open the floodgates." … "I've
argued repeatedly that if we have same-sex marriage, you cannot then constitutionally stop
a man who wants to marry three women," he says. "People say that's nuts — but legally, one
follows the other."
N.J. ruling on gays may
echo at the polls. Same-sex couples in New Jersey must be given all the benefits and rights
enjoyed by married men and women, but state lawmakers will have to decide whether they can officially wed, the
state's highest court ruled Wednesday. The ruling leaves open the possibility that state lawmakers will
follow the lead of Vermont and Connecticut and allow "civil unions."
Same-Sex
Marriage: Hijacking the Civil Rights Legacy. The movement to redefine marriage to include
same-sex unions has packaged its demands in the rhetoric and images of the civil rights movement. This
strategy, though cynical, has enormous strategic utility.
[In other words, the argument is based on a false premise, but it might work!]
Australia invalidates
gay-relationship law. Conservative Prime Minister John Howard's federal government has invoked
special powers to invalidate a territory's law that had been the first in Australia giving legal recognition
to same-sex relationships.
Vermont
Inn Sued for Resisting Same-Sex Civil Union Ceremony. Homosexual activists have targeted
a small, family-owned inn in Vermont and are threatening its owners with financial ruin if they do not
provide planning, resources and accommodation for a same-sex civil union ceremony.
Now that
we've voted: When our youth are influenced by the "fairness" argument for
gay "marriage," help them understand that matrimonial law is not based on "feelings" or
"fairness," but on moral and natural law judgments that marriage
is inherently heterosexual, monogamous, fruitful, and permanent.
We the
people: In 11 of 11 states, including liberal Oregon, voters by generally
huge majorities declared their belief that it should be between a man and a woman. "We
the people" clearly are unwilling to bow before the preferences of "we the judges" — and
if some judges don't back off from arrogantly trying to write their beliefs into law, their
authority is likely to be circumscribed one way or another.
Gay
marriage "rights". In all the states where gay marriage was on the
ballot [in 2004], the voters voted against it — as they should have. Of
all the phony arguments for gay marriage, the phoniest is the argument that it is a
matter of equal rights.
Same-Sex "Marriage" Is Not a Civil
Right. Without exception, every adult in Maryland already has a right
to marry. But everyone also has restrictions on whom they may marry — again,
without exception. No one is permitted to marry a child, a close blood relative, a person
who is already married, or a person of the same sex. These restrictions apply equally
to everyone — there is no discrimination involved.
The
marriage newspeak: Back in 2003, a few days after the highest court
in Massachusetts unveiled a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, I ventured
a prediction. "Sooner than you think, it will become improper to speak of unique
sex roles in family life," I wrote.
The
sky doesn't fall in a day. The pro-family community has always maintained that
the oxymoron of same-sex "marriage" is detrimental to the institutions of marriage and family,
harmful to children, and ultimately destructive to our society. Nothing taking place in
Massachusetts over the last 15 months or so has altered that prognosis. You see,
this debate is really not about "equal rights," as the proponents of homosexual behavior
like to frame it, but about redefining marriage, family, and, yes, American culture.
American
Family Association boycotts Ford. A conservative Christian group launched a boycott against
Ford Motor Co. Tuesday [5/31/2005], saying the second-largest U.S. automaker has given thousands of dollars
to gay rights groups, offers benefits to same-sex couples and actively recruits gay employees. "From
redefining family to include homosexual marriage, to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to support
homosexual groups and their agenda, to forcing managers to attend diversity training on how to promote the
acceptance of homosexuality… Ford leads the way," American Family Association chairman Donald Wildmon
said in a statement.
See Ford
boycott update above.
For
whom the wedding bells toll? Can a child have three legal parents? Should
parenthood be routinely determined by something other than biology? Should we extend
the right to marriage to same-sex couples? To groups of people? Or should we
abolish marriage as a legal institution? Not so long ago, such questions would have
been raised only in a science fiction tale. Not anymore.
Why Homosexual "Marriage" is
Wrong: It denies the self-evident truth of nature that male and female bodies
are designed for and complement each other. Opposite-sex marriage is the natural
means by which the human race reproduces.
AIDS, gonorrhea, genital herpes,
chlamydia, syphillis.
Gay Marriage
Quicksand: Nationalizing marriage laws will only grant more power over our
lives to the federal government, even if for supposedly conservative ends. A far better
approach is for Congress to exercise its existing constitutional power to limit the jurisdiction
of federal courts.
How Gay Activists and
Liberal Judges Are Trashing Democracy to Redefine Marriage: Peter
Sprigg explains that a Constitutional amendment on marriage is a certainty — the
only question is whether it will come from arrogant judges who will write into that
document "rights" that the Founding Fathers could never have imagined, or from those
who are determined to protect our most fundamental institution.
Facts and consequences of the homosexual
lifestyle: The Red Cross has a blood donor policy which rejects blood from men who've had sex with
other men because of the high probability of HIV infection. But that reason isn't good enough for the
people who care more about the success of the gay agenda than they do about the health of the American
public. And if homosexuals meet their goals of obtaining protected class status and the right to marry,
it will soon become national policy to ban any sort of discrimination against them, putting the lives of
Americans at risk. The truth is, if we let this train leave the station, the fight over our blood supply
will be just one car in a long train of problems created by same-sex "marriage."
Gay marriage? A
secular world that ratifies homosexual marriage would provide a legal foundation that would
open the floodgates to civil litigation against religious leaders, institutions and
worshipers. In such an environment, churches might be sued for declining to provide
their sanctuaries for gay marriages, for example. Ministers could be sued for hate
speech for giving a sermon on moral behavior. Churches that protest homosexual unions
could face revocation of their tax exemption status. It's ironic that those who
oppose churches' involvement in state concerns nonetheless have no compunction when it
comes to the state dictating what churches can do.
Dr. Dobson Calls for Procter & Gamble
Boycott. Focus on the Family founder and chairman Dr. James C. Dobson will urge listeners to his
internationally syndicated radio show on Thursday to boycott two of the best-known products in the Procter &
Gamble line in response to the company's tacit endorsement of gay marriage.
State of the
Unions: Amending the Constitution is serious business. There's a reason it's been
done only 27 times over the last two centuries. But a 28th amendment may not be
far off. Lawmakers will vote soon on whether to consider a constitutional amendment that
would define marriage as the legal union between one man and one woman.
An
amendment to stop moral decay. The gay marriage issue has struck a
nerve in the black community and may well mark the beginning of a sea change in
black voting behavior. Pastors who have voted Democratic all their lives
have told me and others that this issue has lead them out of the Democratic Party.
CBS Television Markets "Gay" Marriage to
America. The proof of network bias lies in the huge difference between what was said in this
interview and what ended up on the air. It is a case of blatant censorship!
San Francisco Mayor
Permanently Ordered to Stop Issuing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses.
Homosexual
Marriage: A Slippery Slope? I disagree that society's march toward sanctioning
homosexual marriage represents enlightened thinking. I also strongly reject the notion
that our movement in this direction is no big deal.
Comparing the Lifestyles of Homosexual Couples to
Married Couples: Are homosexual households simply another variant of human relationships that
should be considered, along with marriage, as "part of mainstream American society"? On the contrary, the
evidence indicates that "committed" homosexual relationships are radically different from married couples in
several key respects. This paper presents evidence from gay activists themselves indicating that behind
the push for gay marriage lies a political agenda to radically change the institution of marriage itself.
Principles Which Guide AFA's Opposition to the
Homosexual Agenda: [#6] The homosexual movement's promotion of same-sex marriage undermines the
God-ordained institution of marriage and family which is the foundation of all societies.
We Must Take a Stand for the Federal Marriage
Amendment. The family has never faced a graver threat than the push for homosexual marriage.
And there is no time to waste in doing our part to protect the family from this danger.
A Shotgun Amendment: For
thousands of years, every society, and every major religious faith, has held that marriage is a unique
relationship by which one man and one woman are joined together for the primary purpose of forming and
maintaining a family. Then along came the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
The end of the gay-marriage
debate? The fundamental building block of civilization is about to undergo a radical change —
a change not only unsupported by a clear consensus, but opposed by a majority of American adults.
Marriage
Massachusetts-style: The Old Testament Book of Judges — part of a wisdom
and truth long discarded by the "In Dow Jones we trust" crowd — said it best: "In
those days there were no kings and everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Once
that shift has taken place in sufficient numbers, once we become indifferent to immutable
truths, the floodtide is not a matter of if but when.
Are children of gay parents worse
off other children? As same sex couples line up for marriage licenses in Massachusetts, the
question achieves greater urgency.
Massachusetts
Supreme Court abolishes capitalism! Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court discovered that the state constitution — written in 1780 — requires
the state to allow gay marriages. The court gave the legislature six months to rewrite
the law to comply with the heretofore unnoticed gay marriage provision in a 223-year-old
constitution….
Who
supports same-sex marriage? There is nothing in mainstream Christianity
or Judaism that supports same-sex marriage. There is nothing biblically
supportive — and there is much biblically opposed — and there was not
one major religious leader or thinker in Jewish or Christian history prior to the
present generation who argued for same-sex marriage.
Marriage
Defender Says Homosexual Push Could Destroy Traditional Marriage. William
Murray says Scandinavia has had nearly a decade of legal homosexual marriage, and
it has nearly destroyed the institution of marriage altogether.
The beginning of the end for
America? To redefine marriage — the very core of what we know as family — is
to wreak havoc on every other institution that holds our country together.
What Activists
and the Leftist Media Don't Tell Us About "Domestic Partnerships": Those who
claim that "gay marriage" won't endanger heterosexual marriage are the same people who
insist that a prayer in school will traumatize their children. Both issues have a great
impact on society.
Top 10 Reasons to Support the
Marriage Affirmation and Protection Amendment: Reason #1 — The people oppose
same-sex marriage. This is a government by the people, for the people.
"Gay
Marriage" Is Not Only Wrong; It's Socially Destructive. Facts contradict
the claim that redefining the institution would harm no one.
"Gay marriage" is not about
"rights". Proponents of traditional values are making a tactical error in allowing the homosexual
lobby to frame the issue of same-sex marriage merely as one of equal rights for gays. Much more
is at stake.
How same-sex marriage threatens
liberty: The 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status given to thousands of churches, nursing homes, schools,
ministries, universities and radio stations may be at risk if an organization "discriminates" against a legally
protected status, such as same-sex marriage.
What's Wrong With Letting Same-Sex Couples
"Marry?" Marriage is not a creation of the law. Marriage is a fundamental human institution
that predates the law and the Constitution. At its heart, it is an anthropological and sociological
reality, not a legal one. Laws relating to marriage merely recognize and regulate an institution that
already exists.
Preserving
Marriage, Saving Society. In 2004, homosexual activists have
strategically skipped the public square. They have instead pushed their agenda
of legalizing same-sex "marriage" to the judiciary because there, no public debate
is required in order to achieve the silver bullet they desire — a
court-mandated shift in public policy.
Unequal Rights: We
hear a lot about "equal rights" in the debate over homosexuality and marriage. But these supposed "equal
rights" are really nothing but "special rights."
Study finds gay unions are
brief. A recent study on homosexual relationships finds they last 1-1/2 years on average —
even as homosexual groups are pushing nationwide to legalize same-sex "marriages."
"Civil Unions" Bill Shelved Due to Grass Roots
Pressure: After pro-family groups organized numerous rallies, phone calls, radio shows, and ads
targeting the districts of moderate assemblymen, the author of AB 1338, the bill to legalize "civil unions,
announced he would table the bill for future consideration.
The
War Against the Family: The new pagans take particular offense to the
concept of the traditional Christian home. Redefining the family is a major priority
as is destroying the traditional Christian concept of the home.
Doing
Your Own Thing: Why Same-Sex "Marriage" Undermines Family Stability. If
we define marriage as "whatever the adults want," the result is harm for
children, society, and for the consenting adults. This the advocates of gay
"marriage" refuse to concede.
Salvation
Army to Lose Funding Over Domestic Partner Flap: The Salvation Army
of Portland, Maine, is about to lose $60,000 in annual local government funding for
refusing to provide health care benefits to the domestic partners of its
homosexual employees.
Update:
Salvation
Army Targeted Again Over "Domestic Partner" Issue: The
well-known charitable agency stands to lose $60,000 in annual
government funding because it refuses to provide health-care
benefits to the domestic partners of its homosexual employees.
California
homosexual bills challenged: Saying the governor is
circumventing the will of the voters, California legislative and
legal watchdog groups are planning a counter-attack in the wake
of Gov. Gray Davis' recent signing of a bill granting to homosexuals
a dozen rights traditionally associated with marriage.
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