Same-sex “Marriage” the Same as Interracial Marriage? Hardly.
by Glen Lavy, posted on Townhall.com, July 17, 2008
In yet another attempt to excuse bypassing the democratic process, California Chief Justice Ronald George recently asserted that a 1948 court decision legalizing interracial marriage in California is analogous to the May 15 ruling granting same-sex couples the “right” to marry. He went on to predict, in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, that same-sex “marriage” will be more quickly accepted by the public than racial equality. read more...
Pornography Pretensions
by Alan Sears, posted on Townhall.com, July 9, 2008
Always – beneath the reasons – are the reasons.
Americans have a kind of instinct for this: sensing the reality behind a facade. It was experience, not cynicism, that coined the old saw that “whenever someone tells you, ‘It’s not the money, it’s the principle of the thing’…it’s the money.”
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Let Oregon voters rule on domestic partnerships
by Joe Infranco, posted on The Register-Guard, March 7, 2008
What is the most important right we have as Americans? A poll would produce a number of answers. But one right that would rise to the top is the right to be heard in the political process — whether by vote or by citizens’ initiative.
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Children Won, Strip Clubs Zero
by Mike Johnson, posted on Townhall.com, November 15, 2007
When lawmakers have to choose between protecting our children and protecting the profits of a sexually oriented business, the choice is obvious: Our children’s safety comes first.
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Group fights lesbian 'divorce'
by Cheryl Wetzstein, posted on Washington Times, August 16, 2007
The Rhode Island Supreme Court should rule that a lesbian couple who "married" in Massachusetts can't get "divorced" in Rhode Island because such an act would legalize same-sex "marriage" in the state, say court papers filed by a conservative legal defense organization.
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Same-sex marriage could spread with 'divorce' ruling
WorldNetDaily, August 3, 2007
A lesbian couple who obtained a marriage license in Massachusetts is seeking a divorce in their home state of Rhode Island in a case that could result in the spread of same-sex marriage.
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Court hears appeal on gay issue in Boyd
Associated Press, July 26, 2007
A federal appeals court heard arguments yesterday from a religious liberty group that opposed required anti-harassment training at an Eastern Kentucky high school.
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Gay-Friendly "Diversity Training" to be Mandatory in Spanish Schools
LifeSiteNews.com, July 25, 2007
The socialist government of Spain, while facing increasing domestic skepticism for its social re-engineering policies, has declared that "diversity" education will become a compulsory part of the schools curriculum starting in the new academic year.
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No Way, Poway: In Harper Case, High Court opts not to shirt the issue
by Tim Chandler, posted on Townhall, March 29, 2007
In a complex but welcome decision on one of the major student First Amendment cases of recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court this month effectively took a page from the old Saturday Night Live scripts featuring Gilda Radner’s addled news commentator, Emily Litella.
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The New .xxx Domain: Just a .bad/idea
by Alan Sears, posted on National Catholic Register, March 27, 2007
Family advocates and purveyors of pornography are definitely strange bedfellows. But when it comes to the proposed “.xxx” Internet domain for porn sites, recently resurrected for consideration by the Internet Corporation for Assigning Names and Numbers (ICANN), both camps are largely against it, albeit for radically different reasons.
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Supreme Court vacates Ninth Circuit opinion in Harper
by Jordan Lorence, constitutionallycorrect.com, March 5, 2007
The Supreme Court in an order today gave the nation great news for student free speech rights by vacating the widely-criticized decision of the Ninth Circuit in
Harper v. Poway Unified School District. The Ninth Circuit had denied a preliminary injunction to a high school student, Chase Harper, whom the Poway School District punished for wearing a homemade T-shirt at school that read, "Homosexuality is shameful," because it was offensive to observers who practice or support homosexual conduct. Today's Supreme Court's order vacates one of the worst decisions ever against freedom of speech for students.
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Utah Case Exemplifies Judicial Contempt for Biological Parents
by Alan Sears, Townhall, March 4, 2007
Until the Utah Supreme Court stepped forward on Friday with its merciful breath of sanity, the best Cheryl Barlow had to hope for was a kind of "Sophie’s Choice."
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Get facts straight on same-sex issue
by Chris Stovall, The Indianapolis Star, February 15, 2007
The Indiana Marriage Amendment (SJ7) can't get a fair shake these days.
Take, for example, columnist and attorney Sheila Kennedy, who mischaracterizes both the Alliance Defense Fund and supporters of SJ7 as liars and hypocrites ("Sex, lies and politics," Feb. 13), while misleading readers to believe that SJ7 is "similar" to Michigan's marriage amendment and will have the same effect.
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A Secret Plan to Make Same-Sex "Marriage" Legal in America
by David W. New, February 7, 2007
According to some legal experts, 35 states have already passed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution making same sex marriage legal. It is doubtful that anyone knew it at the time, but when the legislatures of 35 states passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) they passed a gay marriage amendment to the Constitution. If three more states pass the ERA, it is possible that this will effectively make same sex marriage legal in the United States.
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Under-the-Radar Cultural Change
by Alan Sears, BreakPoint, February 7, 2007
Something that happened in the House of Representatives just last month brings to mind three momentous events that took place in America back in 2005, only two of which most people were aware of.
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New Jersey Ruling Ignores Primary Rationale for Protecting Marriage
by Glen Lavy, Townhall.com, October 27, 2006
In handing "committed" same-sex couples the full range of benefits available to married couples, the New Jersey Supreme Court has not only invited the state legislature to redefine "marriage" as … well, pretty much anything – it has also shown a deplorable lack of concern for the future of its youngest citizens.
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Prop. 107 is about marriage, not benefits
by Glen Lavy, Arizona Republic, October 23, 2006
The fundamental question for those opposing Proposition 107 is this: Do you want all dependent adults to have access to some form of "marriage benefits" - or only those unmarried adults living together in sexual relationships?
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The attack on marriage amendments, in 3-D
by Chris Stovall, Townhall.com, October 6, 2006
Same-sex "marriage" advocates have taken a drubbing in court this summer. Their bid to redefine marriage has been rejected in 20 states by constitutional amendments passed by overwhelming margins. Not surprisingly, their camp is desperate to score at least one victory – and soon – by defeating one of the eight additional state marriage amendments on the ballot this November.
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Tackling the Marriage Debate
by Glen Lavy, BreakPoint, July 28, 2006
In Nebraska, Tennessee, and Washington—three states famous for their football savvy—the American Civil Liberties Union tried an end run on the democratic process, hoping to slip their same-sex “marriage” agenda over the goal line. What they hadn’t counted on was some terrific blocking by some clear-eyed courts.
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The pro-legalization agenda is grounded on flawed premise
by Glen Lavy, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 27, 2006
It may be another hot day for the people of Washington, but five justices managed some cool, clear thinking.
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New York Decision Keeps Traditional Definition of Marriage in Play
by Alan Sears, Intellectual Conservative, July 17, 2006
The law and the Constitution simply aren't on the side of homosexual activists; neither are the votes. But many judges are, and so are a few scattered legislators, which is why advocates of the homosexual agenda are screeching like scalded cats, in the wake of Thursday's decision.
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Massachusetts court: Marriage amendment can go on ’08 ballot if legislature passes it
Baptist Press, July 10, 2006
“Voters should have a voice when it comes to protecting the true definition of marriage. Today’s ruling is a victory for them," Jordan Lorence, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, said in a statement. Lorence defended the amendment during oral arguments May 4. "The highest court in the commonwealth of Massachusetts has ruled according to the law and rejected an extreme legal argument pushed by activists."
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Two states say ‘no’ to gay marriage
Christian Science Monitor, July 7, 2006
"We keep hearing from the opponents to redefine marriage that they have a clear legal trend moving their way," said Glen Lavy. "But really what we have is a clear trend moving the other way. We only have one clear court that is an outlier - and that's Massachusetts."
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Same-sex marriage rulings will ‘echo’ across U.S.
WorldNetDaily.com , July 7, 2006
Opponents of same-sex marriage say the decision by New York state to reject same-sex couples' bid to win marriage rights will "echo" in American courtrooms.
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Florida Marriage-Amendment Campaign Charges Police Harassment
CitizenLink.org, June 8, 2006
Volunteers circulating petitions to place a state marriage-protection amendment on the 2008 Florida ballot say they were victims of police harassment last weekend.
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Technicality could delay marriage amendment
Tennessean.com, June 8, 2006
A technicality could derail a two-year effort to place on the November ballot a constitutional amendment defining marriages in Tennessee as between one man and one woman.
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Wedlock amendment no breach of federalism
by Jordan Lorence, Washington Times, June 7, 2006
The proposed Marriage Protection Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not violate principles of federalism. The definition of marriage has never been left to the states.
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Ignoring a danger to liberty
by Alan Sears, Townhall, June 6, 2006
So, essentially, the argument in opposition to a federal marriage amendment comes down to this: sex trumps God. Sex trumps religious liberty. Sex trumps the well-being of children. Sex trumps personal conscience. Sex trumps the Constitution. read more...
Related: The Homosexual Agenda
Appeals court panel tosses out lawsuit against federal Defense of Marriage Act
by Michael Foust, Baptist Press , May 8, 2006
A federal appeals court panel May 5 dismissed a lawsuit against the federal Defense of Marriage Act, unanimously ruling that two homosexual men who brought the case lacked standing..
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End of Language As We Know It
by Alan Sears, Crosswalk.com, April 27, 2006
A popular children’s book once pondered the perils of giving a mouse a cookie.
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'Day Of Truth' offers students a chance to hear what they're missing
by Alan Sears, TownHall.com, April 27, 2006
Which is easier for you to deal with... an unpleasant truth, or an intimidating silence? Which would you rather have your kids face at school?
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“Day Of Truth” confronts the homosexual agenda
by Alan Sears, BPNews.com, April 24, 2006
In the California Theater of America’s growing Culture War, the advocates of homosexual behavior have opened what the old World War II movies used to call a “second front.”
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With “Psychological Parents,” Courts Find New Ways To Dismantle Families
by Alan Sears, Center for Cultural Leadership, April 14, 2006
Way out Washington way, they’ve decided it doesn’t take “a village” to raise a child, after all. It just takes three parents … and a state court willing to twist family law any way the prevailing winds allow. The legal pretzel in question is the case of
Britain v. Carvin.
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Civil Disunion
by Glen Lavy, BreakPoint, January 19, 2006
In the campaign to recognize legal unions between members of the same sex, another important milestone has been reached: Their dissolution.
The first same-sex couple to enter into a civil union in Vermont recently split up amid allegations of violence. A state court issued a restraining order and was considering officially dissolving the five-year-old lesbian relationship.
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A little leaven leavens the lump
by Jeffery J. Ventrella, BP News, 11.22.2005
Attention, pastors: The Human Rights Campaign may soon be visiting your church, but it won’t be to protest. They’re out to get some religion.
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ADF: Texas marriage amendment an example of what other states need
ADF, 11.9.2005
A constitutional amendment adopted Tuesday by voters in Texas that protects marriage as the union of one man and one woman and does not allow for so-called "civil unions" is an excellent example of the type of amendment needed by all states, according to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund.
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Homosexuality, child sexual abuse & foster care
by Alan Sears, BPnews.net, 10.17.2005
For loving parents, the need to protect one’s children from harm -- whether it be from extreme weather, poor nutrition or even "stranger danger" -- registers first on the concern scale. Recent efforts to "normalize" homosexual behavior, however, have left many children exposed to the elements.
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The sky doesn’t fall in a day
by Alan Sears, Townhall.com, 9.30.2005
In the arena of political discourse, a “straw man” is often a weak or extreme argument one side in a debate falsely attributes to their opponents. It’s an age-old tactic that presents a nice-sounding argument that is, in reality, easily refuted or “knocked down.”
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FIRST-PERSON: The 'Father of the Bride' revisited
by Alan Sears, BPnews.net, 9.28.2005
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God and the face of this company to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, which is an honorable estate instituted of God signifying unto us the mystical union which is betwixt God and His church."
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Same-sex marriage showdown in California
WorldNetDaily.com, 9.1.2005
California state senators could vote today on a bill that makes same-sex marriage legal in the Golden State.
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Federal funds pulled from ‘Ring Thing’ abstinence-only advocate
New Standard, 8.25.2005
According to the Washington Post, the Family and Youth Services Bureau of the federal Health Department sent a letter to Silver Ring Thing administrators stating that funds would be withheld unless the group takes action to keep the religious component of the program separate from the abstinence-based education efforts. The Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing Silver Ring Thing in the ACLU case, maintains that the group keeps religious elements out of its secular abstinence education program.
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"Where's the Remote": The Case for Marriage
by Charles Colson, Breakpoint, 6.29.2005
Many couples think that living together is a good way to find out if they’re really compatible. But the truth is that living together is more likely to destroy a couple’s chances of a good marriage. Almost half of all couples who cohabit break up before the wedding. And even if they do marry, couples who cohabit beforehand are fifty percent more likely to divorce.
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