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• Take This Viral

  —Blue in the Bluegrass

  Lindsay Robertson at Jezebel.com:
  
  Out of yesterday's NY state gay marriage setback has emerged a new icon: Sen. Diane Savino, whose brilliant, off-the-cuff speech in favor of same-sex marriage has made her an overnight internet star. Just watch this. (Savino for President 2016!)
  
  
  
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:48pm EST
  

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• Marriage equality in New York defeated as anti-gay organization promises to repeal gay marriage in all states

  —United We Stand

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  Opponents of gay marriage are celebrating another decisive vote in the New York Senate, where a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage was defeated 38 to 24 on late Wednesday. Opponents said New York lawmakers heeded the outcome of a Nov. 3 ballot measure in Maine, where voters repealed a gay [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:45am EST
  by Tony Begley, Contributor

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• 2010 California Marriage Protection Act

  —Dialogic

  
  
  Huffington Post: Alex Leo on the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act
  
  NPR: 'No Divorce' Initiative Lampoons Gay Marriage Ban [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:09pm EST
  

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• Legislation filed to end Kentucky’s same-sex marriage ban

  —United We Stand

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  Representative Mary Lou Marzian (D-Louisville) pre-filed legislation to overturn Kentucky's same-sex marriage, civil unions, and the domestic partnerships ban. Marzian, a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since 1994 told United We Stand News™ that she filed the legislation "to let Kentucky's LGBT citizens know that there are people...[...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Casey Kurtis, Journalist

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• No Texas marriage may be legal because of a legal error in passing 2005’s same-sex marriage ban

  —United We Stand

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  Barbara Ann Radnofsky, the Democratic candidate for Texas Attorney General says no marriages in the state of Texas may be legal because of the 2005 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and unions. The problem is with Subsection B, which declares neither the state or a political subdivision of the state [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:27am EST
  by tonyb

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• Church, state and gay marriage

  —United We Stand

  The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is warning the District of Columbia Council that the church will stop contracting to provide social services if the city approves same-sex marriage as planned. To which the only valid response is, "OK."
  
  This is a summary only; please visit http://www.UnitedWeStandKY.com to read the [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:34am EST
  by trevora

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• Marriage equality lost, but not losing

  —United We Stand

  But whether it is the National Organization for Marriage, the Liberty Counsel, the American Family Association, or the Family Foundation of Kentucky, anyone who denies that "American opinion is shifting" inhabits a fool's paradise. Opposition to gay marriage is shrinking. In 1996, 65 percent took a negative view. Since then,' [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:50am EST
  by trevora

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• Maine gay marriage supporters working to strip churches of tax-exemption

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  More than 80,000 people have joined an online movement seeking the revocation of tax-exempt status from churches that were involved in the repeal of Maine's marriage equality law. The law was repealed last week when 53 percent of voters chose to repeal the law using Maine's unique system of law [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:13pm EST
  by caseky

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• Rand Paul, the Faux Libertarian

  —Barefoot and Progressive

  From the AP:
  Paul says he opposes abortion without exception, not even in cases of rape, incest or the health of the expectant mother. He also opposes marriages between gay and lesbian couples. At the same time, he voices staunch opposition to government intruding in the private lives of [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

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• Michigan's House Speaker Pro Tempore Pam Byrnes introduces legislation to overturn ban on same-sex marriage

  —United We Stand

  Only days after Kalamazoo city voters approved an anti-discrimination ordinance to protect gays, lesbians and transgender individuals, Michigan Representative Pam Byrnes, current House speaker pro tem, has filed legislation to overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage.
  
  This is a summary only; please visit http://www.UnitedWeStandKY.com to read the entire article.' [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:12pm EST
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• Christian reflections on (Christian) dating, courtship and marriage

  —SchansBlog

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  Excerpts from four article in Touchstone-- "a symposium on dating, courtship and marriage"...
  
  That Could Be Arranged by S. M. Hutchens
  Not-So-Blind Date by Jocelyn Mathewes
  Three’s No Crowd by Kevin Offner
  Father Knows Maybe Not by James Hitchcock
  
  From Hutchens, on arranged marriages:
  
  

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:55am EST
  by Eric Schansberg

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• a good marriage: more mundane and more glorious; less romanticized and less toil

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  From Anthony Esolen in Touchstone...
  
  ...there are twin errors to avoid in talking about marriage...One is to suppose that all your emotional longings are going to be fulfilled...once you walk down that aisle...The other is to suppose that marriage is tough, involves hard, hard work, backbreaking, grueling, awful, [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:33pm EST
  by Eric Schansberg

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