Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled against same-sex marriage, saying that it is not a human right, closing the door to establishing the practice through judicial ruling. “There is a reality, and it is that, until now, the right to equal marriage is no more than an aspiration, even though a legitimate one for the groups […]
Latin American country rejects same-sex marriage in landmark court case; not a ‘human right’
March 4, 2023 by
Rupert Murdoch, Serial Divorcee, Already Eyeing His Next Marriage
March 1, 2023 by
In this week’s edition of Confider—our first anniversary!—we reveal how the Fox mogul, 91, is fresh off his fourth divorce, and looking to get hitched to his latest lover.Published Feb. 27, 2023 7:31PM ET Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/Flickr Commons – Cindy ShebleyThis reporting is one of several scoops featured in this week’s edition of Confider
How ‘Special Forces’ Helped Mel B Heal From an Abusive Marriage: ‘I Felt Completely Empowered’
January 22, 2023 by
There’s a scene in the 1997 cinematic classic Spice World in which our five heroines, the Spice Girls, participate in a boot camp of sorts, performing obstacle course challenges while wearing matching camo ’fits and singing about “strength and courage in a Wonderbra.”Fast forward 26 years, and Melanie Brown (aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice)
Senate passes same-sex marriage protections
January 15, 2023 by
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, center, joins Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to talk about Democrat efforts to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2src22. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to enshrine same-sex marriage protections in federal law, bringing the bill a critical step
As same-sex marriage protections pass Congress, House GOP support decreases
January 13, 2023 by
With the U.S. Capitol in the background, a person waves a rainbow flag. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Landmark legislation enshrining federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriage saw a significant drop in House Republican support despite its overall passage Thursday — even after the Senate added language aimed at safeguarding religious liberty. Thirty-nine House
House Passes Anti-Christian ‘Respect for Marriage Act,’ Sends Bill to Biden’s Desk
January 12, 2023 by
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The House passed the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” without strong religious liberty protections on Thursday, sending the same-sex marriage bill to President Joe Biden’s desk for approval. The legislation passed 258-169 with the help of 39 Republicans. All Democrats voted for the bill’s passage, one lawmaker voted
The GOP’s same-sex marriage evolution: A slow, choppy tidal shift
December 29, 2022 by
As much as some Republicans hope to counterbalance the chaos of the Trump years and a conservative Supreme Court majority’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, same-sex marriage still plainly splits the GOP. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Thom Tillis has helped ink plenty of bipartisan deals over the past two years. His advocacy for protecting
Rev. Franklin Graham: Same-Sex Marriage Bill ‘Fails to Protect Those’ with Traditional Marriage Views
November 26, 2022 by
Rev. Franklin Graham said Saturday that the same-sex marriage bill called the “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA) “fails to protect those of us who believe marriage is between a man and a woman” and expressed his support for an amendment proposed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). “The Respect for Marriage Act is coming before the
Same-sex marriage bill picks up more Senate GOP support
November 17, 2022 by
Headed into the floor vote, only a handful of Republicans, including Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) publicly committed to voting for the modified legislation. Wednesday’s vote showed Majority Leader Chuck Schumer might get what he hoped for when he delayed the bill to protect same-sex marriage rights from coming
Schumer 2.0: How a surprise same-sex marriage decision explains the Senate leader
September 22, 2022 by
“On this one issue I have to give him credit for playing it in a non-political way,” said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who’s clashed with Schumer repeatedly after his attempts to defeat her in 2020. “He listened closely to our analysis, and didn’t want to play politics with it.” After two cycles atop Democrats’ campaign…
Feminist Naomi Wolf: Biden Admin, Democrats, Big Tech in ‘Unholy Marriage’
June 27, 2021 by
After Dr. Naomi Wolf was suspended from Twitter and YouTube earlier this month for exploring COVID origins, the progressive feminist author and former Democrat adviser appeared on Steve Malzberg’s weekly Sunday commentary show Eat the Press, lashing out at Democrats criticizing the freedom of individuals to challenge mainstream takes on matters of public interest and…
Education, Military Service, Marriage Among Drivers of Black Men’s Success
June 27, 2018 by
Participation in institutions such as the U.S. military, churches, and marriage are all strongly related to black men’s chances of reaching the middle class, according to a new report released Tuesday by the American Enterprise Institute. “Black Men Making It in America: The Engines of Economic Success for Black Men in America” explores the effects […]
The Regrettable Marriage of the NFL and Left-Wing Identity Politics
October 20, 2017 by
What we are witnessing in the media narrative around the NFL protests is the prevailing modus operandi of contemporary leftists seeking to introduce their identity politics into all aspects of American life, even where those politics are unwelcome for most Americans. In fact, we actually saw the left orchestrate something quite similar just a few […]
12 Recent Cases Where Christians Were Punished for Their Beliefs on Marriage: FRC
December 19, 2016 by
The Family Research Council has compiled a reporting listing 12 cases this past decade in America where Christian business owners have been punished or threatened with punishment for holding traditional beliefs about marriage in order to comply with anti-discrimination laws regarding gay people. (Photo: Family Research Council/Carrie Russell)Aaron Klein talked before those gathered at the […]
Kim Davis’ Team Declares Victory on Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
December 27, 2015 by
Mat Staver, the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, said Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin gave Kim Davis and all the other county clerks in the state a “wonderful Christmas gift” by protecting their religious rights and freedom. Bevin issued an executive order two weeks after taking office that removes the names of all county clerks from […]
How the Left Has Sabotaged Marriage and Family
October 15, 2015 by
On June 26, 2015, four of the Supreme Court’s liberals joined Justice Anthony Kennedy in discovering a new right to same-sex marriage in the U.S. Constitution, one thereby imposed upon all 50 states. In response, of course, liberals were jubilant. Their leader, the one who promised to fundamentally transform America, responded by literally illuminating the […]
Reporters Asked Pope Francis If He Supports People Who Refuse to Grant Gay Marriage Licenses on Religious Grounds. Here’s His Response.
September 28, 2015 by
Just hours after President Barack Obama told the LGBT community at a Democratic fundraiser that “religious freedom doesn’t grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights,” Pope Francis seemingly had a very different message. When asked aboard the papal plane whether he supports individuals who refuse to violate religious conscience as […]
Jailed marriage clerk gives powerful testimony
September 24, 2015 by
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who spent nearly a week in jail for defying a federal judge’s order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, shared her Christian faith in a powerfully moving interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly last night. Responding to allegations from many on the left that she is motivated […]
POPE FRANCIS SLAMS CAPITALISM, DEATH PENALTY, IMMIGRATION LAW; NO REAL MENTION OF ABORTION, GAY MARRIAGE
September 24, 2015 by
On Thursday, Pope Francis spoke before a Joint Session of Congress, where he explicitly lectured Americans on illegal immigration, redistribution of income, the death penalty, and climate change, but made only veiled references to abortion and same-sex marriage. It is no wonder President Obama was so happy to see the Pope in Washington, D.C. The […]
Pope Francis Radically Reforms Marriage Annulment Process, Citing the ‘Salvation of Souls’
September 8, 2015 by
VATICAN CITY (TheBlaze/AP) — In his latest move that is capturing international attention, Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church’s process for annulling marriages Tuesday, in an effort to speed up, simplify and lower the cost of the oft-times complex procedure. After an expert group was assembled to study how marriage law is handled in […]
Clerk who refuses to issue same sex marriage license charged with contempt of court
September 3, 2015 by
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage license to same-sex couples, is now officially in contempt of court after defying the federal court’s ruling to resume issuing the licenses. Davis has stated her religious beliefs and her First Amendment rights as the reasoning for not issuing the licenses. Previously, a […]
Kentucky County Clerk Defies Supreme Court Order to Issue Gay Marriage Licenses
September 2, 2015 by
Abraham Lincoln was supposed to have said on the occasion of meeting Uncle Tom’s Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.” Kim Davis, a lowly county clerk in Kentucky, has singlehandedly reignited the debate over same sex marriage. She is invoking “God’s authority” […]
SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON THE FUTURE OF MARRIAGE & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
August 27, 2015 by
The University of North Florida Catholic Ospreys and the Diocesan Center for Family Life are hosting a special, one-night presentation by Ryan T. Anderson on the future of religious liberty following the Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, this past June. The presentation will be on Thursday, September 3 at 7:00 PM in the UNF […]
Gay Marriage Is Tearing America’s Christian Colleges Apart
August 14, 2015 by
One of America’s biggest groups of Christian colleges is fragmenting over the issue of gay marriage. Union University, a Southern Baptist school in Tennessee, announced Wednesday that it is leaving the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The reason? Two CCCU members, Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College, both announced in July that going […]
Report: Iran Executes Almost 700 People in Six Months, Obama Yells at Kenya About Gay Marriage
July 29, 2015 by
The depth and breadth of Obama’s duplicitous hypocrisy is without equal. While our “Kenya-American” president excoriated our ally Kenya on the world stage about gay marriage, he remains monstrously silent about the treatment of gays under Islamic law (forget gay marriage in Muslim countries, just being gay will get you killed). Obama felt safe to […]
FILE THE MOTION TO REHEAR THE MARRIAGE CASE!
July 20, 2015 by
This is the LAST day to influence the Attorneys General to file the Motion to Rehear the marriage case on Monday. Please forward this to all your friends TODAY and share on social media before it’s too late. – Thank you for not giving up! – Janet Porter P.S. Even if we do not succeed, […]
POPE FRANCIS HEADS TO IOWA TO PRESS REPUBLICANS ON (?MARRIAGE) CLIMATE
July 2, 2015 by
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders in the early voting state of Iowa will call Thursday on candidates for president to follow the teachings of Pope Francis and focus as much on the environment and income inequality in 2016 as they have in past elections on opposing gay marriage and abortion. The vocal […]
Three Obama Quotes About ‘God’ and Traditional Marriage That Bill O’Reilly Just Used to Make a Point About the White House’s Rainbow Light Display
June 30, 2015 by
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was less than impressed with President Barack Obama’s decision to light the White House up with rainbow colors on Friday evening following the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling, calling it an “in your face” move that alienated conservatives. “On Friday, the peoples’ house was illuminated in rainbow colors,” O’Reilly said. […]
Gay marriage: Why Supreme Court got it wrong
June 29, 2015 by
John Becker, 30, of Silver Spring, Md., waves a rainbow flag in support of gay marriage outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) One does not have to be a homophobe or bigot to believe that the Supreme Court made a tragic error today in creating out of thin air an imaginary right […]
Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Will Harm Religious Freedom, Marginalize Biblical Worldview, Russell Moore, Tony Perkins, Samuel Rodriguez Warn
June 29, 2015 by
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling Friday that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all 50 states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, numerous social conservative and religious groups are calling the court’s ruling an abuse of judicial power and a decision that could hurt religious liberty in America. Among the numerous commenters, […]