A new Vermont law that raises the eligibility age for marriage to 18 takes effect in July. VERMONT SENATE PASSES BILL RAISING MARRIAGE AGE TO 18 Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed the legislation on Thursday, making Vermont the eighth state in the country to end child marriage. Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Friday signed […]
Brittany Mahomes reflects on ‘wild’ first year of marriage with star quarterback in sweet anniversary post
Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Super Bowl champion quarterback Patrick Mahomes, looked back on her first year of marriage with the Kansas City Chiefs superstar and her high school sweetheart. Mahomes posted photos of herself and her husband from their wedding day Sunday. Over the last year, the two had a second child and the […]
Latin American country rejects same-sex marriage in landmark court case; not a ‘human right’
Panamaâs 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 […]
Rupert Murdoch, Serial Divorcee, Already Eyeing His Next Marriage
In this weekâs edition of Confiderâour first anniversary!âwe 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 weekâs edition of Confider
How âSpecial Forcesâ Helped Mel B Heal From an Abusive Marriage: âI Felt Completely Empoweredâ
Thereâs 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 âfits and singing about âstrength and courage in a Wonderbra.âFast forward 26 years, and Melanie Brown (aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice)
Senate passes same-sex marriage protections
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
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 â 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
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The House passed the so-called âRespect for Marriage Actâ without strong religious liberty protections on Thursday, sending the same-sex marriage bill to President Joe Bidenâs desk for approval. The legislation passed 258-169 with the help of 39 Republicans. All Democrats voted for the billâs passage, one lawmaker voted
The GOPâs same-sex marriage evolution: A slow, choppy tidal shift
As much as some Republicans hope to counterbalance the chaos of the Trump years and a conservative Supreme Court majorityâs 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
Rev. Franklin Graham said Saturday that the same-sex marriage bill called the âRespect for Marriage Actâ (RFMA) âfails to protect those of us who believe marriage is between a man and a womanâ and expressed his support for an amendment proposed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). âThe Respect for Marriage Act is coming before the
Same-sex marriage bill picks up more Senate GOP support
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. Wednesdayâs 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
âOn this one issue I have to give him credit for playing it in a non-political way,â said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), whoâs clashed with Schumer repeatedly after his attempts to defeat her in 2020. âHe listened closely to our analysis, and didnât want to play politics with it.â After two cycles atop Democratsâ campaign…
Feminist Naomi Wolf: Biden Admin, Democrats, Big Tech in âUnholy Marriageâ
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 Malzbergâs 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 Menâs Success
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 […]
12 Recent Cases Where Christians Were Punished for Their Beliefs on Marriage: FRC
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
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 âwonderful Christmas giftâ 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
On June 26, 2015, four of the Supreme Courtâs 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. Hereâs His Response.
Just hours after President Barack Obama told the LGBT community at a Democratic fundraiser that âreligious freedom doesnât grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights,â 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
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who spent nearly a week in jail for defying a federal judgeâs 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 Radically Reforms Marriage Annulment Process, Citing the âSalvation of Soulsâ
VATICAN CITY (TheBlaze/AP) â In his latest move that is capturing international attention, Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Churchâs 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
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 courtâs 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
Abraham Lincoln was supposed to have said on the occasion of meeting Uncle Tomâs Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe, âSo youâre the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.â Kim Davis, a lowly county clerk in Kentucky, has singlehandedly reignited the debate over same sex marriage. She is invoking âGodâs authorityâ […]
SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON THE FUTURE OF MARRIAGE & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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 Americaâs Christian Colleges Apart
One of Americaâs 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
The depth and breadth of Obamaâs duplicitous hypocrisy is without equal. While our âKenya-Americanâ 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!
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
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) â 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 âGodâ and Traditional Marriage That Bill OâReilly Just Used to Make a Point About the White Houseâs Rainbow Light Display
Fox News host Bill OâReilly was less than impressed with President Barack Obamaâs decision to light the White House up with rainbow colors on Friday evening following the Supreme Courtâs gay marriage ruling, calling it an âin your faceâ move that alienated conservatives. âOn Friday, the peoplesâ house was illuminated in rainbow colors,â OâReilly said. […]