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WA: Anti Marriage Equality Forces At Odds Behind the Scenes?

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Washington State Anti Marriage Equality GroupsNational Organization for Marriage is going to have their hands full trying to control all the back-biting factions within Washington’s anti-gay industry. Did they know what they were in for when they decided to spend upwards of $6 million to interfere in the affairs of a state 2,500 miles distant from their offices in Washington, D.C.?

Dominic Holden reported in The Stranger that apparently there was competition among the anti-gay locals to be the first to file a referendum challenging Washington’s new marriage equality law.

Pastor Joe Fuiten walked into the Washington Secretary of State’s office this morning to file a referendum attempting to overturn the same sex-marriage law that lawmakers passed last week. One problem: Governor Chris Gregoire hadn’t signed the bill yet. So election workers turned him away with a 3:30 p.m. appointment to return (after the bill was signed), says Secretary of State’s office spokesman David Ammons. Also this morning: Family Policy Institute of Washington director Joseph Backholm waltzed in with his own, separate plans to file a marriage referendum. Same problem, of course.

“I’d heard for a few days that they are not in sync on this,” Ammons says.

Full Story from Pam’s House Blend

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NH: Anti Marriage Equality Rally Planned for Tuesday in Concord

Monday, February 6th, 2012

New Hampshire Anti Gay Marriage RallyNew Hampshire Rep. David Bates, R-Windham, is moving full steam ahead on his effort to repeal gay marriage in the state.

First, the Concord Monitor reported his starting up a mail campaign to garner support of House Bill 437, which would restore traditional marriage between a man and a woman in the state.

Now he has announced that he will hold a press conference and rally on Feb. 7 in Concord.

Full Story from Patch.com

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WA: Anti Gay Group Claims Gay Parents Molest Their Children

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Family Policy Institute of WashingtonA leading group fighting against Washington Governor Chris Gregoire’s plan to legalize gay marriage has promoted the claim that gay parents molest their kids, media watchdog EqualityMatters.org reported.

The Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW), which is headed by 30-year-old Joseph Backholm, has already begun to mobilize against the measure, which cleared the Washington Senate on Wednesday by a wider margin than expected.

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the nation’s most vociferous opponent of marriage equality, has already stated that it would partner with FPIW to put the law on the ballot in November.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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WA: Marriage Equality Opponents Hold Rally at Statehouse

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Gay marriage opponents gathered at Washington statehouse on Monday to oppose legislation that would allow same-sex couples to marry.

Participants at this “Stand up for Marriage” rally also waved flags and held signs that read: “One man, one woman – for life.”

Dolores Campos of the Tri-Cities bused to Olympia with members of her church. She believes allowing gay couples to marry sends the wrong message to the youth of Washington.

Full Story from KPLU

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Ron Paul The Only Candidate to Oppose Marriage Equality Ban Amendment

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Texas Rep. Ron Paul was the only candidate at a Christian forum on Saturday opposed to amending the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union.

Also appearing at the Thanksgiving Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa were Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was invited but did not attend. Also not in attendance was former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who has not placed an emphasis on Iowa.

The candidates gathered around a dinner table festooned with pumpkins as moderator Frank Luntz kept the conversation flowing for two hours as nearly 3,000 religious and socially conservative activists listened in.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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FL: Infamous Anti Gay Florida Teacher Joins Anti Marriage Equality Group

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Florida Teacher Jerry BuellA Lake County teacher who posted anti-gay-marriage comments on his Facebook page has now joined an organization devoted to fighting gay marriage, according to a WFTV Channel 9 report.

Jerry Buell, who teaches at Mount Dora High School, appears in a video on the National Organization for Marriage’s website.

Full Story from the Orlando Sentinel

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NY: Attorney General Asks Court to Toss Out Anti Marriage Equality Lawsuit

Friday, September 16th, 2011

New York Gay Marriage LawsuitNew York’s attorney general asked a state court on Friday to throw out a lawsuit challenging the gay marriage law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in June.

New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and several other opponents of the law sued on July 25, claiming in part that the law should be nullified because the state Senate violated its own rules and the state’s open meetings law before the critical vote that led to its narrow passage.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman argued in papers filed Friday that the opponents haven’t been harmed by the law, don’t have standing to challenge the actions of the Senate and any procedural actions of the Senate and governor aren’t subject to judicial review. He has asked for a hearing on Oct. 17 at the Livingston County Courthouse.

Full Story from Wall Street Journal

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Anti Marriage Equality Groups Try to Keep Prop 8 Hearing Hidden

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Prop 8On Monday Federal District Judge James Ware will hear arguments on whether to release video tapes recorded during Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the case that struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional in August 2010. Yesterday, the court released a statement stating that the hearing will not be taped because anti-equality advocates would not consent.

In response, Equality California Executive Director Roland Palencia released the following statement: “The Proponents of Prop 8 are not only trying to keep the trial tapes under wraps, but also do not want the public to see the arguments they will be making at Monday’s hearing. This lack of transparency makes clear that what anti-LGBT extremists fear most is an open examination by the public of their malicious lies and fallacious arguments.

“Unfortunately, their tactics are not confined to the courtroom. The same shadowy strategy is at work right now as these same people collect signatures to overturn the FAIR Education Act.

Full Story from GayUSA

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US: Is There Reason to Worry About An Anti Gay Marriage Amendment?

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

I would forgive the majority of So So Gay’s readers for answering this question with a simple ‘no’. If the USA decides to insert a ban on same-sex marriage into its Constitution – its centremost document of government – most LGBT people in Britain would not be affected beyond feeling sympathy for their fellows across the Atlantic. It would be a pity, but a distant one.

It’s a question that has personal resonance for me, however: a naturalised citizen of the UK but an American also; my family all live in the States, and I may want to again as well some day.

For me, and for our US readers, the possibility of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as existing solely between one man and one woman is a threat to our equality and future happiness. The threat has grown more real recently, with support for such an amendment being pledged by Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and current frontrunner to challenge Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.

Full Story from So So Gay

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Scotland: Anti Marriage Equality Motion Draws Controversy

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart took the unusual step of criticising politicians from his own party as controversy over same-sex marriage raged at Holyrood.

The row was sparked after Glasgow Shettleston MSP John Mason lodged a parliamentary motion pointing out that, “While some in society approve of same-sex sexual relationships, others do not agree with them.”

But the most controversial passage of the motion, lodged ahead of a Scottish Government consultation on legalising same-sex marriages, said, “No person or organisation should be forced to be involved in or to approve of same-sex marriages.” His comments were immediately criticised by opposition MSPs, with the motion branded “bizarre” and “spurious.”

Full Story from The Courier

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