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Sunday, May 5th, 2013
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In the Eastern European country of Estonia, anti-gay forces have turned in 35,000 signatures opposing gay marriage. Gay Star News
reports:
The petition, put forth by the Foundation for the Protection of Family and Tradition, will be submitted to parliament later this month to argue against the government’s potential legal recognition of gay couples. ‘Over 35,000 signatures have been given and we’ll forward them to parliament on May 14,’ Varro Vooglaid, head of the Foundation, told news site Ohtuleht. According to campaign organizers, they launched the petition in mid-March with hopes of gaining 10,000 signatures.
Notice how these groups ALWAYS cloak themselves in the language of Family, Tradition, Protection, and Defense? As if we’re a Mongol horde gathered just outside the white picket fences, ready to break through and attack them in their homes.
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Tags: estonia, Gay Marriage, marriage equality, opposition, petition, same sex marriage
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Even as neighboring New Zealand overwhelmingly passes marriage equality, supposedly liberal, single, atheist Prime Minister Julia Gillard still refuses to consider it. Gay Star News reports:
She was asked by a member of the public in Melbourne last night (16 April) on why Australia was lagging behind New Zealand when it comes to equality, the AAP reports. ‘I doubt we’re going to end up agreeing,’ Gillard said. She said while she does not personally support the issue, she would allow her party to vote freely if it came up in government.
To my knowledge, Gillard has never been able to articulate a reason for being against marriage equality. It boggles the mind that someone who is a liberal politician, is a single woman, and is not subscribe to any religion, would be against giving equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians. Anyone have some insight?
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Tags: australia, Gay Marriage, julia gillard, marriage equality, opposition, prime minister, same sex marriage
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Almost 30% of the ant-gay marriage democrats in the US House of Representatives are from Texas, the Dallas Voice reports:
Three of the 11 House Democrats who oppose marriage equality hail from Texas, according to The Hill. They are Henry Cuellar of San Antonio, Gene Green of Houston and Pete Gallego of Alpine. With the U.S. Supreme Court taking up two marriage equality cases last week, The Hill contacted all 20 Democrats in the House who either oppose marriage equality or haven’t taken a position.
Being against marriage equality now puts them at odds with more than 90% of their own party. How long can it last?
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Tags: congressmen, democrats, Gay Marriage, marriage equality, opposition, same sex marriage, texas, us house of representatives
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
A new poll shows an uptick in opposition to marriage equality, as the New Zealand legislature considers legalizing it. Gay Star News reports:
The Herald DigiPoll survey showed that 48% of respondents believed marriage should remain between a man and a woman, 7.5% more than a poll last June. Support for same-sex marriage was still higher than opposition however, but this had fallen by 4%. Previous polls had shown far stronger support for marriage equality but the methodology behind the surveys has differed and it is not clear if the Herald DigiPoll is acurate.
We’ll have to wait for future polls to see if they bear out this trend.
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Tags: Gay Marriage, marriage equality, new zealand, opposition, poll, same sex marriage
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Opposition to marriage equality in the US has been steadily shrinking – so who still opposes it? Think Progress reports on a new analysis of exit polls:
A new analysis of exit polls conducted by pollsters representing both political parties found that opposition to marriage equality is concentrated in a few specific population groups: voters over the age of 65, white evangelical Christians, and white voters who do not have a college degree. African American voters who identify as evangelicals were pretty closely split on the question, but all other groups were quite supportive.
For the full break-down, hit the link above.
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Tags: exit polls, Gay Marriage, marriage equality, opposition, report, same sex marriage, usa
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church is advancing almost-daily attacks on marriage equality, particularly in states like Illinois and Rhode Island where legislation is imminent. On Monday, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Springfield, Illinois diocese demonstrated just how uncompromising the Church’s position is. In an interview on Catholic radio captured by Jeremy Hooper, Paprocki explained that it doesn’t matter how many religious exemptions are built into a same-sex marriage bill — the Church will still oppose it:
PAPROCKI: I don’t want to give the impression that if we get enough exemptions into the law or enough protections into the law that would protect religious freedom that we would be okay with same-sex marriage. That’s not what we’re saying here. What I’m saying is, I don’t believe that there is any provision that they could make that is going to allow for same-sex marriage to become the law without having some implication or some adverse fallout.
Authored By Zack Ford – See the Full Story at Think Progress
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
One million leaflets against government’s plans to legalise marriage equality are being sent out to voters in constituencies marginal on the issue by an anti-equal marriage campaign group which has deemed the plans “undemocratic”.
The target of the campaign are 65 MPs, who are seen as key in an upcoming vote on the government’s plans for equal marriage. The leaflets aim to push MPs to vote against the measure.
PinkNews understands that MPs will debate and vote on the government’s equal marriage plans for England and Wales before next month’s Valentine’s Day.
Authored By Joseph Patrick McCormick – See the Full Story at Pink News
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rights assembled at the Rhode Island Statehouse on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to make 
he nation’s smallest state the 10th to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed — and the last to do so in New England.
House Speaker Gordon Fox, who is gay, has called for a vote on same-sex marriage legislation in his chamber by month’s end, making Rhode Island the latest state to address an issue whose supporters see things swinging their way after voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approved gay marriage last fall.
About 300 supporters and opponents signed up to address the legislative committee reviewing the bill — they were limited to 2 minutes each to keep the hearing from going all night — while hundreds more gathered in the hallways outside the hearing.
Authored By David Klepper – See the Full Story at WPRI
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Tags: anti, Gay Marriage, marriage equality, opposition, rally, rhode island, same sex marriage
Saturday, January 5th, 2013
A coalition of Roman Catholics, Muslims, Mormons, Missouri Synod Lutherans and conservative Anglicans has written to Illinois lawmakers, urging them to reject any legislation that would extend marriage to same-sex couples.
In the letter the bishops and ministers from about 1,700 congregations and ministries across Illinois say the attempt to alter the state’s definition of marriage threatens the fundamental institution of marriage that society counts on as the ideal environment for raising children and teaching adult men and women to depend on each other.
“The ongoing attempts to alter the definition of marriage in civil law are full of serious danger, primarily by degrading the cultural understanding of marriage to an emotional bond between any two adults,” the letter said.
Authored By Manya A. Brachear – See the Full Story at the Chicago Tribune
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
The president of the Seventh-Day Adventist church in East and Central Africa has repudiated quotes attributed to him by Uganda’s state owned media which claimed to show that he supported the country’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
Pastor Blaisious Ruguri was quoted by the New Vision newspaper on December 17 as saying that, ‘our stand is zero tolerance to this vice and to western influence on this crucial issue because God says no to it.’
‘We are together with the President and the Speaker and we fully support the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. I call upon all religious ministers, all Ugandans, and all Africans to say no to Homosexuality. Let us stand for our sovereignty as Ugandans and as God fearing people even the heavens fall.’
Authored By Andrew Potts – See the Full Story at Gay Star News
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