Calif. Teachers Backed Prop. 8
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:15 AM
Here’s another battlefield report from the marriage “wars.”
According to an analysis undertaken by NPR, public school teachers, aides and counselors supported California’s Proposition 8 by a 2-1 margin, in terms of total donations.
In other words, teachers — the folks who every day dedicate their professional lives to improving the welfare of children, whose interests are so often... READ MORE
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Fires Consume Retreat House
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:38 PM
Screenshot of the Mt. Calvary Retreat House website, showing the retreat center engulfed in flames.
A 17th-century gold altar from South America was among the irreplaceable treasures lost when a wildfire destroyed a Benedictine Anglican retreat center in California.
Zenit reported yesterday that, “The Montecito fire had the Mount Calvary Retreat House in Santa Barbara County in its path. The six men religious who lived in the center and other staff were evacuated on time and there were no... READ MORE
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Big Wins for Marriage
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:43 AM
(Zuma)
California voters are poised to approve Proposition 8, amending their state constitution to define marriage as a one-man, one-woman institution.
Returns compiled as of 5 a.m. today California time showed the Yes side leading 52%-48%, with 91% of precincts supporting.
Voters in two other states, Arizona and Florida, approved ballot measures to amend their state constitutions in the same way. The... READ MORE
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Bishops Mobilize for Marriage
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, November 03, 2008 9:00 AM
(CNS)
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a video on YouTube urging preservation of the legal definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
“Marriage is not something we invent or change to suit our own purposes,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ committee to defend marriage, explains in the video.
The Spanish version of the video,... READ MORE
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Purpose-Driving Proposition 8
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:27 PM
(AFP)
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren has declared his support for California’s Proposition 8.
Proposition 8 seeks to amend California’s state constitution to define marriage as between only one man and one woman, invalidating last spring’s Supreme Court of California decision that legalized same-sex “marriages.”
Warren, the pastor of California’s Saddleback mega-church and author of the... READ MORE
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Prop. 8 Needs Money — Now
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, October 27, 2008 1:22 PM
(ProtectMarriage.com)
Supporters of California’s Proposition 8 to uphold the traditional definition of marriage warn the ballot measure will fail unless more money is donated immediately to the cause.
The ballot initiative seeks to amend the state constitution to define marriage as between only one man and one woman. If passed, it would invalidate last spring’s Supreme Court of California decision legalizing... READ MORE
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Turn of the Marriage Tide
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:57 PM
(KRT Illustrations)
There a signs of a big pro-marriage shift in California.
The Yes side is surging ahead in the campaign over the state’s Proposition 8, a ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to define marriage as a one-man, one-woman institution.
A poll conducted Oct. 4-5 by four California TV stations found the Yes side ahead 47%-42%, the San Jose Mercury News reported Oct. 7.
That’s up... READ MORE
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