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Marriage Victory in Maine

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Posted by The Editors

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:08 PM

Advocates of same-sex marriage hit a roadblock with yesterday’s vote in Maine to reverse a state law allowing the practice. The Catholic Diocese of Portland played a big part in educating voters, as Register correspondent Joan Frawley Desmond explains in this article. It will be running in the Nov. 15 issue.


The Maine Event:

Church Instrumental in Marriage Win

By Joan Frawley... READ MORE


 

Election Results

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Posted by The Editors

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:14 PM

Pro-life and traditional family values advocates are reveling in bright news this morning. Republican Chris Christie ousted Democrat pro-abortion Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey, and Republican Bob McDonnell won Virginia’s gubernatorial race over pro-abortion candidate Creigh Deeds.

And Maine voters rejected a bill legalizing same-sex “marriage” with a healthy 53-47 margin.

Partisans are... READ MORE


 

Problems Remain with Health-Care Reform Bills

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Posted by Daily Blog

Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:00 AM

Pro-Life Supporters Ready Stand on Health-Care Overhaul

By Rich Daly
Register Correspondent

WASHINGTON — A unified health-care reform bill has not yet been offered by House Democratic leaders, but it is already drawing fire from pro-life and traditional-marriage supporters.

Legislation is expected soon that combines aspects of the health-care overhaul bills approved by three separate House... READ MORE


 

Pro-Marriage Prof

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Friday, September 25, 2009 11:10 AM

Boston College Law School professor Scott FitzGibbon is featured in the first two pro-marriage ads that have been produced in support of a ballot measure in Maine to veto a state law passed last spring legalizing same-sex “marriage.”

The ads, titled “Consequences,” cite a letter several legal scholars sent to Maine Gov. John Baldacci warning the same-sex “marriage” law will trigger a... READ MORE


 

Is Doma Doomed?

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Posted by Tim Drake

Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:50 AM


Marriage Under Attack in Congressional and Legal Action

by TIM DRAKE
Register Senior Writer

WASHINGTON — A congressman from New York recently introduced a bill called the Respect for Marriage Act, winning support from an initial 90 co-sponsors. Advocates speak about the “immorality” of the situation the legislation seeks to address.

But rather than seeking to protect the traditional... READ MORE


 

Defending Marriage in Maine

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Posted by Tim Drake

Monday, September 21, 2009 11:25 AM

The battle for the institution of marriage is in full swing in the state of Maine. Voters there were denied the ability to vote on same-sex “marriage” when legislators passed a law (LD 1020) this spring granting homosexuals the “right” to marry.

Voters there, however, gathered more than 100,000 signatures to have a “citizen’s veto” placed on the statewide ballot in November. That measure asks... READ MORE


 

Defending DOMA, and Marriage

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:40 PM

(CNS)

Marriage advocates are mobilizing to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which has been targeted by congressional backers of so-called “homosexual marriage.”

The act defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws, and gives federal protection to similar legislation passed in most U.S. states to define marriage as an institution that... READ MORE


 

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