Monthly Archives: October 2012
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Campaign targets MPs’ votes
October 17, 2012
Rotorua Daily Post 17 Oct 2012 Brochures asking people to urge MPs to vote against a same-sex marriage bill have been distributed in Rotorua with at least one local church making them available to parishioners....
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North Carolina passes same-sex marriage ban
October 16, 2012
CNN 15 Oct 2012 North Carolina voters have passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, CNN projects, putting a ban that already existed in state law into the state’s charter. With more than 2 million...
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WATCH: TVNZ’s The Panel on Adoption
October 14, 2012
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University officer suspended after signing same-sex marriage petition
October 11, 2012
Why would anyone believe the guarantees of our politicians regarding religious freedom when you read the growing number of cases like this?? University officer suspended after signing same-sex marriage petition Washington Post 10 Oct 2012...
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Northern Irish Assembly rejects ‘gay marriage’
October 10, 2012
Lifesite News 10 Oct 2012 The Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland rejected on October 1 a move to install “gay marriage” in the province. The private member’s motion was put forward by the far-left Green...
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Scottish children called ‘Nazis’ for opposing ‘gay marriage’
October 10, 2012
Lifesite News 9 Oct 2012 John Deighan, the parliamentary officer of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, told a conference in Brussels that even young children are being branded as “bigots” and “Nazis” for daring to...
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Churches ramp up anti-gay marriage campaign
October 5, 2012
NZ Herald 5 Oct 2012 Church leaders will use their Sunday sermons this month to implore their congregations to speak out against gay marriage. With three weeks left for submissions on the bill to legalise...
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Vows are a-changing… at the altar or the beach
October 5, 2012
NZ Herald 5 Oct 2012 Traditional wedding vows are being passed over in favour of modern promises with touches of humour as brides and grooms opt to pen their own pledges. According to a survey...
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Legalising gay unions is prelude to ‘group marriage’
October 5, 2012
The Age (Australia) 4 Oct 2012 Federal opposition spokesman on families Kevin Andrews has warned that legalising same-sex marriage could lead to an acceptance of group marriage. In his book Maybe ‘I do’: Modern marriage...
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Faith Schools Opposing Gay Marriage Could Lose Funding
October 5, 2012
Media Release 5 October 2012 Family First NZ is hugely concerned by comments made by the author of the bill to redefine marriage regarding integrated schools who receive government funding and may disagree with altering...
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Heartbreaking to have no mummy – Elton John
October 3, 2012
Mail Online (UK) 16 May 2012 Since his son’s birth 18 months ago, Sir Elton John has been the epitome of the proud father. But the flamboyant star, now enjoying life as the parent of...
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Can marriage reduce poverty?
October 2, 2012
Deseret News 29 Sep 2012 Since the 1960s, there has been a dramatic decline in marriages among this group of Americans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s newly released 2011 Population Survey. Only 70 to...
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Toronto school board poster promotes polygamy
October 2, 2012
LifeSite News 1 Oct 2012 School posters produced as part of the Toronto District School Board’s “Safe and Positive Spaces” campaignhave raised the ire of critics who point out that, besides the expected promotion of...
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Marriage must be protected
October 2, 2012
“Hundreds of social science studies reveal that having a mother and a father is the optimal condition for human thriving. We remove this protection at great risk to many, especially children. Marriage must be protected....