Monthly Archives: August 2015
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‘Sister Wives’ family cites gay marriage ruling in polygamy case
August 31, 2015
Fox News 28 August 2015 A polygamous family says the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage shows that laws restricting consensual adult relationships are outdated, even if certain unions are unpopular. Kody Brown...
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Is Australia’s gay marriage debate being ‘stifled’?
August 26, 2015
BBC News 25 August 2015 In 2008, the Australian government amended 84 laws that discriminated against same-sex couples. Legislation about everything from taxation and employment to health-care benefits and pension payments was changed to allow...
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Business penalised – because the boss believes in marriage! (US)
August 26, 2015
Denver pauses Chick-fil-A’s bid, citing their opposition to gay marriage WTVR.com 24 August 2015 The Denver City Council is taking its time deciding whether Chick-fil-A, whose CEO is opposed to gay marriage, should be allowed to...
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Sharing the love: What it’s like to be in a polyamorous relationship (NZ)
August 22, 2015
The Wireless 3 August 2015 In a Grey Lynn flat, finishing off breakfast while their flatmates head to weekend jobs, Monique, Chelsi and Matthew might be any young Kiwis catching up on a Saturday morning....
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Colorado Christian Cake Artist Forced to Bake Gay Marriage Cakes Despite Religious Beliefs, Court Rules
August 17, 2015
The Christian Post 14 August 2015 A three-judge panel at the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld two previous rulings on Thursday that found Christian cake artist Jack Phillips guilty of discrimination against a same-sex couple...
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Katy Faust. Raised by lesbian parents. Against same sex marriage
August 15, 2015
ABC News 12 August 2015 ABC’s Tony Jones speaks with Katy Faust, who was raised by lesbian parents and is in Australia to lobby against same sex marriage. WATCH INTERVIEW and Read transcript of interview...
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Challenges persist for queer community
August 14, 2015
Radio NZ 11 August 2015 Many in the queer community fear same-sex marriage is being used as a universal solution for the challenges still confronting gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender individuals. Advocates argue two years...
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UK MP: use anti-terror powers on Christian teachers who say gay marriage is ‘wrong’
August 11, 2015
The Telegraph 10 August 2015 New banning orders intended to clamp down on hate preachers and terrorist propagandists should be used against Christian teachers who teach children that gay marriage is “wrong”, a Tory MP...
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The Moynihan Report 50 Years Later: Why Marriage Still Matters
August 10, 2015
The Heritage Foundation 27 March 2015 In 1965, Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who later served as a U.S. Senator from New York, introduced what has come to be known as the Moynihan...
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Watch the marriage ad that Australian TV has banned
August 8, 2015
Here is Marriage Alliance’s 45 second information campaign TVC – launched this week....
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Child Abuse: Five people having a baby – Netherlands
August 6, 2015
Vice.com 4 August 2015 The idea of a “nuclear family”—white picket fence, a kid or two, friendly golden retriever—has been under siege for a while now. No longer do stories of step-parents or half-siblings shock...
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Decline In Demand for Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
August 6, 2015
Media Release 5 August 2015 Family First NZ says that two years on from the definition of marriage being politically manipulated, statistics released today show that the demand for same-sex marriages by New Zealanders has...
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How the Media Are Promoting Polyamory
August 2, 2015
Daily Signal 24 July 2015 ABC News is mainstreaming the practice of polyamory—that is, group marriage—with a story titled, “Two Moms, One Dad, Two Babies Make One Big Happy Polyamorous Family.” The video (which you...