Monthly Archives: October 2012
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Mark Regnerus and the Storm over the New Family Structures Study
October 31, 2012
Public Discourse – 30 October 2012 Seldom has the publication of a dry, factual report in sociology caused such a storm of controversy. In June 2012, the bimonthly peer-reviewed journal Social Science Research published an...
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Why a Good Person Can Vote Against Same-Sex Marriage
October 31, 2012
Dennis Prager – Townhall 30 Oct 2012 Next week voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington will vote on whether to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples. Given that there are good people on both sides...
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Dutch children could have three or more parents
October 31, 2012
AFP 24 Oct 2012 Dutch kids may soon be able to have three or more mothers or fathers after the government said it was seeking to enshrine parenting rights for the Netherlands’ 25,000 children in...
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Why rights based arguments for gay marriage fail
October 30, 2012
BRENDAN MALONE – LifeNet.co.nz There is a huge flaw in the way that some are using the word ‘right’ in this debate. What I mean by this is that I have heard a lot of...
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Chick-fil-A Finds Increase in Business Amid Controversy
October 30, 2012
Christian Post 26 Oct 2012 A report from a California-based research group on the third quarter earnings of Chick-fil-Ahas shown that the company experienced growth in its business during the fallout from this past summer’s...
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Men Don’t Mother
October 29, 2012
Witherspoon Institute – Jenet Erickson – 26 Oct 2012 There’s been a strange turn of opinions about fatherhood—at least in recent public debates. Decades of research have now documented the tremendous challenges children face when...
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Shocking – Persecuting a decent man for his marriage beliefs (UK)
October 26, 2012
Mail Online 19 Oct 2012 Adrian Smith is a kind and gentle man. Friends say the happily married father is a pillar of the community, a practising Christian and a tireless worker for charity. Yet...
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Two New York Senators Who Voted to Redefine Marriage Defeated
October 26, 2012
BCNN1 18 Sep 2012 Roy McDonald and Shirley Huntley, two incumbent state senators who voted to redefine marriage in New York, have been soundly defeated. What’s more, Neil DiCarlo, a National Organization for Marriage (NOM)-backed challenger...
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Does a majority of Americans really support gay marriage? Maybe not.
October 25, 2012
Washington Post 14 May 2012 Does a majority of the country really support gay marriage? As is often true in polling, it depends on how you ask the question. A Gallup poll last week showed...
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Answering the Rights argument – Why Gay Is Not the New Black
October 25, 2012
Townhall May 22 2012 Michael Brown holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from New York University and has served as a professor at a number of seminaries. Repeating what has been a...
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Churches Will Have To Host Same-Sex Weddings – Wall
October 24, 2012
Media Release 24 October 2012 Family First NZ says that the promoter of the Marriage Amendment Bill has publicly admitted that churches, mosques and tabernacles will have to host ‘same-sex weddings’. In response to a...
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Redefining Marriage – The Case for Caution
October 23, 2012
Julian Rivers – Jubilee Centre – volume 21 number 3 September 2012 The Government’s proposal to introduce same-sex marriage seems to rest on reasons of equality, stability and convenience. But on closer inspection, these are...
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Strong Response Against Bill to Redefine Marriage
October 22, 2012
Media Release 22 October 2012 With only four days to make submissions, Family First NZ says that demand for information on making a submission against the bill changing the definition of marriage has been overwhelming,...
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Union’s marriage stance causes tension
October 22, 2012
NZ Herald 21 Oct 2012 There is upset in the nursing profession, where some nurses say their union is misrepresenting them on the issue of redefining marriage. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation, which speaks for...
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Nurses Union Misrepresents Members on Marriage Bill
October 20, 2012
Media Release 20 Oct 2012 Family First NZ says that the nurses’ unions continues to misrepresent its own members on the issue of redefining marriage, and is challenging them to produce evidence that they have...
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Billy Graham – Value Your Vote
October 19, 2012
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More warnings from overseas experience
October 19, 2012
B&B Owners Ordered to Pay Damages to Gay Couple (UK) Guardian (UK) 18 Oct 2012 The Christian owner of a bed and breakfast has been ordered to pay damages after a court found her refusal...
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Everyone will be forced to recognise a new definition of marriage
October 18, 2012
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The ducks will get you in the end
October 17, 2012
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A father’s pivotal role in parenting
October 17, 2012
NZ Herald 17 Oct 2012 Fathers play a decisive role in the development of their children. Sons, however, need fathers most of all so they have someone to model themselves on. For a boy a...