“I marched with many people back in those days and I have reached out to some of my friends who marched with me, and all of them are shocked,” Rev. William Owens of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) told Breitbart News. “They never thought they would see this day that gay rights would be equated with civil rights. Not one agreed with this comparison,” he said.
Author, columnist, talk show host, and Fox News Contributor Tammy Bruce argued that repeated questions about gay marriage and whether GOP candidates have animosity towards gay people are “the height, really, of groupthink, where you believe you have soul possession
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued the Republican Party cannot win without social issues and lamented “cultural depravity and rot, perversion” on Monday. Rush said that arguments such as, “But the court has spoken, and gay marriage is now the law
Elected leaders in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas say there’s no reason they have to immediately follow the Supreme Court ruling that gay marriage is legal nationwide—at least not if there’s a religious liberty exemption.
A UC Berkeley Law Professor thinks that the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case mischaracterized the marriage by referring to it as the supreme human relationship.
Freedom to Marry Campaign Director Marc Solomon argued that refusing to provide services for same-sex weddings is “a non-American approach” and “if you are open to business, you’re open to business for everybody” on Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” Solomon was
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is for “traditional marriage” when he’s questioned about same-sex marriage and, most recently, the Supreme Court decision-making same-sex marriages legal in all 50 states. On Sunday Trump joined CNN’s “State of the Union”
Chris Cuomo, the left-wing extremist posing as a CNN morning anchor, once again exposed his true colors Monday morning by describing as “dangerous” the very idea that some in the GOP would push back against the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling
National Organization for Marriage (NOM) president Brian S. Brown appeared on Breitbart News Sunday to talk about the legalization of same-sex marriage as a result of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case.
White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett was one of the mobilizing forces behind the decision to light up the White House with the colors of the gay pride movement to celebrate the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued that the “elites” on the Supreme Court “look over much of this country as flyover country. They think that our views are simply parochial and don’t deserve to be respected” on
The Texas Attorney General has responded to the “newly invented federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage” created by the “activist” U.S. Supreme Court by telling Texas officials “Texas must speak with one voice against this lawlessness.” He issued an opinion and said Texans must “act on multiple levels to further protect religious liberties for all Texans” and must “immediately do anything we can to help our County Clerks and public officials who now are forced with defending their religious beliefs against the Court’s ruling.”
Just 3 minutes after the Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal nationwide, much of America shifted its attention to learn more.
On Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS, Gov. John Kasich (R-OH), who is expected to announce his running for the 2016 GOP primary candidacy in July, reacted to the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage last week by saying “everybody needs to take a
Speaking on Sunday’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on ABC, 2016 GOP nominee candidate Mike Huckabee reacted to President Barack Obama lighting up the White House with rainbow lights after gay marriage was ruled to be allowed all over the
Obamacare and gay marriage are now off the political table. In the primaries, approximately 40% of the Republican base are white, evangelical Christians. In the general election, the diversity of the American electorate comes into full play.
“The truth is I know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone else running with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton, only I didn’t do photo ops,” said Fiorina. “I had a private meeting with Vladimir Putin, a private meeting with Bibi Netanyahu a private meeting with the king of Jordan, a private meeting with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, South Africa, China, Brazil.”
Judge Richard Posner writes at Slate.com that the dissent by Chief Justice John Roberts in the gay marriage case is “heartless.” It is a false charge, and part of the effort to shame opposing views–about which Justice Samuel Alito warned in his own dissent.
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, guest host Matthew Boyle will be discussing the most important news stories of the week. The show will focus on the latest developments in the 2016 presidential campaign, the gay marriage Supreme Court ruling, the Obamatrade deal, and other important national news stories.
The San Francisco’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade, (just called “Pride”), expect 1 million merrymakers to bask in euphoria on Sunday.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), spoke on MSNBC’s “Up w/ Steve Kornacki” about the new ruling to grant same-sex marriage in the U.S. on Saturday. Baldwin said she thinks that business owners, like those that own a bakery, should not be allowed to turn down
Gay marriage advocate and author of “Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial” said on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on Saturday that religious people will not have much freedom to discriminate gay marriage due to religious purposes, which is an “important protection for gay
Broadcasting live from our nations capital on Sirius XM Patriot radio, editor-in-chief of Breitbart News and host of Breitbart News Saturday, Alexander Marlow, said that on Friday the Supreme Court “invented a natural law. They invented an innate civil right.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia took a swipe at California in his dissent of Friday’s landmark 5-4 ruling that made gay marriage a constitutionally protected right under the Fourteenth Amendment and legal in all 50 states.
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that it wasn’t legal “to talk about gay people the way Justice Scalia used to talk about gay people” while recounting Scalia’s prior dissent in Lawrence v. Texas on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom.” Toobin said
GOP presidential candidate and former Texas Governor Rick Perry dubbed the Supreme Court “legislators in robes” and said the US’ foreign policy is “erratic at best” on Saturday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel. Perry said that he
Bottom line: the Marriage Mandate is an idea whose time has come. It combines the reasoning of the Supreme Court’s decisions on ObamaCare, gay marriage, and disparate impact into one atomic fireball of compulsory social justice. Conservatives will love the results, while statists will love the methods.
Friday, after the Supreme Court unilaterally made gay marriage the law of the land, President Obama made a statement from the White House that included this lie: I know that Americans of good will continue to hold a wide range
“They have not only rewritten the laws of the 50 United States, but have redefined a sacred and ancient institution,” Sessions said in a press release.
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that President Obama’s conversion on same-sex marriage was “phony” on Friday. “The president, three years ago, opposed gay marriage. Did you know that? Three years ago, the president opposed it and ran for office
The U.S. Supreme Court mandated same-sex marriage a constitutional right Friday. Of those cheering, none were likely happier than Robert E. Blackmon, the author of The Gay Groom’s Guide.
So now same-sex couples have the same legal rights under the law as straight couples. As we watch the frenzy of giddy gays getting married in the next few weeks and months with their newly minted “Constitutional Right”, I can’t
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz dubbed the Supreme Court’s rulings on Obamacare and same-sex marriage as “some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history” on Friday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Cruz began by saying, “Today is
The Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling Friday making gay marriage legal in all 50 states.
Friday’s case will go down in US judicial history as one of our nation’s most misguided decisions. Fortunately, the four dissenting justices have also furnished the country with a goldmine of rational, lucid arguments that could eventually serve as the foundation stones to rebuild what has been lost.
GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis argued that “where we start to get into a slippery slope around religion is when we start to deny services that are far-reaching outside of the church or the place of worship” on
Chris Christie sided with Chief Supreme Court Justice Roberts’ dissent of today’s decision, pointing out that the redefinition of marriage should be decided by the people and “not by five lawyers” who were “sitting in black robes at the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Karen Finney, a top advisor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, declined to answer if she believes churches that refuse to perform same sex marriages should lose their tax exempt status. Responding to a question from Breitbart News, Finney dodged with,
In a fundraising email to supporters — with the subject line: “Love won.” — DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz cheered the decision, requesting supporters “add your name in support of marriage equality.”
The Supreme Court of the United States, in a 5-4 decision on Friday, declared that same-sex marriage is a fundamental right. Almost immediately, various count clerks’ offices around Texas began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Texas elected officials quickly responded to the high court’s decision.
