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The Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) awarded Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore the “Letter from Birmingham Jail Courage” Award Friday for maintaining his stand on marriage between one man and one woman.

The importance of having strong, competent leaders fighting for Texas is never more apparent than when the will of Texans and the rule of law are under assault. That was clearly evident last week when a judge in Travis County declared our state’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, despite the will of more than three-quarters of Texans who voted for the amendment. Two days later, another judge in Travis County in a separate case directed the Travis County Clerk to issue a marriage license to a Democrat-Party-connected same-sex couple.

If the Court does uphold same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, it will mark a stunning transformation of marriage in less than seven years. In 2008, voters in California, easily one of the most liberal states, passed Proposition 8, which made traditional marriage the only form of marriage recognized in the state, overturning an earlier ruling by the state’s courts. Rather than make their case again to the voters, gay marriage advocates took to the courts, dominated by liberal judges.

Texas State Representative Cecil Bell (R-Magnolia) filed a bill in the State Capitol this week to protect the sovereignty of Texas and to defend traditional marriage in this state. The effect of the bill would be to prohibit the use of state or local funds to be used to license or support same-sex marriage. This would include blocking the salaries of any government employee engaged in subverting Texas law regarding marriage.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Obama Administration is attempting to back-door same-sex retirement benefits in conflict with a constitutional amendment passed by Texas voters. The IRS is requiring Texas businesses and non-profits to provide retirement benefits to partners married in states

In the wake of the confusing meeting in October, the American bishops are taking no chances with next year’s conclusion to the two-part marriage summit. They have sent a strong message, electing a solidly conservative team of bishops to represent

The Duck Dynasty family is getting its own musical. According to Variety, the story of the Robertson family will serve as the inspiration for The Duck Commander Family Musical, a new theater show that will open early next year at

A Christian-owned baking company in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland was told by authorities to make a gay-themed Sesame Street wedding cake and apologize or face a court order and possible jail time for refusing to make the cake, reports say. Ashers

On Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook broke a secret even more shocking than Rosie O’Donnell’s: he is gay. Writing for Businessweek, he wrote that he had always “tried to maintain a basic level of privacy.” No longer: “I’ve come to

A federal judge has upheld Puerto Rico’s traditional marriage law, bucking the recent trend of federal courts to strike down state laws enshrining traditional marriage. District judge Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, a Carter appointee, delivered a ruling that relied on a conservative

A High Court judge has called for the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage to be abolished, saying there is no difference between married and cohabiting couples, and condemned the divorce system for giving special protection to wives. The Daily

The government has altered plans to allow gay couples to convert their civil partnerships to marriages, by allowing the conversion ceremony to take place at a range of venues including churches, synagogues, meeting houses, hotels and other registered venues. Previously,

If you are even slightly sympathetic to the cause of traditional marriage, you cannot help but be disturbed by its string of recent defeats. Not just in referendums and legislatures, where the contest is basically a fair one, but in

The Coalition for Marriage has denounced new Government regulations for independent schools in England which are clearly aimed at compelling schools to promote same-sex marriage, regardless of the wishes of parents or teachers. This measure provides the latest evidence of

The Supreme Court’s decision to let rulings by lower court judges stand that redefine marriage is both tragic and indefensible. By refusing to rule if the States can define marriage, the Supreme Court is abdicating its duty to uphold the

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Monday that he plans to introduce a constitutional amendment barring the federal government or the courts from overturning state marriage laws. Citing the Supreme Court’s “tragic and indefensible” refusal to take up same-sex marriage cases–essentially legalizing

On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to take on the issue of gay marriage – and by doing so, essentially greenlit same-sex marriage across the nation, encouraging low-level courts to continue knocking down traditional marriage laws across the country. Challenges

A leftist group funded by top gay activist bundlers for Obama’s 2012 campaign coordinated both a “well planned and financed” attack against San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for his decision to speak during the March for Marriage in Washington,

The polygamist reality TV stars of “Sister Wives” can sleep easy tonight as a Federal Judge in Utah has struck down at least part of the State’s ban on polygamy.  The Utah ban made it illegal and punishable by up to

Eric Stonestreet is a straight actor playing part of a gay couple on the Emmy-winning comedy Modern Family. The actor still cares enough about the issue of same sex marriage to turn down a photo request from a former (and

SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds gathered at the Fairmont Hotel on Thursday evening to hear lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson discuss their new book, Reedeming the Dream: The Case for Marriage Equality. Boies, a Democrat, and Olson, a Republican, sued

Hillary Clinton, at one time in her life, sought to do “all we can to strengthen traditional marriages,” according to a recently republished 1996 interview she had with the San Francisco Chronicle — which was then called the San Francisco Examiner. 

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) doesn’t believe the fight for marriage between one man and one woman is over. He says this fight is important in many ways and plans to be among the many faith and government leaders to speak

The Regional Director for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) joined Editor in Chief of Breitbart News and this week’s host of Breitbart News Sunday, Alexander Marlow, to discuss the second annual March for Marriage.  Chris Plante announced that on

In an astonishing challenge to traditional Catholic doctrine, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, nominally Catholic, has taken to telling San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone that he should not attend the National Organization for Marriage’s June 19 march on the Supreme

The controversy over the firing of Mozilla CEO Brandon Eich over his views on traditional marriage is still reverberating, with a long article at CNET.com claiming Eich’s ideas on gay marriage were already well known before he became CEO and that

Paul Clement has had one of the most storied careers in the law. One top legal recruiter said that when Clement was graduating from Harvard Law, all the firms were practically salivating to get him: “Paul Clement is the Holy

Texas Governor Rick Perry allegedly compared homosexuality to alcoholism on Wednesday evening in San Francisco, California.  The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the comments were made while Perry was speaking at the Commonwealth Club. An audience member apparently asked him about the

The 2014 March for Marriage will be held in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 19, with its main theme, “Kids Deserve a Mom and a Dad.” The March for Marriage begins with a rally at 11:00 a.m. and a 1:00

It is no surprise to traditional marriage advocates that they lost the Proposition 8 case that challenged the constitutionality of California voters to declare that marriage can only occur between a man and a woman. Though not known at the

BORDEAUX, France–Much like liberals in America, people in France who lean left are shocked at conservative victories in the French elections for the European Parliament, and are concerned about the next national elections. Both on economic and social issues, the

Gay and lesbian activist groups are working hard to defeat an experienced candidate who is running for District Attorney in Sacramento–despite the fact that she herself is a lesbian with a stack of law enforcement endorsements. The reason: they want

On May 13, 2013, Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell was found guilty on three first-degree murder charges in the deaths of babies born alive during abortion procedures, then killed with scissors in a filthy clinic that became known as the “house

Lesbian Alabama partners Kim McKeand and Cari Searcy are challenging Alabama’s laws, suing to have their California marriage legitimized in their home state to facilitate Searcy’s adoption of McKeand’s child. The two women won a contest to travel to California

On Wednesday, the House passed a bill that will authorize a congressional commission to study the possible creation of a National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The bill (H.R. 863), which passed the House