Maine Churches to raise money to fight gay marriage
Conley's also seeking endorsements from well-known pastors who might be willing to record video and audio clips that can be played at churches taking part in Maine's collection-plate drive, he said. Those clips would also be sent to the state's Christian radio stations as public service announcements.
Catholics end D.C. foster-care program
The Archdiocese of Washington’s decision to drop its foster care program is the first casualty of the District of Columbia’s pending same-sex marriage law that will obligate all outside contractors dealing with the city to recognize gay couples. Its decision, posted late Tuesday on the archdiocese’s Web site, announced that the archdiocese had ended its... Continue Reading
New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill
ALBANY — The New York State Senate decisively rejected a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed gay couples to wed, providing a major victory for those who oppose same-sex marriage and underscoring the deep and passionate divisions surrounding the issue. The 38-to-24 vote startled proponents of the bill and signaled that political momentum, at... Continue Reading
Seminary Professor Challenged by Homosexuals at College Speech
Pittsburgh Seminary Associate Professor of New Testament, Dr. Robert Gagnon, has written an essay titled “Back to the Oppressive Future: Homosexualist Attempts at Suppressing Rational Debate at BowdoinCollege and the Maine ‘Gay Marriage’ Referendum,” which describes his experience when he spoke at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine on the October 30, 2009. He was speaking... Continue Reading
Support By US Episcopalians For Homosexual Clergy Contrary to Anglican Faith
Support by US Episcopalians for homosexual clergy is contrary to Anglican faith and tradition. They are leaving the family In the slow-moving train crash of international Anglicanism, a decision taken in California has finally brought a large coach off the rails altogether. The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States... Continue Reading
Muddled Minds on Marriage
The decision of the California Supreme Court on May 26, 2009 not to interfere with the right of the citizens to amend the state Constitution confronts us with our culture’s confusion about the marriage relationship. The majority of people in the U.S. still define marriage as a relationship of a man and woman only. Californians... Continue Reading
California Marriage Amendment Qualifies for November Ballot
SACRAMENTO /Christian Newswire/ — California’s Secretary of State on June 2 certified an initiative that would amend California’s Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The measure will be on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot. If successful, the measure would overturn the recent California Supreme Court... Continue Reading
Wielding the Godly Sword for Evil
California über Alles (Over All) The Dead Kennedys punk rock band prophetically sang in 1979: Your kids will meditate in school! Zen fascists will control you… Now it is 1984 Knock-knock at your front door It’s the suede/denim secret police They have come for your uncool niece…California über Alles. Whether people recognize it or not,... Continue Reading
Cultural Challenges to Marriage
Many people are upset, and rightly so, about the decision of the California Supreme Court to grant the legal right of marriage to homosexual couples. Now the Governor of New York has announced that his state will recognize such marriages that take place in the two states that allow them – California and Vermont.... Continue Reading