<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910827314858568906</id><updated>2012-02-15T23:10:50.382-08:00</updated><category term='Kurtz'/><category term='religious conflicts'/><category term='case law'/><title type='text'>The Opine Editorials  - Defend Marriage Resources</title><subtitle type='html'>A data base of same-sex "marriage" links

This Blog provides a series of important links of the subject of same-sex "marriage" according to specific subject matter.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Fitz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13309743585009080434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910827314858568906.post-7182412365878676670</id><published>2007-02-21T13:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T11:55:08.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Important Articles Discussing Same-Sex "Marriage"</title><content type='html'>April/May – 05 &lt;em&gt;Policy Review&lt;/em&gt; By Jennifer Roback&lt;br /&gt;Morse                          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marriage and the Limits of Contract&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overview- A principled libertarian argument for why preserving traditional marriage is essential for limited government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/2939396.html"&gt;http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/2939396.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June/July -05 &lt;em&gt;Policy Review&lt;/em&gt; By Lee Harris&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Future of Tradition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overview-A gay man discusses the fragility of social customs like marriage from a historical/philosophical perspective. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/2932146.html"&gt;http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/2932146.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring 2005 &lt;em&gt;Claremont Review of Books &lt;/em&gt;By Bradley C. S. Watson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loves Language Lost&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overview – Concerns the corruption of language inherent in the case for same-sex “marriage” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.992/article_detail.asp"&gt;http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.992/article_detail.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 3rd, 2003 &lt;em&gt;Claremont Review of Books&lt;/em&gt; By  William J. Bennett&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Homosexual Unions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overview - A selection from The Broken Hearth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.313/pub_detail.asp"&gt;http://www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.313/pub_detail.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August/September 2004 &lt;em&gt;First Things&lt;/em&gt; by Robert H. Bork&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Necessary Amendment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overview - Judge Bork discusses the importance an impact of same-sex “marriage”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=369&amp;var_recherche=same+sex+marriage"&gt;http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=369&amp;var_recherche=same+sex+marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer 2004 &lt;em&gt;City Journal&lt;/em&gt; by Kay S. Hymowitz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gay Marriage vs. American Marriage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_3_gay_marriage.html"&gt;http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_3_gay_marriage.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer 2004 &lt;em&gt;City Journal&lt;/em&gt; By David L. Tubbs &amp; Robert P. George &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Redefining Marriage Away&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_3_redefining_marriage.html"&gt;http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_3_redefining_marriage.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 2003 &lt;em&gt;First Things&lt;/em&gt; By The Editor’s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Marriage Amendment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=527&amp;var_recherche=gay+marriage+"&gt;http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=527&amp;var_recherche=gay+marriage+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 1997 &lt;em&gt;First Things&lt;/em&gt; by David Orgon Coolidge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Same-Sex Marriage: As Hawaii Goes . . .&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3677&amp;var_recherche=gay+marriage+"&gt;http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3677&amp;var_recherche=gay+marriage+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 2004 &lt;em&gt;The Howard Center "The Family in America"&lt;/em&gt; By Bryce Christensen, Ph.D. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why Homosexuals Want What Marriage Has Now Become&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.profam.org/pub/fia/fia_1804.htm"&gt;http://www.profam.org/pub/fia/fia_1804.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 29, 2003 &lt;em&gt;A Brief Submitted to The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights&lt;/em&gt; By Margaret A. Somerville&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marriage as Culture the Case Against Same-Sex Marriage &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marriageinstitute.ca/images/somerville.pdf"&gt;http://www.marriageinstitute.ca/images/somerville.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Catholic Education Resource Center&lt;/em&gt;  by KATHERINE YOUNG AND PAUL NATHANSON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answering Advocates of Gay Marriage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/ho0064.html"&gt;http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/ho0064.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6910827314858568906-7182412365878676670?l=defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/feeds/7182412365878676670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6910827314858568906&amp;postID=7182412365878676670' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/7182412365878676670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/7182412365878676670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/2007/02/important-articles-discussing-same-sex_21.html' title='Important Articles Discussing Same-Sex &quot;Marriage&quot;'/><author><name>Fitz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13309743585009080434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910827314858568906.post-63605744605786690</id><published>2007-02-12T08:43:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T09:48:42.517-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Same-Sex “Marriage” and the African American Family</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;This section is reserved for those articles and news items that reflect on the dangers adoption of gay “marriage” poses to black family &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GENERAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 1965 &lt;em&gt;United States Department of Labor&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Negro Family: The Case For National Action&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary- The Famous report by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan argues in his 1965 report that the roots of black families’ problems lie in family breakdown.  ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/webid-meynihan.htm"&gt;http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/webid-meynihan.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer 2005 &lt;em&gt;City Journal&lt;/em&gt; By Kay S. Hymowitz,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Black Family: 40 Years of Lies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary- An excellent chronology of how family breakdown was ignored and apologized for by the countries policy elites. {companion to the Moynihan Report (above)}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/15_3_black_family.html"&gt;http://www.city-journal.org/html/15_3_black_family.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winter 2006, &lt;em&gt;City Journal&lt;/em&gt; By Kay S. Hymowitz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marriage and Caste, America’s chief source of inequality? The Marriage Gap&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_1_marriage_gap.html"&gt;http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_1_marriage_gap.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 12, 2010 &lt;em&gt;National Review&lt;/em&gt; By Robert Rector&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Understanding Illegitimacy &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teen pregnancy isn’t the story. The demise of marriage is. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/430875/understanding-illegitimacy/robert-rector?page=1"&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/430875/understanding-illegitimacy/robert-rector?page=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 12, 2007 &lt;em&gt;the State News&lt;/em&gt; By Gary Glenn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Black community doesn't support same-sex unions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.statenews.com/op_article.phtml?pk=40115"&gt;http://www.statenews.com/op_article.phtml?pk=40115&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 20, 2004 &lt;em&gt;Wall Street Journal &lt;/em&gt;BY SHELBY STEELE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Selma to San Francisco?  Same-sex marriage is not a civil rights issue&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004846"&gt;http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004846&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leonard Pitts Jr&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;has won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004. He is the author of Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feb. 09, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Miami Herald &lt;/em&gt;By Leonard Pitts Jr.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mary Cheney's baby breathes life into debate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/16657778.htm"&gt;http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/16657778.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feb. 16, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Miami Herald&lt;/em&gt; By Leonard Pitts Jr.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The father counts, as more than a figure&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/16710167.htm"&gt;http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/16710167.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thomas Sowell&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution. He writes on economics, history, social policy, ethnicity, and the history of ideas. Over the past three decades, Sowell has taught economics at various colleges and universities, including Cornell, Amherst, and the University of California at Los Angeles, as well as the history of ideas at Brandeis University.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 15, 2006 By Thomas Sowell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gay "marriage"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2006/08/15/gay_marriage"&gt;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2006/08/15/gay_marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 2, 2004  By Thomas Sowell &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The problem with the gay marriage issue &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030204.asp"&gt;http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030204.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 9, 2004  By Thomas Sowell &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Gay marriage’ confusions &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030904.asp"&gt;http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030904.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 24, 2000 By Thomas Sowell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;'Notion of gay marriage' is product of sloppy thinking &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell032400.asp"&gt;http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell032400.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Star Parker&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;is the founder and president of CURE, the Coalition on Urban Renewal &amp; Education is syndicated columnist and a  regular guest editorialist for USA Today. Her articles have appeared in major publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.She is the Author of several books-the autobiographical Pimps,Whores &amp; Welfare Brats and Uncle Sam's Plantation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 22, 2006 By Star Parker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mary Cheney's new world&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2006/05/22/mary_cheneys_new_world"&gt;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2006/05/22/mary_cheneys_new_world&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 8, 2005 By Star Parker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Black pastors seek gay marriage ban amid family issues&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2005/08/08/black_pastors_seek_gay_marriage_ban_amid_family_issues"&gt;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2005/08/08/black_pastors_seek_gay_marriage_ban_amid_family_issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 28, 2004 By Star Parker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An amendment to stop moral decay&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/09/28/an_amendment_to_stop_moral_decay"&gt;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/09/28/an_amendment_to_stop_moral_decay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 6, 2004 By Star Parker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Black pastors join gay-marriage debate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/07/06/black_pastors_join_gay-marriage_debate"&gt;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/07/06/black_pastors_join_gay-marriage_debate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 12, 2004By Star Parker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gay Politics, Black Reality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/01/12/gay_politics,_black_reality"&gt;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/01/12/gay_politics,_black_reality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6910827314858568906-63605744605786690?l=defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/feeds/63605744605786690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6910827314858568906&amp;postID=63605744605786690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/63605744605786690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/63605744605786690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/2007/02/important-articles-discussing-same-sex_12.html' title='Same-Sex “Marriage” and the African American Family'/><author><name>Fitz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13309743585009080434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910827314858568906.post-1096355612195609954</id><published>2007-02-05T11:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T13:22:50.544-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='case law'/><title type='text'>IMPORTANT CASE LAW</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;FEDERAL CASE LAW&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LAWRENCE v. TEXAS Decided June 26, 2003&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The sodomy case that overruled Bowers v Hardwick, creating a right to consensual adult intimacy. Presaged Goodridge and quoted therein.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZS.html"&gt;http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZS.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROMER v. EVANS Decided May 20, 1996&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Overruling of Colorado constitutional amendment preventing special civil rights protections for homosexuals (excellent and informative dissent)&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/94-1039.ZS.html"&gt;http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/94-1039.ZS.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                              &lt;strong&gt;STATE CASE LAW&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NATIONAL PRIDE AT WORK v. STATE OF MICHIGAN Decided February 1, 2007 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Appeals court Ruling upholding State Marriage Amendment and preventing Universities and municipalities from granting marriage like benefits to same-sex partners. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/COA/20070201_C265870_104_265870.OPN.PDF"&gt;http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/COA/20070201_C265870_104_265870.OPN.PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOODRIDGE v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (2003)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The notorious Massachusetts ruling in favor of re-defining marriage. Excellent dissents from  three liberal Judges.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/supremejudicialcourt/goodridge.html"&gt;http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/supremejudicialcourt/goodridge.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(or)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.masslaw.com/signup/opinion.cfm?page=ma/opin/sup/1017603.htm"&gt;http://www.masslaw.com/signup/opinion.cfm?page=ma/opin/sup/1017603.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HERNADEZ v. NEWYORK (2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Level headed State Supreme Court Ruling claiming no authority to re-define marriage.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marriagelaw.cua.edu/NY%20decision.pdf"&gt;http://marriagelaw.cua.edu/NY%20decision.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(or)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lmaw.org/freedom/docs/NY-Hernandez%20v%20Robles2.pdf"&gt;http://lmaw.org/freedom/docs/NY-Hernandez%20v%20Robles2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ANDERSEN v. KING COUNTY, Decided August 4, 2004 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;By far the strongest State court decision against a “right” to same-sex “marriage” Excellent concurrences by Justice Johnson &amp; Sanders (a must read!) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marriagelaw.cua.edu/Law/King%20Superior%20Court%20Opinion.pdf"&gt;http://marriagelaw.cua.edu/Law/King%20Superior%20Court%20Opinion.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                          &lt;strong&gt;More Complete Case Law Sites&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Marriage &amp; Law Projects Case Files&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marriagelaw.cua.edu/law/courts.cfm"&gt;http://marriagelaw.cua.edu/law/courts.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freedom to “Marry” – Reading Room&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lmaw.org/freedom/tr_docs.htm"&gt;http://lmaw.org/freedom/tr_docs.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6910827314858568906-1096355612195609954?l=defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/feeds/1096355612195609954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6910827314858568906&amp;postID=1096355612195609954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/1096355612195609954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/1096355612195609954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/2007/02/important-case-law.html' title='IMPORTANT CASE LAW'/><author><name>Fitz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13309743585009080434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910827314858568906.post-6607353648215744464</id><published>2007-02-01T10:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T08:43:35.838-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kurtz'/><title type='text'>Stanley Kurtz Work</title><content type='html'>Stanley Kurtz is an adjunct fellow of Hudson Institute and a fellow at the Hoover Institution with a special interest in America's "culture war." In addition to his regular contributions to National Review Online, Kurtz's writings on the family, feminism, homosexuality, affirmative action, and campus "political correctness" have appeared in Policy Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Commentary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before turning his attention to America's cultural battles, Kurtz was a social scientist specializing in family life and religion. He received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University and later taught at Harvard, winning several teaching awards for his work in a "Great Books" program. Kurtz was also Dewey Prize Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#1. THE SCANDINAVIAN DEBATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;02/02/2004 Weekly Standard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The End of Marriage in Scandinavia: The "conservative case" for same-sex marriage collapses.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/660zypwj.asp"&gt;http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/660zypwj.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;05/31/2004 Weekly Standard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Going Dutch? : Lessons of the same-sex marriage debate in the Netherlands.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the May 31, 2004 issue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/126qodro.asp"&gt;http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/126qodro.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 03, 2006 NRO Articles: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dissolving Marriage &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWI3ZWMyMGRhN2Q3MjA2Y2U4YmU1MDI4YzM3OGUyODM="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWI3ZWMyMGRhN2Q3MjA2Y2U4YmU1MDI4YzM3OGUyODM=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 17, 02 NRO Articles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reassurances Against Reality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDI3OWQ4Y2Y1YjA5YjlhNWRmNDAyZDA5YmUwMmFiNjI="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDI3OWQ4Y2Y1YjA5YjlhNWRmNDAyZDA5YmUwMmFiNjI=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;06/02/06 NRO Article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Smoking Gun - The Netherlands shows the effect of same-sex marriage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDFhMjk0YjI4NzgyZGM4NjMxZmY4NTQwZWNjYzkzYjg="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDFhMjk0YjI4NzgyZGM4NjMxZmY4NTQwZWNjYzkzYjg=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;02/23/06 NRO Article &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Standing Out - The sharp increase of non-marital births in the Netherlands needs some explaining.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODcyNzgxNGNkMzEwMDZhNmQzYzhjZDU4MDcwOWRmODA="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODcyNzgxNGNkMzEwMDZhNmQzYzhjZDU4MDcwOWRmODA=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10/30/06 NRO Article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avoidance Strategy - What about marriage in the Netherlands?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDEwOGYwOTY4NTFlZmU4ZTQ3ZGQyYzk2NWE2Yjc1NmM="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDEwOGYwOTY4NTFlZmU4ZTQ3ZGQyYzk2NWE2Yjc1NmM=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday, May 13, 2005 NRO Articles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Courting Fma&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGRhNjk2ZGNhYjQ2MzE3YTNmYzVmZDQ0YWEzMTA4MTM="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGRhNjk2ZGNhYjQ2MzE3YTNmYzVmZDQ0YWEzMTA4MTM=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Support of the Scandinavian Thesis &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open Letter To Dutch Newspapers By a group of Dutch Scholars confirming the thesis that the Netherlands has experienced greater family breakdown since the introduction of same-sex unions.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Original in Dutch {8/7/04 THE HAGUE--&lt;em&gt;In an open letter to this newspaper, five academics raise the alarm over the deteriorating state of marriage in The Netherlands.&lt;/em&gt;}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/105038/"&gt;http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/105038&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;br /&gt;English Translations &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marriagedebate.com/2004/07/dutch-scholars-on-ssm-new-statement.htm"&gt;http://www.marriagedebate.com/2004/07/dutch-scholars-on-ssm-new-statement.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Original in  Dutch -Interview with two signers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/105077/"&gt;http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/105077/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English Translations- Interview with two signers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marriagedebate.com/2004/07/dutch-scholars-on-ssm-interview-with.htm"&gt;http://www.marriagedebate.com/2004/07/dutch-scholars-on-ssm-interview-with.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 29, 2004 &lt;em&gt;National Review Online&lt;/em&gt; By Joshua Livestro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dutch Decline Losing interest in matrimony.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzdhNDc3MzczNzVkNTM4NjFkMWNlODgzZjE4YWEwYzI="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzdhNDc3MzczNzVkNTM4NjFkMWNlODgzZjE4YWEwYzI=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Febuary/March 2005 Policy Review &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Demographics and the Culture War&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The implications of population decline &lt;a href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3431156.html "&gt;http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3431156.html &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#2. MARRIAGE RADICALS – The full extent of the worldview behind the same-sex “marriage” agenda and the power it holds.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10/31/06 NRO Article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Confession - Have same-sex-marriage advocates said too much?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDY4Y2U4MGJkODRlZTFhNjk2MjZhZTZlMGMyNmUzZWE="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDY4Y2U4MGJkODRlZTFhNjk2MjZhZTZlMGMyNmUzZWE=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;11/01/06 NRO ARTICLE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Confession II - “Conservative” proponents of same-sex marriage are about to overtaken by radicals.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmRhNTdlNDNkOGQxOGFhNDE3ODdlOGI4ODU5ZDljOGE="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmRhNTdlNDNkOGQxOGFhNDE3ODdlOGI4ODU5ZDljOGE=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;05/25/06 NRO Article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zombie Killers- AKA “Queering the normal”&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTU4NDEzNTY5ODNmOWU4M2Y1MGIwMTcyODdjZGQxOTk="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTU4NDEzNTY5ODNmOWU4M2Y1MGIwMTcyODdjZGQxOTk=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;02/22/06 NRO Article &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fanatical Swedish Feminists -&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWI3ZWMyMGRhN2Q3MjA2Y2U4YmU1MDI4YzM3OGUyODM="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWI3ZWMyMGRhN2Q3MjA2Y2U4YmU1MDI4YzM3OGUyODM=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#3. POLYAMORY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;08/04/2003 Weekly Standard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beyond Gay Marriage: The road to polyamory.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the August 4 / August 11, 2003 issue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/660zypwj.asp"&gt;http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/660zypwj.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 23, 2005 NRO Article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Triple-Dutch Wrong&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2FjZjBkMTM2YTk4ZDhlZjJhNWIzNzE5YThhNGZkMDc="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2FjZjBkMTM2YTk4ZDhlZjJhNWIzNzE5YThhNGZkMDc=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;03/13/06 NRO Article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Big Love, From The Set &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWFhNmEwNGNiYTdmMWU2M2FjZTQ0ODNiZDdhMzg4OWU="&gt;http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWFhNmEwNGNiYTdmMWU2M2FjZTQ0ODNiZDdhMzg4OWU=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;06/05/2006 Weekly Standard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polygamy Versus Democracy You can't have both.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/266jhfgd.asp"&gt;http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/266jhfgd.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I. Media Examples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 10, 2007 &lt;em&gt;New York Times &lt;/em&gt;By KIRK JOHNSON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Polygamy Country, Old Divisions Are Fading &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/us/10jeffs.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/us/10jeffs.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18th April 2007 &lt;em&gt;U.K Daily&lt;/em&gt; Mail By Staff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polygamous husbands can claim cash for their harems&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=449221&amp;in_page_id=1770&amp;ito=1490"&gt;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=449221&amp;in_page_id=1770&amp;ito=1490&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 20,2006 &lt;em&gt;Newsweek Magazine&lt;/em&gt; By Elise Soukup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polygamists, Unite! They used to live quietly, but now they're making noise. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11786790/site/newsweek/"&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11786790/site/newsweek/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6910827314858568906-6607353648215744464?l=defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/feeds/6607353648215744464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6910827314858568906&amp;postID=6607353648215744464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/6607353648215744464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6910827314858568906/posts/default/6607353648215744464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defendmarriageresources.blogspot.com/2007/02/stanley-kurtz-work.html' title='Stanley Kurtz Work'/><author><name>Fitz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13309743585009080434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910827314858568906.post-225434597021971812</id><published>2007-02-01T07:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-06-04T12:54:09.380-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religious conflicts'/><title type='text'>Threats Same--sex "marriage" poses to Libety.</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;This Section is reserved for those links that deal with same-sex “marriage” impositions on liberty issues &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Religious Liberty threats&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#1. British Adoption Conflict Articles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22 March 2007 &lt;em&gt;The U.K. Independent&lt;/em&gt; By Colin Brown &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Labor wins gay rights vote in Lords&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2381113.ece"&gt;http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2381113.ece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 8, 2007, &lt;em&gt;First Things&lt;/em&gt;, By Ryan T. Anderson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moralism and UK Adoption Laws&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=626"&gt;http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=626&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sun 28 Jan 2007 &lt;em&gt;Scotland on Sunday &lt;/em&gt;By EDDIE BARNES &amp; BRIAN BRADY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Church: we'll make gay rights martyrs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=145842007"&gt;http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=145842007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;31/01/07 &lt;em&gt;UK Telegraph &lt;/em&gt;By Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regulation must not trump conscience &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=IDF4MB1QSSLMBQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/opinion/2007/01/31/do3102.xml#comments"&gt;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=IDF4MB1QSSLMBQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/opinion/2007/01/31/do3102.xml#comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/30/2007 &lt;em&gt;U.K Telegraph&lt;/em&gt;  by George Jones, Political Editor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Church loses opt-out fight over gay adoptions &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=AMIDOOJLRPHWVQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/01/30/ngay30.xml"&gt;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=AMIDOOJLRPHWVQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/01/30/ngay30.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/30/07 &lt;em&gt;Guardian Unlimited&lt;/em&gt; by Patrick Wintour, Will Woodward and Stephen Bates&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Catholic agencies given deadline to comply on same-sex adoptions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2001834,00.html"&gt;http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2001834,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 09, 2007, &lt;em&gt;NRO&lt;/em&gt; By  David Frum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can Religious Freedom Survive Gay Liberation?&lt;/strong&gt; – An overview of the cost to human liberty as demonstrated through the British adoption controversy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGY0ZmRkNmU1YTY2YWM5NTdmZjRjM2U0MzRhOTg5MGI="&gt;http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGY0ZmRkNmU1YTY2YWM5NTdmZjRjM2U0MzRhOTg5MGI=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#2. Boston Adoption Controversy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 11, 2006, &lt;em&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/em&gt; By Patricia Wen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Catholic Charities stuns state, ends adoptions-Gay issue stirred move by agency&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/11/catholic_charities_stuns_state_ends_adoptions/ "&gt;http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/11/catholic_charities_stuns_state_ends_adoptions/ &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#3. General Aricles On the threat to Religious Liberty&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;05/15/2006, &lt;em&gt;The Weekly Standard&lt;/em&gt; by Maggie Gallagher&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Banned in Boston  - The coming conflict between same-sex marriage and religious liberty. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/191kgwgh.asp"&gt;http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/191kgwgh.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; April 2004  &lt;em&gt;First Things&lt;/em&gt; by Raymond J. de Souza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=322&amp;var_recherche=same+sex+marriage"&gt;http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=322&amp;var_recherche=same+sex+marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 25, 2005 &lt;em&gt;CBC News&lt;/em&gt; By Staff &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B.C. lesbians fight to hold wedding reception in Catholic hall&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/01/24/lesbian-wedding-050124.html"&gt;http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/01/24/lesbian-wedding-050124.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nov. 30 2005, &lt;em&gt;CTV.ca&lt;/em&gt; By News Staff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B.C. tribunal awards lesbian couple damages&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051129/tribunal_lesbiancouple_051129/20051129?hub=Canada"&gt;http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051129/tribunal_lesbiancouple_051129/20051129?hub=Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 20, 2007 &lt;em&gt;E-Media News&lt;/em&gt; PARIS, TX (PRWEB) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Church To Sanction Same-Sex Marriages- First Nation Church Removes Ban On Gay, Lesbian Unions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/4/emw520132.htm"&gt;http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/4/emw520132.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#4. Free Speech Threats &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 16, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Chicago Tribune&lt;/em&gt; By Staff &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teens face hate-crime charge for anti-gay flier&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-hatecrime_16may16,0,5098417.story?coll=chi-education-hed"&gt;http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-hatecrime_16may16,0,5098417.story?coll=chi-education-hed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 29, 2007, &lt;em&gt;Huston Chronicle&lt;/em&gt; By Associated Press  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Archbishop opposed to same-sex unions is threatened&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/4760001.html"&gt;http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/4760001.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 5, 2007 &lt;em&gt;San Francisco Chronicle&lt;/em&gt; by Bob Egelko&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Appeals court sides with Oakland on removal of 'natural family' sign&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/05/BAGASOFO1B5.DTL"&gt;http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/05/BAGASOFO1B5.DTL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 01, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Canadian Press&lt;/em&gt; By Jennifer Graham&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Same-sex couple alleges discrimination by Saskatchewan marriage commissioner&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1667e407-a1c2-4ba9-be19-db15918e5018&amp;k=66291"&gt;http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1667e407-a1c2-4ba9-be19-db15918e5018&amp;k=66291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 12, 2004, &lt;em&gt;CNN WORLD NEWS&lt;/em&gt;, By Staff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Berlusconi blasts EU rejection&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/12/italy.eu/index.html"&gt;http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/12/italy.eu/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 29, 2005&lt;em&gt; Washington Post Foreign Service &lt;/em&gt;By Keith B. Richburg and Alan Cooperman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Swede's Sermon on Gays: Bigotry or Free Speech? &lt;/strong&gt; -Pastor Challenges Hate-Law Restrictions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45538-2005Jan28.html "&gt;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45538-2005Jan28.html &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 25, 2007 &lt;em&gt;365Gay.com&lt;/em&gt; By Newscenter Staff &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French Politician Fined Under Gay Hate Law&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/01/012507france.htm"&gt;http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/01/012507france.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winter 2007, &lt;em&gt;City Journal&lt;/em&gt; By John Leo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free Inquiry? Not on Campus - And the college speech police threaten the liberty of us all.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_free_speech.html"&gt;http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_free_speech.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May &amp; June 1998, &lt;em&gt;Policy Review &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Think welfare policy undermined the family? Try reading a few college textbooks &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3566207.html"&gt;http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3566207.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#5. SCHOOLS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I. The David Parker Case &lt;/strong&gt; - Massachusetts law suit centered on the ability of a parent to be not have his child exposed to same-sex "marriage" propaganda in public schools setting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 29, 2005 &lt;em&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/em&gt; By Maria Cramer and Ralph Ranalli, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arrested father had point to make&lt;/strong&gt; - Disputed school's lesson on diversity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/29/arrested_father_had_point_to_make/"&gt;http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/29/arrested_father_had_point_to_make/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 24, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/em&gt; By Jonathan Saltzman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Same-sex teaching upheld&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/24/same_sex_teaching_upheld/"&gt;http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/24/same_sex_teaching_upheld/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Site has full details of this case. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.massresistance.org/docs/parker/index.html"&gt;http://www.massresistance.org/docs/parker/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;II. Others&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;31 May 2007 &lt;em&gt;U.K Daily Mail&lt;/em&gt; By LAURA CLARK  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't teach that marriage is best say academics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=458761&amp;in_page_id=1770"&gt;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=458761&amp;in_page_id=1770&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 13, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Hartford Courant&lt;/em&gt; By Associated Press&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suit: Sub Showed 'Brokeback' in Class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/sns-ap-brokeback-lawsuit,0,6787544.story"&gt;http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/sns-ap-brokeback-lawsuit,0,6787544.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271935,00.html"&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271935,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 7, 2007, &lt;em&gt;Chicago Tribune&lt;/em&gt; By Lisa Black&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;School accused of promoting homosexuality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070307gay-school,1,5590132.story?coll=chi-news-hed&amp;ctrack=1&amp;cset=true"&gt;http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070307gay-school,1,5590132.story?coll=chi-news-hed&amp;ctrack=1&amp;cset=true&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or&lt;br /&gt;March 08, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Fox News&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Freshman 'Orientation' on Gay Experiences Angers Parents in Illinois High School&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257748,00.html"&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257748,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd April 2007 &lt;em&gt;UK Daily Mail &lt;/em&gt;By LIZ HULL &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Police send four police officers to tackle boy, 11, who called schoolmate 'gay'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=445996&amp;in_page_id=1770"&gt;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=445996&amp;in_page_id=1770&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 5, 2007 &lt;em&gt;Townhall &lt;/em&gt;By Jay Sekulow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You’re Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage--You Must be a Member of the Ku Klux Klan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JaySekulow/2007/02/05/you%e2%80%99re_opposed_to_same-sex_marriage--you_must_be_a_member_of_the_ku_klux_klan"&gt;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JaySekulow/2007/02/05/you%e2%80%99re_opposed_to_same-sex_marriage--you_must_be_a_member_of_the_ku_klux_klan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 15, 2007, &lt;em&gt;UK Telegraph&lt;/em&gt; By A.P. Reporter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Same-sex fairy tales&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21386285-5006007,00.html"&gt;http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21386285-5006007,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#6. PRESS BIAS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2004 &lt;em&gt;NYT &lt;/em&gt;By DANIEL OKRENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E7D8173DF936A15754C0A9629C8B63"&gt;http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E7D8173DF936A15754C0A9629C8B63&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 11, 2007, &lt;em&gt;NYT  &lt;/em&gt;By BYRON CALAME&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE PUBLIC EDITOR Can a 15-Year-Old Be a ‘Woman Without a Spouse’?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/opinion/11pubed.html?ex=1328850000&amp;en=157a06ff2baed00d&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/opinion/11pubed.html?ex=1328850000&amp;en=157a06ff2baed00d&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MISSILANIOUS &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 9, 2004 &lt;em&gt;New York Times &lt;/em&gt;By Don S. Browning-Contributor &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Liberal Case Against Same-Sex Marriage &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/fileadmin/templates/CSLR_Media/PDFs/Don_browning.Same_Sex.pdf"&gt;http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/fileadmin/templates/CSLR_Media/PDFs/Don_browning.Same_Sex.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 02, 2006 &lt;em&gt;The London Times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gay pacts go straight as lovers get cold feet over the ties of marriage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article657380.ece"&gt;http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article657380.ece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 25 2007, &lt;em&gt;Associated Press &lt;/em&gt;By GREG BLUESTEIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lesbian asks court to ban gay adoptions&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070325/ap_on_re_us/gay_traitor_2"&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070325/ap_on_re_us/gay_traitor_2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aug 15, 2006 &lt;em&gt;Weekly Standard&lt;/em&gt; By Ryan T. Anderson&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Beyond Gay Marriage"; The stated goal of these prominent gay activists is no longer merely the freedom to live as they want&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/TheWeeklyStandard/2006/08/15/1823653"&gt;http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/TheWeeklyStandard/2006/08/15/1823653&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I.&lt;/strong&gt; A United Kingdom legal case brought by two sisters concerning the denial of benefits to same-sex households merely on the basis of blood relations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;02/09/2006 &lt;em&gt;U.K. Telegraph&lt;/em&gt;  By Joshua Rozenberg, Legal Editor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sisters go to court over 'gay bias' in tax laws&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/02/nherit02.xml"&gt;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/02/nherit02.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13/09/2006 &lt;em&gt;U.K. Telegraph &lt;/em&gt; By Joshua Rozenberg, Legal Editor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Treat us like lesbians, say sisters in tax fight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/13/nsisters13.xml"&gt;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/13/nsisters13.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 11, 2006, &lt;em&gt;First Things&lt;/em&gt; By Ryan T. 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