Dear Readers, If you are pro-life, it is very important that you take a moment to call you Congressman to tell him or her to support the pro-life Stupak-Pitts amendment to health care. The House of Representatives will be debating the measure over the next few hours and will vote on it this evening. It’s too late to e-mail, you have to call. You can locate your Representative’s number here. The call will only take you a few minutes. The National Right to Life Committee regards this as “the most important House roll call on federal funding of abortion since the House last voted directly on the Hyde Amendment in…
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Maine Repeals Same-Sex “Marriage” Law
Voters in Maine have repealed the law that would have allowed same-sex “marriage.” The Associated Press reports: “Gay marriage has now lost in every single state — 31 in all — in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that trend in Maine.” For me, this is the big news of this election day. If this measure would have failed, it would have been the first time for gay “marriage” to be supported by a popular vote. Also, it is significant that voters in two of the most liberal states in the country—California and Maine—have now rejected gay “marriage.”
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Gay “Marriage” in Maine?
“Gay marriage has lost in every single state in which it has been put to a popular vote. Come Election Day, gay-rights supporters are hoping to make Maine the exception,” the Associated Press reports. This is set to be a close vote, one that activists on both sides say could go either way. We’ll be watching this one.
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SF Chronicle Compares Interracial Marriage to Gay “Marriage”
In my last post, I warned that people would compare the Louisiana case to gay “marriage.” It’s already happening. In the online edition of today’s San Francisco Chronicle, Yobie Benjamin writes: “If you think gay couples are the only ones being denied the right to marry, think again. Racism and anti-miscegenation (the banning of interracial marriage) is alive and well in Louisiana… The case is clearly no different from the discrimination gay couples suffer when government refuses to grant them right to marry.”
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President Obama’s Revolution
On Saturday, President Obama delivered a speech to the Human Rights Campaign, one of the most ardent gay-rights organizations in the country. He promised to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” to abolish the Defense of Marriage Act, and to sign into law the Matthew Shepherd hate crimes bill that was just passed in the U. S. House of Representatives. None of this is surprising, though it does seem inconsistent with his 2008 campaign statements affirming marriage as the union of one man and one woman. What was astonishing, however, was his open admission of what his real goal is. He’s not simply trying to change the law. He wants to…
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Noonan Calls Nobel Wicked and Ignorant
Peggy Noonan has a hard-hitting piece on yesterday’s news about President Obama’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize. She is not critical of Obama, but of the committee who diminished the award. She writes: “The giving of the peace prize to President Obama is absurd. He doesn’t have a body of work; he’s a young man; he’s been president less than nine months. He hopes to accomplish much, and so far–nine months!–has accomplished little. Is this a life of heroic self-denial, of the sacrifice of self for something greater, of huge and historic consequence, of sustained vision? No it’s not. Is this a life marked by a vivid and calculable contribution…
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President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
You can watch the official announcement above, or read the official announcement below.
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Lawmakers To Repeal Defense of Marriage Act
Michael Gleeson has the story for The Hill newspaper: “House lawmakers are poised to introduce legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). “The law, which was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996, defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and prevents same-sex married couples from receiving the same federal benefits as heterosexual married couples. “Reps. Jerold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) — who is the first openly gay member elected to the House — plan to introduce a bill this week that would scrap DOMA. Baldwin is also gay. . .” “President Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign promised a…
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Mohler and Piper on Obama’s Speech
Albert Mohler and John Piper agree that the brouhaha over President Obama’s speech to school children is much ado about nothing. In fact, both of them commend the speech’s message. Go read their remarks. Albert Mohler – “The Obama School Speech Controversy — What to Think?” John Piper – “I Hope My Daughter Hears the President’s Speech” John Piper – “I’ve Read the President’s Speech: Amazing”
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Tim Hawkins Goes Political
Tim Hawkins has previously appeared on this blog in his hilarious videos “Cletus Take the Reel” and “Chick-fil-a.” Hawkins’ latest video, however, is certain to cause some controversy because it is decidedly political. Watch it above for yourself. If you have time, you should also watch the golden oldies below.