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Newt Gingrich Signs Pledge To Ban Same-Sex Marriage Constitutionally

OIA Staff — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:15:29 +0000

Two-time adulterer and three-time serial monogamist Newt Gingrich has affirmed his support for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage because supposedly the institution of same-sex marriage will erode so-called traditional marriage, but divorce and infidelity will not. via. Read the full article @ Newt Gingrich Signs Pledge To Ban Same-Sex Marriage Constitutionally Read more [...]

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Gallup Confirms: For First Time, Most Americans Favor Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:16:18 +0000

Confirming what several other national polls have found in the last few months, the latest Gallup poll says that a majority of Americans support legal gay marriage for the first time. According to the poll, 53 pecent of Americans believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as [...]

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What the Bible Really Says About Sex

OIA Staff — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:23:05 +0000

What does the Bible really say about sex? Two new books written by university scholars for a popular audience try to answer this question. Infuriated by the dominance in the public sphere of conservative Christians who insist that the Bible incontrovertibly supports sex within the constraints of “traditional marriage,” these authors attempt to prove otherwise. [...]

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Clinton Amends Passport Change

OIA Staff — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:59:11 +0000

The State Department said Saturday that Clinton had instructed the department to retain “mother” and “father” in passport applications as well as in a form known as a “Consular Report of Birth Abroad” that U.S. embassies use to document the birth of a child to expatriate Americans. It said the forms will now ask for [...]

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HRC to NOM: Your summer bus tour is a sham

OIA Staff — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:59:47 +0000

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) today challenged the National Organization for Marriage’s so-called “Summer for Marriage” bus tour, saying it’s nothing more than legal and rhetorical posturing in its campaign to keep its donor base secret. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today challenged [...]

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Anti Gay New York Senator Gets Probation For Beating Up His Girlfriend

OIA Staff — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:06:58 +0000

New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate, one of the Democrats who helped “defend traditional marriage” in the New York Senate last week by voting against a bill that would have made same-sex marriage legal in the Empire State, was sentenced to 250 hours of community service. 52 weeks of domestic abuse counseling and three years [...]

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The Big Lie: Marriage and “Tradition”

OIA Staff — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:44:20 +0000

Not only does DOMA clearly discriminate against same-sex couples and families headed by same-sex couples, but your Justice Department is helping it move forward on a lie: that two-partner, heterosexual marriage is the “traditional and universally recognized form of marriage.” That lie is based on a bigger lie that one often hears touted by religious [...]

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