On Tuesday supporters of traditional marriage filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court answering arguments by opponents of California’s Proposition 8.
According to Alliance Defending Freedom, the brief explains why the state’s marriage amendment is constitutional and should be upheld as such.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on this case will likely have implications for marriage amendments in other states–including Arkansas.
A popular pollster has distorted its statistics on support for same-sex “marriage” among Catholics, according to Family Research Council.
According to FRC’s report, Quinnipiac University lumped survey responses from practicing and non-practicing Catholics together on the issue of same-sex “marriage”–even though the university was careful to distinguish between the two when it came to other issues.
The result was a set of statistics showing the majority of “Catholics” support the redefinition of marriage. A closer inspection of the numbers, however, shows the majority of practicing Catholics do not support same-sex “marriage.”
In other words, the poll purports to show Catholics have shifted from opposing to supporting same-sex “marriage” when no such shift has actually happened.
You can read more by visiting Family Research Council’s website.
You’ve probably noticed that there are now conservatives who support gay marriage, even going so far as to claim there’s a conservative argument for it. Jennifer Thieme with the Ruth Institute disagrees with this assertion, explaining that “True conservatives support limited government, and they understand that there are other institutions which serve to limit government power. Two of these institutions are the natural family and religion. Same sex marriage, which as a policy removes the gender requirement for marriage, is a great vehicle for those who wish to increase the scope and power of the government, as it forces these other institutions to diminish.”
Click here to read her entire blog post.