By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Rhode Island bishop is calling upon Catholics to shirk their “abysmal” apathy because much can be done to check the advance of those who are “fiercely determined” to impose homosexual marriage on America.
Tag Archives: same sex marriage
Beauty Queen Says God was Testing Her at Pageant
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The California beauty queen who told America during the Miss USA pageant that marriage should be between a man and a woman said she believed God was testing her faith when she was questioned about same-sex marriage during the event.
Connecticut Law Could Force Homosexuality to be Taught in Schools
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
One of the nation’s largest organizations in support of traditional marriage is urging the Connecticut General Assembly to reject a new bill that will allow same-sex marriage to be taught in schools and would remove a conscience protection clause that protects religious institutions from lawsuits demanding that they do the same.
Vermont Becomes Fourth State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Vermont became the fourth state in the U.S. to recognize same-sex marriage yesterday when both houses of the state legislature garnered enough votes to overcome Republican Gov. Jim Douglas’ threatened veto.
Iowa Supreme Court Allows Same-Sex Marriage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Supreme Court of the state of Iowa has unanimously decided that homosexuals should have the right to marry and will allow same-sex marriages to take place beginning April 24.
Victory for Traditional Marriage in Hawaii and Vermont
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The battle to preserve traditional marriage resulted in two critical victories this week. The Governor of Vermont announced he will veto a same-sex marriage bill passed by the legislature this week and lawmakers in the state of Hawaii failed to come up with enough votes to release a civil unions bill from a committee in which it has been stalled.
California Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Proposition 8
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
After several hours of oral arguments, justices on the California Supreme Court seemed unlikely to overturn Proposition 8, a Nov. 4 ballot initiative in which the people of California voted to amend their constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
CA Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Same-Sex Marriage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The California Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that reinstated a ban on same-sex marriage. Their decision is expected within 90 days of the hearing.
Same-Sex Marriage Laws Used to Defend Polygamists
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As predicted by pro-family groups around the world, same-sex marriage laws are now being used as justification for legalizing polygamy in Canada.
Archbishop Calls for Tolerance in Same-Sex Marriage Debate
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a Dec. 5 letter to his flock, San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer is appealing to people on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate to be tolerant of each other and to “disagree without being disagreeable.”
