Same-sex marriage

All Bark, No Brains: The View Talks Gay Weddings, Canine Groomsmen and Surrogacy
By Sarah Stites | July 31, 2015 | 3:01 PM EDT

July 31st marked The View’s 7th annual “Mutt Show.” And according to co-host Raven-Symoné, gay former boy-band star Lance Bass was the “perfect guest to have” because Bass and his “husband” have 3 dogs. 

“And they were your bridal party?” Symoné queried. (‘Wedding party’ might have been the better term, Raven, as there is no bride, but then again, weddings have historically required a bride as well...) “I was so excited that all my dogs could make it to the wedding,” Bass answered, “because my dream was to have my dogs walk down the isle.” Oh, goodness.

NYT's Jackie Calmes Unloads 16,000-Word Harvard Report on 'Conservative Media' Leading GOP to 'Far Right' Extremes (Part 1)
By Clay Waters | July 30, 2015 | 8:59 AM EDT

New York Times national reporter Jackie Calmes spent a semester at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University studying "conservative media," and this week issued an exhaustive 16,000-word report with the oh-so-objective title, "'They Don't Give a Damn about Governing' -- Conservative Media’s Influence on the Republican Party," blaming the "far right" for killing the moderate, pragmatic GOP, while dismissing the very idea of a liberal mainstream media.

Jimmy Carter: ‘Fortunately, There Was No Fox News When I Was President’
By Sarah Stites | July 24, 2015 | 2:04 PM EDT

It’s old news that Jimmy Carter believes Jesus would support gay marriage and some abortion. But Fox News? Well, Carter doesn’t like that.  

Earlier this week, NY Times reporter Philip Galanes sat down for lunch with the former president and black author Jacqueline Woodson to discuss issues of race and religion, including the confederate flag, black-white relations and same-sex marriage. 

Law Prof On Polygamy in NY Times: ‘Is There Any Magic Power in the Number Two’?
By Sarah Stites | July 21, 2015 | 11:25 AM EDT

William Baude, an assistant law professor at the University of Chicago, has a rare quality these days. He’s logical. 

In an opinion piece written for the New York Times, Baude suggested that, following the Obergefell ruling discovering a right to gay ‘marriage,’ “there is a very good argument” that “polyamorous relationships should be next.”

AP-GfK Poll Shows Gay Marriage Debate Far From Over, Nets Widely Ignore
By Spencer Raley | July 20, 2015 | 1:51 PM EDT

A new AP-GfK Poll released Saturday indicates the gay marriage debate is far from over. The survey conducted from July 9-13 shows support for gay marriage in America has slipped to 42 percent, with 40 percent opposing, and 18 percent taking no position on the controversial issue. Along these lines, only 39 percent of those polled supported the recent Supreme Court ruling.

LGBT-Inspired ‘Immigrant Revolution’ Examined on Univision
By Javier Zurita | July 16, 2015 | 9:59 AM EDT

A national campaign that encourages unauthorized immigrants in the United States to “come out of the closet” and thus openly flout their violation of U.S. immigration law was the subject of uncritical examination in a recent Univision broadcast.

CNN's Cuomo Rips Santorum on 'Tolerance:' 'Why Aren't You More Like Your Pope?'
By Matthew Balan | July 14, 2015 | 4:46 PM EDT

CNN's Chris Cuomo tried to shame Rick Santorum on Tuesday's New Day over his opposition to same-sex marriage. Cuomo indicated that Santorum wasn't in line with Pope Francis on LGBT issues: "Your Pope says tolerance is the message of Catholicism, when asked about gay marriage and LGBT existence within humanity. He says, 'Who am I to judge?' That doesn't work for you. You say you want an amendment that keeps marriage between a man and a woman. Why aren't you more like your pope?"

County Clerks Resign Nationwide After Gay Marriage Ruling
By Kristine Marsh | July 13, 2015 | 12:16 PM EDT

County clerks across the country are resigning after the June 26 Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage.

Just a few days after the monumental ruling, an entire county clerk office in Tennessee resigned. Decatur County Clerk Gwen Pope and both of her deputy assistants, Sharon Bell and Mickey Butler, resigned, saying the order clashed with their religious beliefs.  All three were long-time employees of the clerk’s office. Pope told The Jackson Sun they didn’t want to make the news.

 
Notable Quotables: One Week = Irreversible Lefty 'Transformation'
By Rich Noyes | July 13, 2015 | 8:52 AM EDT

Journalists seize upon one week's good news for President Obama to proclaim he's "clearly" a "transformational President" who has engineered "a massive progressive shift to the left." And ABC champions the "Bernie-mentum" of socialist Bernie Sanders's far-left candidacy, cheering how his campaign events seem "more like rock concerts," while the boomlet for Donald Trump is merely evidence that "xenophobic language sells" among GOP primary voters.

New Lean Forward Ads Celebrate Liberal 'Triumphs' at Supreme Court
By Scott Whitlock | July 12, 2015 | 6:55 PM EDT

MSNBC released two new "Lean Forward" ads last week, the latest examples of the network's echo chamber thinking. In the spots, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow, respectively, cheered the Supreme Court's liberal decisions from the last term. The commercials brand the network as the official cheerleader of liberal causes. In one, Matthews lauded, "This is, let's joyously agree, a time of triumph. The Supreme Court has validated the President's Affordable Care Act...  and it's a time for equality of marriage for gay and lesbian people." 

Slate Writer William Saletan: Same-Sex Marriage Compatible With ‘Lifestyle Conservatism’
By Tom Johnson | July 11, 2015 | 12:57 PM EDT

Saletan approves of “lifestyle conservatism,” but when it comes to defining that term, your mileage may vary, given that for Saletan it includes support for same-sex marriage. In a Thursday piece, Saletan asserted that conservatives ought to accept that two-person marriages, whether hetero- or homosexual, fit into the “tradition” and “enduring institution” of matrimony.

“Republicans are right to worry about redefining marriage,” wrote Saletan. “But their decision to draw the line at sexual orientation was a profound mistake. They thought homosexuality was a lifestyle. In reality, the only lifestyle at stake is marriage itself. By locking gay people out of that institution, Republicans disserved their party’s mission: a well-ordered society.” The real enemy, he claimed, is a “lifestyle liberalism” that condones “polygamy,” “infidelity,” “promiscuity,” and “cohabitation.”

'When Will the Catholic Church Stop Firing Gays?' Ex-Jesuit Writer Whines in Daily Beast
By Ken Shepherd | July 10, 2015 | 5:08 PM EDT

"Far from becoming more open, the Catholic Church is doubling down on its homophobia," groused the liberal website Daily Beast.