Gay Marriage

Italy’s feisty Interior Minister Matteo Salvini came out swinging against surrogate motherhood Monday, insisting on every child’s right to a mother and a father.

Actress Ellen Page appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday, where she attacked both President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence over their supposed hatred of LGBT people. 

Democratic presidential contender Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is under fire for her past activism and statements in favor of traditional marriage and against “homosexual activists.”

The president of gay dating app Grindr claimed in a Facebook post that marriage is “between a man and a woman.” His post went on to say, “you can’t deny my feelings about my marriage.”

Jeff Rohrer has become the first openly gay former NFL player to marry a man, a report says. Former Seattle Seahawks punter and 2014 Super Bowl champ Jon Ryan was among those attending the nuptials, USA Today reported.

A video published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) showing 6-year-old school children being instructed to write gay love letters has been causing a stir on social media.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s top court has ruled that gay couples should have the same family rights as heterosexuals, a judgment that comes before a national referendum seeking to ban same-sex marriage.

Parents in a Sacramento, California suburban school district were shocked this week to discover that Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom, the Democratic Party candidate for governor in November, was portrayed in a first-grade textbook as a “champion for people’s rights.”

The Los Angeles Times points out Monday that Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for governor in November, has a long history of flip-flopping on the state’s major issues — a track record that may provide fodder for Republican rival John Cox.

The Costa Rican Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that legislation banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, citing a ruling last January from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Ireland’s Leo Varadkar had said he will challenge Pope Francis on the ‘equality’ of same-sex families on his upcoming visit, with the establishment demanding the pontiff scrap the church’s “evil” teachings on homosexuality.

Londoners are the least likely regional group in the UK to be relaxed with pre-marital sex and homosexuality, with researchers blaming “religious differences” for the discrepancy with the rest of the country.

In an interview with Marc Lamont Hill that aired on HuffPost Live, former President Jimmy Carter discussed his faith and being a born-again Christian. During that discussion, he touched on two hot-button topics regarding faith — gay marriage and abortion.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Jesus would approve of gay marriage and certain abortions in an interview with HuffPost Live.

“Entrusting children to so-called homosexual couples constitutes in the last analysis a moral abuse of children, the smallest and most defenseless,” said Bishop Athanasius Schneider in an interview with Italian media last week.

The mayor of Paris has announced that a number of pedestrian crossings painted in rainbow colors for last Saturday’s Gay Pride march will become a permanent fixture of the Parisian landscape.

A 79-year-old gay Anglican priest in the U.K. has defended his marriage to a 25-year-old male model from Romania, insisting he is not “a dirty old man” but just wants “to show people we are normal.”

The European Court of Justice has ruled that all member states must overlook their same-sex marriage laws by recognizing gay couples married in other territories.

Monday’s SCOTUS ruling on Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, while not as sweeping as some of us would have liked, is still wonderful news. By a 7-2 margin, SCOTUS sided with a wedding cake artist who refused to design and bake a same-sex wedding cake.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) had positioned himself as a champion of gay rights in his opposition to Mike Pompeo to become secretary of state, then on Thursday he voted against Richard Grenell, the Trump administration’s first prominent openly-gay nominee, for U.S. ambassador to Germany.

The debate over gay marriage began with local conversations. Each of the 50 states would decide the issue on their own. After we discussed the matter amongst ourselves and everyone had a say, we would have ourselves a vote.

Britain’s Labour Party is demanding the UK government impose an imperialistic diktat upon the predominantly black citizens of Bermuda for refusing to adhere to the liberal-left’s same-sex marriage demands. Helen Goodman — Labour’s shadow Foreign Office minister — said the devolved,

T-Mobile injected politics into its 2018 Super Bowl ad by using babies to promote its equal pay, diversity, and same-sex marriage.

In a controversial new statement, progressive German Cardinal Reinhard Marx said he could envision blessing homosexual couples in the Catholic Church, but added that it would have to be up to the “pastor on the ground” rather than made into a universal rule.

CNN’s relentless campaign to destroy the innocence of young children marched on this weekend with a lengthy Sunday morning New Day segment promoting children’s book that depicts Santa Claus as a homosexual who is married to another man.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte expressed support for gay marriage last weekend, declaring, “If that will add to your happiness, I am for it.”

The Archbishop of Vienna has sharply criticized a new ruling by the Austrian Constitutional Court that paves the way for same-sex marriages, calling the decision a “denial of reality.”

Austrian Roman Catholic Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has slammed a recent supreme court ruling which paves the way for the legalisation of gay marriage beginning in 2019.

The global media made much of Britain’s Prince Harry announcing his engagement to American divorcee Meghan Markle, but a new poll has found British opinion on a variety of potential future scenarios — including gay marriage — is less settled.

A George Soros-funded NGO which is trying to push gay marriage on Cambodia “must close”, said Prime Minister Hun Sen, accusing the group of serving foreign interests.