Senate Advances Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Will Consider Several Religious Liberty Amendments
Senators voted 61-35 to end debate on a bipartisan amendment to the same-sex marriage bill that purports to protect religious liberty.

Senators voted 61-35 to end debate on a bipartisan amendment to the same-sex marriage bill that purports to protect religious liberty.

Sullivan and Lummis, who both voted to advance to same-sex marriage bill, said they would support Lee’s religious liberty amendment.

The conservative Heritage Foundation is reportedly spending one million dollars on ads opposing the passage of the pro-gay marriage “Respect for Marriage Act.” The ads are set to run during Thanksgiving NFL and college football games.
The president of GLAAD has condemned Candace Cameron Burre’s recent comments in the Wall Street Journal in which she said that the Great American Family channel where the actress serves as chief creative officer will focus on “traditional marriage” instead of gay couples in its Christmas programming.

Lee is holding out hope that a few House Republicans will double back on their initial support for the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act.”

Chuck Schumer delayed a vote until after the midterm elections to give the bill the highest probability of passing.

Lawmakers voted for the measure 62-37 after a bipartisan group of senators added a clause about religious liberty.

Former Hallmark Channel star Candace Cameron Bure has revealed that her new TV network will focus on “traditional marriage,” as opposed to gay couples, in its Christmas movies. For that unforgivable offense, the conservative actress has been attacked as a homophobe and a bigot, and has even been compared to Eva Braun.

The American embassy in Havana applauded the communist Castro regime in Cuba for holding a sham election to legalize same-sex marriage this week, issuing a statement on Monday “celebrating the decision of the Cuban people.”

Lady Gaga used the Washington, D.C. stop on her Chromatica Ball tour to deliver a political message about abortion and same-sex marriage, warning the Supreme Court that it had “better not try to mess with gay marriage” after overturning Roe v. Wade.

The Walt Disney Co. is pressuring the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that would codify gay marriage into federal law — an effort spearheaded by the Human Rights Campaign, the scandal-plagued, radical LGBTQ lobbying group.

PARIS (AP) – Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments allegedly stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership.

Actress and West Side Story star Ariana DeBose claims U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is “not just coming for women,” but for gays as well. “My country is at war with me,” DeBose, who identifies as “queer,” proclaimed.

A Catholic church outside Bologna bestowed a public blessing on a gay couple last week with the permission of Bologna’s Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, a leading candidate for the next papal election.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Friday on ABC’s “The View” that interracial marriage and gay marriage are in jeopardy because Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito‘s legal reasoning in a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

The leak of a draft ruling in the case that could bring down Roe v. Wade and abortion on demand as the law of the land has not only revealed a majority on the court have signed on to overturning the decision, but has unleashed a wave of disinformation about what it would mean if finalized.

MSNBC contributor Neal Katyal said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” that if the Politico report that the Supreme Court has made a 5-4 decision to overturn abortion is true, then they can throw out any prior decision that is not codified in law.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron has re-entered Britain’s political arena by calling for PM Boris Johnson to lower taxes to help tackle the energy crisis.

A Christian website designer alleges that Colorado law would force her to design wedding websites for same-sex couples in spite of her convictions.

Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich told Catholic News Agency (KNA) Tuesday that the Catholic Church should change its teaching on homosexuality.

HHS announced the rescission of waivers to faith-based foster and adoption agencies, which allow them to operate according to their beliefs.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said he is “gravely concerned” by proposed legislation in Ghana, which reiterates a ban on same-sex marriage while prohibiting LGBT indoctrination.

The Associated Press (AP) published a story Wednesday lamenting African Christians’ ongoing opposition to same-sex marriage.

Pressure is rising in the Church of Sweden to force priests to conduct same-sex marriages, ahead of internal elections in September.

Just one in five (21.1 per cent) of traditional, opposite-sex marriages in 2018 were religious ceremonies, the lowest on record, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The conference of the Methodist Church of Great Britain has overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriages taking place in their churches, claiming in the new standing order “that marriage can be between any two people”.

A progressive website focused on sharing “good news” faced backlash after posting a now-deleted story of a same-sex couple who underwent a triple-abortion.

A poll Tuesday indicates 55 percent of Republicans support same-sex marriage, shifting from 16 percent in 1996 to a more libertarian prospective.

Police in London arrested a Christian street preacher for allegedly causing “alarm and distress” to pedestrians for citing allegedly “homophobic” verses from Genesis. On Friday, Pastor John Sherwood was preaching alongside Pastor Peter Simpson of the Penn Free Methodist Church outside the Uxbridge

The Massachusetts city of Cambridge has put in place a measure that recognizes domestic partnerships of more than two people.

Pop music icon Elton John has called out Vatican “hypocrisy” for cashing in on the gay Rocketman biopic while ruling out blessings of homosexual couples.

The Vatican’s doctrinal office stated Monday that the Church has no power to bless homosexual unions, noting that God Himself “does not and cannot bless sin.”

Ghana’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has urged the government not to succumb to efforts to impose the LGBT agenda in the African country.

Vice President Kamala Harris is getting flack for recently wearing Dolce & Gabbana because the brand has been accused of racism.

The ruling socialist party in Spain has proposed a law banning churches and psychologists from engaging in “conversion therapy” with LGBT persons, even when these persons request it.

The Hungarian parliament passed a measure this week amending the national constitution to more clearly enshrine the meaning of family and gender as traditionally understood.

In a decision last month by Wikipedia’s community, statements in “userboxes” on editor profile pages were no longer allowed if they expressed or implied opposition to gay marriage. Breitbart’s coverage of the decision prompted Christian media and organizations, as well as family groups, to condemn Wikipedia for censoring the views of traditional marriage supporters.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone released a statement Wednesday arguing for ‘inclusive’ civil unions that disregard people’s sexual proclivities to embrace non-sexual living arrangements.

Pope Francis has given his tentative support for civil union laws for same-sex couples in a documentary that premiered Wednesday in Rome.

Chadwick Moore, editor-in-chief of OUTspoken, described President Donald Trump as “the most pro-gay president” in American history.
