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The next marriage redefinition? Massachusetts lesbian ‘throuple’ expecting their first child (Video)

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BOSTON, MA, April 24, 2014  – Three “married” lesbians in Massachusetts have announced they are expecting the first of several children intended for their polygamous union. But marriage advocates say the story confirms their warnings about the slippery slope created by redefining marriage and granting legal privileges based on a self-identified characteristic like sexual orientation. The three women – Doll, 30; Brynn, 32; and Kitten, 27 – are not legally married to all the members of the polyamorous coupling, something not permitted under state or federal law. Brynn and Doll have been together since 2009. However, it is Brynn and Kitten who were legally “married” in a ceremony last August; Doll was “handfasted” to both. “We had specialist lawyers draw up paperwork so our assets are equally divided,” Brynn said. They consider themselves a  “throuple.”  Brynn said, “I like to think of us as a romantic committee.” The idea for the ceremony, culminated when each of their fath

Legal expert calls for Mozilla boycott after CEO apologizes for backing true marriage

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PRINCETON, NJ , March 31, 2014  – A noted Catholic academic and leading marriage defender is calling for a boycott of tech company Mozilla after homosexualist pressure from inside and outside the company led newly-appointed CEO Brendan Eich to apologize for previously supporting true marriage and pledge his “active commitment to equality.” Eich had contributed $1,000 in 2008 to support California’s Proposition 8 , a ballot initiative that opposed same-sex “marriage.” "The employees of Mozilla evidently think that people like me, and perhaps you, are not morally fit to be employees of their company," wrote Dr. Robert P. George , a Princeton University professor of jurisprudence, whom the  NY Times called America’s “most influential conservative Christian thinker." "They are attempting to force out their CEO because he made a financial contribution in support of the ballot initiative to uphold marriage in California as the union of husband and wife,&q

Same-sex marriage and religious freedom, fundamentally at odds

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Marriage and religious freedom will stand or fall together. In recent essays here at Public Discourse , Mark Regnerus argued that same-sex marriage would harm marriage for everyone, and John Smoot argued that it would be bad for children in particular. Today I want to show the damage that redefining marriage does to religious freedom. At bottom, even the defense of religious liberty is a struggle over what is true and false about the meaning of marriage. Should the truth about marriage—that it unites men and women so that children will have fathers and mothers—be defied by the laws of the land, we cannot expect the religious freedom of those who believe in that ancient truth to be respected under the new dominion of falsehood. After all, if redefining marriage to include same-sex couples accords with justice and moral truth, there is no good reason for the new legal order to make room for “conscientious” religious dissenters, for clearly their consciences are malformed an

Anderson, Girgis & George: Protecting Marriage Bans Nothing and Allows Companionship - See more at: http://www.nomblog.com/35577#sthash.OtwnImtt.dpuf

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Gay Couple with child (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The authors of  What is Marriage? One Man, One Woman, a Defense  write in  National Review Online  that the conjugal view of marriage leaves everyone just as free to pursue companionship: "...Now then, the supporter of same-sex marriage asks, shall we deny all this [the benefits of marriage] to the thousands of men and women in same-sex relationships ? We shouldn’t, and we don’t. Whether or not these companionate ideals are all equally healthy to seek, all in one bond, and all specifically in marriage, the general desire that animates them — to know and serve one who knows and serves us — is the desire to love. No aim is nobler. But traditional marriage law  denies these companionate ideals to no one . It does not discourage anyone from seeking them. Its more specific view of what makes a marriage can even liberate us for emotional intimacy in other bonds. And even if companionate bonds are impaired if deprived of p