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	<title>OrthodoxNet.com Blog &#187; Gay marriage</title>
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		<title>Bishop Matthias Reaffirms Orthodox Teaching on Homosexuality</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/08/bishop-matthias-reaffirms-orthodox-teaching-on-homosexuality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/08/bishop-matthias-reaffirms-orthodox-teaching-on-homosexuality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beloved Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the Midwest, Christ is in our midst! Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Met. Jonah: On Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and Moral Living</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/07/met-jonah-on-marriage-family-sexuality-and-moral-living/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/07/met-jonah-on-marriage-family-sexuality-and-moral-living/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beloved Fathers, brothers and sisters in Christ, If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northeast Priests Reaffirm Traditional Marriage Teaching of the Orthodox Church</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/07/northeast-priests-reaffirm-traditional-marriage-teaching-of-the-orthodox-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/07/northeast-priests-reaffirm-traditional-marriage-teaching-of-the-orthodox-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; OCA Priests in NY and NJ To The Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey The political and ethical current of contemporary American society has once again been agitated by the recent legislative legalization of so-called “same sex marriages” in the State of New York. While the majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In a New York Minute: Coming Persecution of Christians over True Marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/06/in-a-new-york-minute-coming-persecution-of-christians-over-true-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/06/in-a-new-york-minute-coming-persecution-of-christians-over-true-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Persecution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Deacon Keith Fournier - The truth about marriage is not only a &#8216;religious&#8217; construct, it is objectively true The leaders of the homosexual equivalency movement are dedicated to building a society where the positive law of the Nation forces us all to call to be a marriage what can never be a marriage &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop Michael: Affirming the Sanctity of Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/06/bishop-michael-affirming-the-sanctity-of-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/06/bishop-michael-affirming-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARCHPASTORAL LETTER RE-AFFIRMING THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE June 24, 2011 Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Beloved Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters in the Lord: Christ is in our midst! – He is and ever shall be! On this very day, we have witnessed the successful efforts of public officials in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Columnist: We Want to Indoctrinate Children</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/05/gay-columnist-we-want-to-indoctrinate-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/05/gay-columnist-we-want-to-indoctrinate-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 20:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Kathleen Gilbert As the same-sex “marriage” battle heats up again in New York, one writer at a prominent gay news source is questioning why his lobby refuses to admit that the gay agenda involves “indoctrinating” schoolchildren to accept homosexuality. Queerty contributor Daniel Villarreal criticized (WARNING site contains inappropriate images) the homosexual movement’s knee-jerk reaction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perversion of Democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/05/perversion-of-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/05/perversion-of-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gay &#8216;Marriage&#8217; and The Law &#8211; by Chuck Colson - For two years now, I’ve warned that the drive for so-called “gay marriage” was the greatest threat to religious liberty we’ve ever faced. But I think I may have underestimated the threat, because now I fear the democratic process and the rule of law are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recalculating the Odds: Obama and DOMA</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/03/recalculating-the-odds-obama-and-doma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/03/recalculating-the-odds-obama-and-doma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ken Connor - During his campaign, Candidate Barack Obama repeatedly cited his opposition to same sex marriage. On the Human Rights Campaign&#8217;s 2008 Presidential Survey, he stated, &#8220;I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman.&#8221; Despite his formerly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morality Is Not Hate</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/02/morality-is-not-hate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/02/morality-is-not-hate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Fr. Mark Hodges - This week, U.S. Attorney General Holder announced Obama&#8217;s decision not to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was passed by a bipartisan overwhelming majority and signed by Bill Clinton in 1996. Significantly, the Attorney General described anti-sodomy beliefs as &#8220;animus,&#8221; which means &#8220;vehement emnity,&#8221; &#8220;hatred&#8221; or &#8220;ill will.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marching on the Right Side of History</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/01/marching-on-the-right-side-of-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2011/01/marching-on-the-right-side-of-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jennifer Roback Morse &#8211; Defenders of marriage should draw hope and courage from the pro-life movement’s success. As an advocate of conjugal marriage, I am often told that I am on the “wrong side of History.” The justice of “marriage equality” is overwhelming; the younger generation favors it; same sex marriage is inevitable. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/09/the-case-for-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/09/the-case-for-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[9/25/2010 &#8211; National Review Editors &#8211; If it is true, as we are constantly told, that American law will soon redefine marriage to accommodate same-sex partnerships, the proximate cause for this development will not be that public opinion favors it, although it appears to be moving in that direction. It will be that the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Forcing Catholic Adoption Charity to Accept Gay Adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/uk-forcing-catholic-adoption-charity-to-accept-gay-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/uk-forcing-catholic-adoption-charity-to-accept-gay-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[8/19/2010 &#8211; A Catholic adoption advisory service that refuses to help gay couples cannot win an exemption from anti-discrimination laws, Britain&#8217;s charity regulator said Thursday. Catholic Care, a charity in Leeds, northern England, had argued that as a religious group it should be allowed to offer adoption-support services only to heterosexuals. It said its funding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Marriage and the End of Christian Civilization</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/gay-marriage-and-the-end-of-christian-civilization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/gay-marriage-and-the-end-of-christian-civilization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[8/16/2010 &#8211; Father Thomas Euteneur - So why, you ask, is gay marriage wrong? Let me count the ways. While we respect all people as they are, we don&#8217;t have to respect such a wholesale assault on everything that is sacred to us and good for our society; no, in fact, we must fight against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-Sex Marriage Judge Finds That a Child Has Neither a Need Nor a Right to a Mother</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/same-sex-marriage-judge-finds-that-a-child-has-neither-a-need-nor-a-right-to-a-mother/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/same-sex-marriage-judge-finds-that-a-child-has-neither-a-need-nor-a-right-to-a-mother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[8/9/2010 &#8211; Terence P. Jeffrey - U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who ruled last week that a voter-approved amendment to California’s constitution that limited marriage to the union of one man and one woman violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, based that ruling in part on his finding that a child does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Secular Argument Against Gay Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/a-secular-argument-against-gay-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at &#8220;The Observer&#8220;, the popular American Orthodox Institute Blog, Fr. Johannes Jacobse has posted some insightful observations in regards to the &#8220;gay marriage&#8221; issue. He correctly emphasizes that: &#8220;Christianity properly understood makes no distinction between wisdom found outside of the Church from that found within it.&#8221; 8/5/2010 &#8211; Fr. Johannes Jacobse - From: Gay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judging Marriage, Proposition 8 Struck Down</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/judging-marriage-proposition-8-struck-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/08/judging-marriage-proposition-8-struck-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One gay judge invalidates 7,000,000 voters in California. 8/5/2010 &#8211; Chuck Colson - Yesterday, federal district court Judge Vaughn Walker, a Reagan appointee, overturned California’s Proposition 8, which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. While the immediate impact is limited to the state of California, the consequences of this egregious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Independent Witness to Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/07/an-independent-witness-to-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7/16/2010 &#8211; Stuart Koehl - In the pending court case for overturning California’s Proposition 8, which banned “gay marriage,” two leading conservative legal scholars face off: Charles J. Cooper, taking the classical conservative line that organic social institutions such as marriage have an inherent value and cannot be redefined by legal fiat, and Theodore Olson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alexi Giannoulias, Democratic Senate Nominee, Supports Homosexual Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/07/alexi-giannoulias-democratic-senate-nominee-supports-homosexual-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[7/8/2010 &#8211; Fr. Johannes Jacobse - Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Democratic nominee for US Senator, [and member of the Greek Orthodox Church] supports homosexual marriage. Here’s the introduction from the Greek Star (a Chicago newspaper with Greek readership): Alexi Giannoulias, Democratic nominee for US Senator, shares why he supports the freedom to marry for all, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion, Gay &#8216;Marriage&#8217; among the Most &#8216;Insidious and Dangerous&#8217; Challenges: Pope</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2010/05/abortion-gay-marriage-among-the-most-insidious-and-dangerous-challenges-pope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 11:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5/15/2010 &#8211; Hilary White - In an address to assembled social and pastoral care workers in Fatima, Portugal yesterday, Pope Benedict identified abortion and the pressure for gay “marriage” as among the most “insidious and dangerous challenges that today confront the common good,” and expressed his “deep appreciation” for those who fight for the rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Unions, Stepping Stones That Undermine Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chris Banescu &#124; 4/13/2010 Some Orthodox leaders and scholars have argued that same-sex civil unions, while not recognized and blessed by the Orthodox Church, should nevertheless be accepted and protected by the state in the spirit of democracy. In a 2005 interview regarding debates about gay couples being able to marry, Metropolitan Gerasimos of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Myths About Same Sex Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Townhall &#124; by Janice Shaw Crouse &#124; 3/9/2010 March 9, 2010, is the first day that same-sex couples in District of Columbia (D.C.) will be able to have legal marriage ceremonies. More than 100 couples — some coming from nearby states — have licenses for ceremonies. So-called same-sex “marriages” are legal in five other states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Disturbances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Touchstone &#124; by Patrick F. Fagan &#124; Jan. 5, 2010 The Rising Polyamorous Culture Is Out to Get Your Children The culture of the traditional family is now in intense competition with a very different culture. The defining difference between the two is the sexual ideal each embraces. The traditional family of Western civilization is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miss Calif. Featured in Ad Warning About &#8216;Gay Marriage&#8217; Consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/05/miss-calif-featured-in-ad-warning-about-gay-marriage-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Examiner &#124; Michael Foust &#124; May 1, 2009 With the assistance of Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, a leading conservative group launched a television ad April 30 saying the criticism the beauty contestant has received is symbolic of what will happen to religious freedoms if the nation legalizes &#8220;gay marriage.&#8221; Nom, a leading conservative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Myth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BreakPoint &#124; Allan Dobras &#124; Jan. 7, 2009 A December issue of Newsweek featured a cover story entitled “Our Mutual Joy” that purported to offer a “religious case” for gay “marriage.” Author Lisa Miller claimed, “Opponents of gay marriage often cite Scripture. But what the Bible teaches about love argues for the other side.” Really? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning the Bible on its Head, Newsweek Goes for Gay Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AlbertMohler.com &#124; Albert Mohler &#124; Dec. 8, 2008 Newsweek magazine, one of the most influential news magazines in America, has decided to come out for same-sex marriage in a big way, and to do so by means of a biblical and theological argument. In its cover story for this week, &#8220;The Religious Case for Gay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moral Tradition and the Assault of Gay Activists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OrthodoxyToday.org &#124; Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse &#124; Nov. 24, 2008 It used to be that when the voters settled on something — even twice, the matter was decided. No more. Proposition 8, the bitterly fought constitutional amendment restricting marriage to one man and one woman that squeaked by in California recently, needs to be &#8220;overturned&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>False Equation: Opposing Same-Sex Marriage vs. Interracial Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Townhall.com &#124; Dennis Prager &#124; July 15, 2008 The most effective of all morality-based arguments for same-sex marriage, the one that persuades more people than any other argument, is the one that equates opposition to same-sex marriage with the old opposition to interracial marriage. The argument, repeated so often that it sounds incontestable, is this: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Gay&#8217; rights group to Supremes: Don&#8217;t let people vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WorldNetDaily &#124; Jun 30, 2008 Homosexual-rights advocates have asked California&#8217;s Supreme Court to block citizens from voting this fall on a measure voters originally brought to the ballot: Proposition 8, the California Marriage Protection Act. Proposition 8, so labeled when Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified it earlier this month for placement on the Nov. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we&#8217;re losing our right to speak out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Examiner online &#124; Chuck Colson &#124; June 2008 Do you want to talk about traditional values on a college campus? Or do you want to speak out against same-sex &#8220;marriage&#8221;? You may have to enter the Whisper Zone. David Woodard is a political science professor at Clemson University—one who has first-hand experience on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage: Why Hi-Jack a Christian Institution?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scriptorium Daily &#124; John Mark Reynolds &#124; Jun. 18, 2008 Whatever is going on in California, it is not marriage. Two men or two women can no more be married, than a man can be wife or woman a husband. Even if one believes (as I do not) that what is happening between two [...]]]></description>
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