Tag: Traditional Marriage

Conservative Ben Shapiro Hands Out Marriage Advice about “The Little Things” to Be Aware Of When Choose a Mate

November 25, 2022

by Skip

I like Ben Shapiro because 1) he’s generally the smartest guy in the room, 2) he makes fools of those that believe that THEY are the smartet people in the room by believing they can trip Shapiro up. This short snippet is not about any of the current hot button issues of the day that … Read more

NH Log Cabin Republican Chair Jim Morgan Slays Strawmen

March 11, 2020

by Stephen Scaer

In his media campaign to remove traditional marriage from the NHGOP platform, NH Log Cabin Republican Chair Jim Morgan is deftly dispatching strawmen.

So Horns are going all in on “we’re victims!”; Bill Horn resigns from NH GOP

September 26, 2018May 15, 2018

by Skip

Not a big surprise. Lots of people are going Independent but not for the reasons they are. Here’s the Letter sent to Andrew Cernota that John Distaso tweeted out:

Other half after the jump:

Republicans Against Free Speech

September 26, 2018April 17, 2018

by Steve MacDonald

NHGOP Woodshed — Taking them out to the Woodshed again…

Carolyn McKinney’s rebuttal to “some Republicans” pushing to remove the word ‘traditional’ as a qualifier to the word ‘marriage’ in the New Hampshire Republican State Platform is brilliant. It’s so good those Republicans don’t want you to read it. (If you have problems with the above link the piece is also cross-posted here.)

Somone or perhaps a few someones are flagging every effort to post this on Facebook as in violation of Facebook’s rules making it difficult to share.

Leave ‘Traditional’ Marriage in the NHGOP Platform

September 26, 2018April 14, 2018

by Carolyn

To advocates for removing “traditional” from marriage in the NHGOP platform.

First, you are guilty of using the most frustrating and pernicious leftist debate tactic.

To try to make your case, you use examples outside the norm – such as families who adopt, grandparents raising their grandchildren, single parents due to the death of a spouse – in an attempt to undermine the norm. It’s no different than those who are pro-abortion trying to undermine opposition to abortion by raising rare cases of rape and incest, or more recently, using the existence of intersex persons to try to undermine natural sex/gender.

Many of us have friends or family whose situation is exactly one of those examples, but their efforts are a compassionate response to a crisis, not something that we should set as a legal standard.

Second, articulating an ideal is not exclusionary.

Out of the mouths of babes: ‘Which Parent Do I Not Need: Mom or Dad?’

September 26, 2018March 22, 2013

by Skip

A simple question asked by an 11 year old that CAN’T have an answer other than a child deserves both. As a child of a broken home, now that I am approaching the end of middle age and that my Eldest and Youngest are now in their mid-to-late twenties, I realize that from personal experience the void that was left without a Father in the home. Oh sure, Mom tried really, really hard, but she was, in the end, a Mom – not a Dad. As it came time for me to raise my own, I thought I was well prepared – I had some role models from church and other groups I was in that I thought would stand me in good stead. A voracious reader, I bought every self-help book for a Dad-to-be.

Yeah, not so much. At each stage, I realized that I was winging it – a lot. I HAD no firm framework on which to hang the Dad hat no matter how hard I tried to recall the advice of those grown men who unstintingly gave of their time to shepherd we young boys in our activities or the pages of text from the “know more than I”. Tough work, had to keep at it – and even accounting for the stuff / problems with my two that even having a Dad in the past wouldn’t have helped at all, I realized the voids of “what the heck now”? I’m not about to write a book about this issue (although I probably could), but certainly I know that this young lady is spot on:

“Since every child needs a mom and a dad to be born, I don’t think we can change that children need a mom and a dad. I believe God made it that way,” Grace Evans, 11, said before the Minnesota House Committee on Civil Law last week. “I know some disagree, but I want to ask you this question: Which parent do I not need – my mom or my dad?”

Testifying in Minnesota, she had a few more bon mots to say:

And what does the World’s Most Interesting Man think about Chick-Fil-a?

September 26, 2018July 29, 2012

GrokTV Event: Cornerstone Action presents Dr. Jennifer Morse on Traditional Marriage for NH Part 3 & 4

September 26, 2018March 17, 2012

by Skip

Well, Dr. Jennifer (as we used to call her – she was a frequent guest of our’s on our Meet The New Press redio show a few years ago) wasn’t done with just Parts 1 and 2 – she had 2 more to go! She goes into detail of comparing traditional marriage of one woman and one spouse with gay marriage:

Part 3:

Part 4 is after the jump

GrokTV Event: Question and Answer at the Cornerstone Action / Dr. Jennifer Morse / “Traditional Marriage for NH”

September 26, 2018March 17, 2012

by Skip

Well, after Parts 1 and 2, 3 and 4 of Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse‘s (of the Ruth Institute) lecture on ““Making the case for Traditional Marriage for New Hampshire“, she said she would have a 20 minute Question and Answer period. In fact, however, it went far longer than that and some interesting questions were … Read more

NH State Senator Fenton Groen at the Cornerstone Action lecture with Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse

September 26, 2018March 17, 2012

by Skip

This past Monday night, Cornerstone Action held a lecture at St. Anselm College’s Institute of Politics featuring Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute giving a talk on “Making the case for Traditional Marriage for New Hampshire”. A crowd of about 150 people filled just about every seat in the auditorium. Just before the … Read more

GrokTV Event: Cornerstone Action presents Dr. Jennifer Morse on Traditional Marriage for NH Part 1 & 2

September 26, 2018March 16, 2012

by Skip

This past Monday night, Cornerstone Action held a lecture at St. Anselm College’s Institute of Politics that featured Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute (“Making Marriage Cool”). The title of her talk was “Making the case for Traditional Marriage for New Hampshire“. A crowd of about 150 people filled just about every seat in the auditorium and she gave them their money’s worth with a long and idea filled discussion of the benefits to traditional marriage vs homosexual marriage.

This is Part 1 of her talk:

By the way, it seems that GLAAD thinks that she is a VERY dangerous person (among a bunch of other conservative / traditional marriage supporters) and is now trying to shut her down.

Part 2 is after the jump:

NH HB437 – Guest post by NH State Senator Ray White on the repeal of same-sex marriage

September 26, 2018February 28, 2012

by Skip

Guest post by NH State Senator Ray White on HB437 (the bill to repeal homosexual marriage here in NH):

My email is running 10-1 against the marriage bill. When I get those emails, here is my response, which usually gets me a very ugly, hateful reply:

“Unfortunately, I have to disagree with your email. I must state up front that I am against same-sex marriage, civil unions, or any other relationship that is not traditional marriage as it was understood for the entire history of the human race, at least until the last few years.

Marriage is a special institution that all previous generations understood to be between a man and a woman. There has never been a society, a culture, a country, or a people that defined it any differently until very recent history. Although the argument has been made that my viewpoint is a religious understanding of marriage, the fact of the matter is that even so-called “pagan” or other types of nonreligious cultures have also agreed on this definition throughout history. This is because marriage is about the fundamental building block of society, and it has always been understood as so, regardless of religious beliefs.

It has been only in recent years that the notion has been put forth that marriage needs to be redefined and broadened. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is unbelievable that after thousands and thousands of years of human history, that we think we can turn our backs on this fundamental truth and still prosper as a society. It is complete hubris to believe that we are smarter than the billions upon billions of people who have gone before us. I refuse to subscribe to this thinking. I reject the notion that this type of thinking is discriminatory. It is simply a factual clearheaded statement of right and wrong.

I believe that the breakdown of the traditional family has been a huge detriment to society, producing incredible social ills that government now finds itself unsuccessfully wrestling with to correct and mitigate. It began several decades ago with the general acceptance of divorce, and has proceeded to the general acceptance of producing children without the benefit of marriage and commitment, where fathers are now optional sperm donors, and now to the topic we find ourselves discussing in this e-mail. It is no coincidence that everything I am describing has happened simultaneously, i.e. the rethinking and redefinition of marriage and the social crumbling of society at large.

CPAC: Chair, National Organization for Marriage, John Eastman

September 26, 2018February 13, 2012

by Skip

He reads some of the explicit testimony from Prop 8 proponents in how achieving gay marriage will radically change the institution of marriage to simply being a sexual choice between adults. Kids? Not so much…. (H/T: The Corner)

Guest Post by Phyllis Woods – Preserving Traditional Marriage

September 26, 2018February 11, 2012

by Skip

This past Tuesday, several hundred supporters of traditional marriage assembled at the State Capital in support of HB 437. NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien spoke in favor of the bill and candidate for NH Governor Ovide Lamontagne were also present. In support of the rally, Phyllis spoke at the rally; her remarks are below.

The Republican platform highlights the importance of preserving traditional marriage. We’ve been at the forefront of protecting traditional marriage laws, both in the states and in Congress and a Republican congress enacted the Defense of Marriage Act. Our platform calls for a constitutional amendment that fully protects marriage as a union of a man and a woman.

To deconstruct the very nature of the most foundational institution of our culture is not in the best interests of our society. This sentiment is embodied in our Republican National platform – a platform of enduring principle…..not passing convenience, one that rests on proven truths and tested wisdom.

No society at any time, ancient or modern – has ever raised a generation of children in same-sex homes. We are embarked on a social experiment without any idea how the next generation will be affected. We recognize the importance of having in the home a father and a mother who are married as the ideal, best environment for children. Our New Hampshire platform mirrors these sentiments. We realize that the family’s most important function is to raise the next generation of Americans. . We believe it’s vital to protect marriages and families as the central core in society for enhancing morality, integrity and responsibility.