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In September the virulently anti-gay World Congress of Families will hold its convention at the Kremlin. Via press release: World Congress of Families VIII with the theme “Every Child A Gift: Large Families, the Future of Humanity” will be held in Moscow, September 10-12, 2014 to gather all people of goodwill who affirm the natural family as the fundamental institution …

Tens of anti-gay protesters appeared this morning outside of the Virginia federal courthouse hearing opening arguments in AFER’s marriage equality lawsuits. In the sparse group was failed Virginia lieutenant governor candidate and freak show crackpot E.W. Jackson. Today’s protest was organized by NOM, the Family Research Council, and the Virginia Family Foundation. UPDATE: Eldest spawn of the Duggar clown car …

AFER attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies will today make opening oral arguments in their marriage equality lawsuit against the state of Virginia, which was joined last month by state Attorney General Mark Herring. Protesting outside the courthouse will be supporters of NOM and the Family Foundation. Speaking at the rally will be Family Research Council vice president Josh Duggar. …

As you may recall, nine months ago NOM communications director Thomas Peters was paralyzed from the chest down after a diving accident. Yesterday a Washington DC Fox affiliate reported on Peters’ battle for the use of a high-tech machine that might help him walk again.  Hit the link to watch their report. As always, please temper your reactions to stories …

Last night hate group leader Brian Brown spoke before about 700 anti-gay protesters in Utah’s statehouse a couple of hours after an estimated 300 pro-gay counter-protesters rallied outside. Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, said Utah has become the epicenter of the fight over marriage and how it’s decided. “Activist judges now feel no qualms in simply …

Posted today at NOM’s blog: Well, the President is singling out an athlete for special recognition at the State of the Union address this evening. We might have expected the President would invite one of the following, but shockingly it is none of these who will be so honored – despite their impressive roster of good deeds: [JMG – long …

Zack Ford reports at Think Progress: On Monday evening, the Indiana Republican-controlled House amended the language to House Joint Resolution 3 with a 52-43 vote, which will likely preven the state from sending a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage to the ballot in 2014. The change struck the second sentence of the amendment, which would have banned recognition of any …

Remember last year when NOM held a DC hate march and hardly anybody showed up? Remember all their press releases saying, ‘Huh uh! We did too have eleventy jillion marchers!” And then they kept downgrading their own attendance numbers? Well, they going to try again. Here’s our favorite photo from last year and its reboot. All my coverage from the …

“The Attorney General swore an oath that he would ‘support…the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia’ and faithfully discharge his duties, which include defending duly enacted laws like the state’s marriage amendment. Yet now Attorney General Herring is participating in a lawsuit against the very people he is sworn to represent, the citizens of Virginia who preserved marriage in their …

“The struggle for civil rights in America as envisioned by Dr. King is ongoing, and I am personally very honored and proud to be able to call some of its greatest leaders my close friends and allies: people like Bishop Harry Jackson, Bishop George McKinney, Bishop David Hall, Pastor Eugene Rivers and so many others. And of course, there is …

(Via JMG reader Dave) UPDATE: There will be a pro-gay rally on the same day and at the same location.

“Today, the National Organization for Marriage renews its call for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The decision by U.S District Court Judge Terence Kern in Oklahoma is the latest in a string of examples of the dangers posed to state marriage laws when the avenue of debate …

Jeremy Hooper reports that hate group leader Brian Brown, who already spreads his evil bigotry into foreign countries, has joined the board of directors of the international anti-gay coalition, CitizenGO. CitizenGO, which is based in Madrid (where Brian recently delivered a speech), is essentially a petitioning platform focused on global issues. In addition to considerable focus on marriage inequality, CitizenGO …

Yesterday House Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) introduced a laughably doomed bill that would limit the federal government to only recognizing same-sex marriages that are legally conducted in the state where the married couple resides. Since the bill’s introduction, 27 GOP members of the House have signed on as co-sponsors. The list so far is a cavalcade of crackpottery: Michele Bachmann, …

“It is outrageous that the Justice Department would move so brazenly and publicly to undermine Utah’s standing constitutional provision regulating marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It is the right of states to determine marriage, and the voters and legislature of Utah have done just that. Their right to do so is encoded in the U.S. …

“We are encouraged by the Supreme Court’s putting the brakes on the lawlessness in Utah this week. By its unanimous decision to grant a stay, the Supreme Court shows that the Justices recognize when the rule of law is being flouted and when judicial activism has run amok — even those liberal Justices who voted for the flawed majority decision …

(Tipped by Good As You)

“It was outrageous that this brazen judge appointed by President Obama would substitute his views for the sovereign decision made by both the Utah Legislature and the people of the state, who voted overwhelmingly in favor of defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The decision by a single federal judge to redefine marriage in Utah …

“Dear Joe, Today, more than ever, marriage needs a vibrant and vigorous defense. New assaults seem to be popping up every month — like the recent one from the Obama-appointed judge in Utah — and we must dig deep and engage in the battle with increased fervor. The good news is that 2014 promises to be a year full of …

Most insiders say anti-gay activist and Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card does not have a financial stake in the performance of the movie, but still it must sting that his calling card title so stunk up the joint. The film has largely left first-run theaters, but even adding in international grosses and future video sales, at this point there’s …