NJ Governor Chris Christie vetoes gender segregation in marriage

On Friday New Jersey Governor Chris Christie defended gender-integrated marriage and vetoed a bill that would codify gender segregation in marriage.

Fox News: 

"I am adhering to what I've said since this bill was first introduced -- an issue of this magnitude and importance, which requires a constitutional amendment, should be left to the people of New Jersey to decide," Christie said in a statement. "I continue to encourage the Legislature to trust the people of New Jersey and seek their input by allowing our citizens to vote on a question that represents a profoundly significant societal change. This is the only path to amend our State Constitution and the best way to resolve the issue of same-sex marriage in our state."

 Christie remains committed to granting same-gender couples legal rights via civil unions: 

"I have been just as adamant that same-sex couples in a civil union deserve the very same rights and benefits enjoyed by married couples -- as well as the strict enforcement of those rights and benefits," the statement continued. "Discrimination should not be tolerated and any complaint alleging a violation of a citizen's right should be investigated and, if appropriate, remedied. To that end, I include in my conditional veto the creation of a strong Ombudsman for Civil Unions to carry on New Jersey's strong tradition of tolerance and fairness."

 This is about a larger issue than homosexuality.  This is about a much more vital diversity:  the differences between men and women.

Believe la difference!

The Great Diversity: 90% different personality traits between men and women!

"In order to achieve better equality, people are trying to distort reality. Not recognising the differences between the genders could mean that people miss what is actually happening."

So says Manchester Business School psychologist Paul Irwing regarding research he and coauthors Marco Del Giudice at the University of Turin, and Tom Booth of the University of Manchester, reported in their paper:  “The Distance Between Mars and Venus:  Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality.” 

"The idea that there are only minor differences between the personality profiles of males and females should be rejected as based on inadequate methodology."

Dr. Irwing says most people don’t realize how divergent male and female character traits are.  Times Higher Education reports, “The paper contends that there is only a 10 per cent overlap in the personality traits of the sexes.”

Irwing explains, “It’s not that one personality is better than the other, it just tends to fit people better to certain situations.”  Such as husband and wife?  Mother and father?

Irwing’s research focused on personality differences between genders which raises serious questions about the movement to segregate genders in marriage.  What impact will gender-segregated partnerships have on children and culture as the great diversity of gender is squelched by same-gender marriage?  Is gender-integrated marriage better suited to teach tolerance and social justice to the next generation?

And what about gender differences in other areas?

"In conclusion, we believe we made it clear that the true extent of sex differences in human personality has been consistently underestimated. . . Of course, the methodological guidelines presented in this paper can and should be applied to domains of individual differences other than personality, including vocational interests, cognitive abilities, creativity, and so forth."

Gay rights activists may believe they are encouraging diversity and tolerance by pushing for same-sex marriage, but research such as this highlights the reality and importance of gender diversity.

Revive la difference!

7-year-old boy claims he's 'gay'

A 7-year-old boy with a “longstanding crush” on Glee’s gay character Blaine as well as exposure to family friends in same-sex marriages says, “I’m gay.”

Huffington Post:

"Since that day, any time the word "gay" has come into conversation, he has happily announced to those around him, "I'm gay!" He says this very naturally and happily, the same way he announces other things that he likes about himself. Mention that a person is tall and he'll quickly add, "I'm tall!" If he hears the word "Legos," barely a second passes before he says, "Legos. I love Legos." Saying "I'm gay" is his way of telling people: this is something I like about myself."

 His parents are proud and happy, although they realize sexual orientation is fluid and 7-year-olds are even fluider, so this classification might not last.

"Do I think this is the last word on his orientation? I don't know. He's 7. Maybe as he gets older he'll tell me something else, but it's just as likely that he won't. But really, that doesn't even matter. What matters is right now. And right now I have a young son who happily announces "I'm gay." And I'm so proud to be his mom."

What's that old saying?  Children learn what they live . . .

NOM founder Maggie Gallagher tells MSNBC she doesn't oppose marriage equality

National Organization for Marriage founder Maggie Gallagher spoke to MSNBC about marriage, divorce, unwed mothers, and children.  An unwed mother herself, Gallagher explained, "I don't oppose marriage equality, I only oppose same-sex marriage."

This is an important clarification.  In the push to redefine marriage, many words are taking on new meanings.

See video of Gallagher's clear answers to challenging questions about gay marriage, divorce, and mothers and fathers.

LGBT activists protest 'True Love Week' at Yale with kiss-in

Instead of debating like rational people, some LGBT activists choose to use different methods to promote their agenda.  Protesters resort to name-calling, glitter bombs, shout-downs, name-calling, the condom bomb and the kiss-in.  Instead of kissing as a sign of love, this public display of affectation at Yale was used as a weapon to show contempt for an opposing point of view.  

Catholic Vote reports:

Bijan Aboutorabi, member of Undergraduates for a Better Yale College (UBYC), the group sponsoring True Love Week, stood up to introduce Professor Esolen. In the course of the introduction, he commented on some “rumors” he had heard about the lecture, referring to the planned “kiss-in.” Mr. Aboutorabi said he was “very interested to see if Yale students, without disruption, can tolerate someone with whom they disagree.” Then he invited those who did not believe they could be so tolerant to leave the room.

As you can see in the video, the protesters tolerated the speaker just long enough to kiss and leave.  (The action starts at 35 seconds in.)

Or to paraphrase Rahm Emmanuel, you never want a serious kiss to go to waste.  

Washington state segregates men and women with same-sex marriage bill

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed a bill allowing gender-segregated partnerships to receive the same benefits as gender-integrated married couples.  Ironically, Gregoire invoked the “separate but equal” language from the civil rights movement.   

The civil rights movement sought to peacefully end racial segregation.  It was about integrating races.  In contrast, the gay marriage movement supports  segregation.  By definition, same-sex marriage segregates people by gender.   

Huffington Post reports:

Gov. Chris Gregoire handed gay rights advocates a major victory Monday, signing into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.Gregoire signed the bill surrounded by gay rights supporters. "I'm proud our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal," she said.

 Separating people by gender is now equality?  In their quest to redefine the word marriage the LGBT community redefines what segregation means.   

Happy Valentines Day: 162 Reasons to Marry

Want to be happier, wealthier, younger-looking, enjoy sex more often, and avoid the common cold?  Marry.  Or if you are married, keep it up.  And if that's not your calling, support marriage for  others:)

Insider Online posted a list of 162 benefits of marriage compiled by the Family Research Council from the five basic institutions of society:  family, church, school, marketplace and government.

“Marriage is the foundational relationship for all of society. All other relationships in society stem from the father-mother relationship, and these other relationships thrive most if that father-mother relationship is simultaneously a close and a closed husband-wife relationship.
 The future strength of our nation depends on good marriages to yield strong revenues, good health, low crime, high education, and high human capital . . . smart parents and smart societies pay attention to the state and strength of marriage.”

 Some of their findings:

·      Those from an intact family are more likely to be happily married.

·      Married couples enjoy more relationship quality and happiness than cohabiters.

·      Men raised in married families have more open, affectionate, and cooperative relationships with the women to whom they are attracted than do those from divorced families.

·      Married mothers report more love and intimacy in their romantic/spousal relationships than cohabiting or single mothers.

·      Married men and women report the most sexual pleasure and fulfillment.

·      Married men and women report having more enjoyable sexual intercourse more often.

·      Adolescents from intact married families are less like to be suspended, expelled, delinquent, or experience school problems than children from other family structures.

·      Intact married families have the largest annual income of all family structures with children under 18.

·      Married people maintain healthier weight and engage in more physical activity.

·      Staying married results in men and women looking younger.

·      Children, teenagers, and adults from married households have lower mortality rates.

·      Married people are much more likely to report being happy than cohabiters.

  

Happy Valentines Day!

As gay marriage increases religious liberty decreases

The Los Angeles Times claims, “gay marriage is inevitable.”  

"One factor that most strongly predicts support for gay equality is knowing someone who is gay. As more gays and lesbians come out of the closet, more parents, children, siblings, friends, neighbors and co-workers know or love someone who is gay. Because few people favor discrimination against those they know and love, every gay person coming out of the closet creates more supporters of gay equality."

If gay marriage is ‘inevitable,’ then so is the decline in religious liberty.  The problem is that redefining marriage leads to attacks on freedom of religion and free speech.   Same-sex couples sue business owners.  Protesters try to shout down legal rallies.

The more states award marriage licenses to gender-segregated couples, the greater the attacks on religious liberty and free speech.  As gay marriage increases, so do lawsuits. 


Every person coming out of the lawsuit closet creates more supporters of gender-integrated marriage.  

Gay marriage is not inevitable.  Because Americans have a constitutional right to freedom of religion, not to redefine marriage.  

Video: Ann Coulter says Obamacare birth control madate is 'communism' not insurance

At CPAC, Ann Coulter warns that HHS mandate on birth control is not insurance, it's communism.

Uploaded by Breitbart News:

"This isn't a Catholic issue, this is a freedom issue. . . The point is insurance is to insure against unexpected catastrophe.  It's for fires, it's for accidents, it's for cancer, it's for some marriages to a Kardashian. . .  You don't call up your State Farm auto policy for an oil change. 

Birth control--what they are doing is using insurance for communism. 

Because they're about to start taking over every single aspect of what you can do , what you can eat, and they're calling it insurance.  That isn't insurance."

Does hate crime law create ‘thought crimes’ and snuff religious liberty?

Do hate crime laws infringe on freedom of religion?  Free speech?  Free thinking?

A 6th Circuit Appellate panel in Cincinnati heard arguments in January from Gary Glenn of the American Family Association and three Michigan ministers who claim the federal hate crime law creates inequality.

From TPMMuckraker: 

"The suit was filed in February of 2010 on behalf of Glenn and Pastors Jim Combs, Rene Ouellette and Levon Yuille by the Thomas More Law Center, and primarily argues that the law is unconstitutional because it “elevates those engaged in certain deviant sexual behaviors to a special, protected class of persons under federal law.” Or as George Orwell put it, the complaint says, creates a special class of people who are “more equal than others.” 

In another reference to Orwell, the suit fears that the law promotes “thought crimes,” as it “criminalizes certain ideas, beliefs, and opinions, and the involvement of such ideas, beliefs, and opinions in a crime will make the crime deserving of federal prosecution.” “Homosexual activists have clearly and openly admitted that they want to see pastors and others who speak out against the homosexual political agenda criminally prosecuted as ‘accessories’ any time a violent crime is committed against an individual who engages in homosexual behavior or cross-dressing,” Glenn wrote on the AFA Michigan site at the time of the initial suit.

This suit is just one of many that argues that “religious liberty” is at stake as LGBT rights expand."

The only thing George Orwell got wrong was the date:  1984.