Pennsylvania Democrat switches to GOP for pro-gender marriage

“As the Democratic Party has taken the stand for same-sex marriage, then I must make a stand on my faith that marriage is between a man and a woman."   Jo Ann Nardelli


President Obama's support for gender-segregated marriage was the last straw for Pennsylvania Democrat Jo Ann Nardelli. The founding president of the Blair County Federation of Democratic Women decided to switch parties.


Daily Caller:

During a press conference last week, Nardelli cited President Obama’s recent announcement in support of gay marriage as a central reason for her defection, endorsed Mitt Romney for president and changed her party registration to Republican, The Altoona Mirror reported. 

“As the Democratic Party has taken the stand for same-sex marriage, then I must make a stand on my faith that marriage is between a man and a woman. God’s principles for life never change. His guidelines, given in Scripture, produce fruitful lives when you follow them,” Nardelli, a pro-life Democrat for more than 40 years, said at the Blair County Courthouse.

Gender matters in society and especially in marriage.

New York Senate race proves ‘support for same-sex marriage is a losing proposition’

National Organization for Marriage calls David Storobin’s victory in the New York Senate race proof that “support for same-sex marriage is a losing proposition.”

NOM: 

"The election of David Storobin, a strong pro-marriage supporter, over same-sex marriage supporter Lew Fidler is another example that support for same-sex marriage is a losing proposition," said Brian Brown, NOM's president. "When same-sex marriage was passed last year over the objections of the people of New York, we vowed to hold politicians accountable. Our support of David Storobin over Lew Fidler is an example of that. We congratulate Senator-elect Storobin on his victory." 

 "I hope that the elite and the media are paying attention to what has happened since same-sex marriage was imposed in New York," Brown said. "Pro-marriage Congressman Bob Turner was elected to a House seat that was held by Democrats for decades. Pro-marriage David Storobin has been elected in a heavily Democratic seat replacing a gay marriage backer. Republican James Alesi was forced to retire from the Senate after his vote for same-sex marriage. Mark Grisanti faces both a primary and general election challenge and is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to salvage his reputation after voting for gay marriage. Senator Roy McDonald is in deep political trouble and has lost critical support over his vote in favor of gay marriage. By the time all is said and done, those politicians responsible for passing same-sex marriage will be gone and NOM will still be there working with pro-marriage legislators to restore marriage in New York."

After supporting gender-segregated marriage, will President Obama meet the same fate as Lew Fidler in the November election?


What's more important to politicians:  redefining marriage or winning elections?

Brian Brown and Dan Savage have dinner date to discuss same-sex marriage

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

President of National Organization for Marriage Brian Brown will have dinner hosted by sex advice columnist Dan Savage to discuss single-sex marriage.

Brown supports pro-gender marriage and is spokesman for NOM which states, “Marriage is about bringing together men and women so children can have mothers and fathers.”

Gay rights activist Savage launched the “It Gets Better Project” to encourage youth with same-sex attraction and prevent suicide.  Ironically, the anti-bully spokesman recently offended high school students with his antagonistic speech.  After seeing the video of Savage disparaging the Bible, Brown challenged Savage to a debate man to man. 

Brown:

"I issued a challenge to Dan Savage, after watching him insult the Bible and Christians who believe in it to a conference of high school student journalists. 

Pick on someone your own size, I told Dan. Don't prove you can make 14-year-old girls cry by your over the top rhetoric and your ignorance of what the Biblical understanding of sex and marriage means. 

Any time, any place, I told him, I'll be there. 

Dan Savage responded with an invitation to his house for dinner, with New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer for a moderator and a film crew to cover." 

Savage:

"Brown said he would debate me 'anytime, anywhere.' Brown expected, no doubt, that I would pack a hall with hooting, hollering supporters of marriage equality who would boo and shout him down. (Which was probably what he was after—it would've allowed Brown to play the victim and complain about hypocritical, intolerant liberals.) Instead I invited Brown and his wife to come to dinner at my house and meet my husband and son. No booing crowd, no grandstanding. Dinner. I would have to acknowledge Brown's humanity by extending my hospitality, he would have to acknowledge mine by accepting my hospitality. After dinner, Mark Oppenheimer, a NYT journalist, would moderate an dinner-table debate about marriage, about equality, about the bible, and about religion. Today Brian Brown accepted my invitation to dinner: 

 So...It looks like I'm gonna have to clear all the Catholic kitch out of our living room and dining room—my 5' plaster Jesus, our 3' plaster Mary, all my other plaster saints, the dozens of rosaries hanging around their plaster necks, the stack of disintegrating hymnals on the mantle, etc. Wouldn't want Brian to think there's something disrespectful about our collection. Our Catholic kitch is all family heirlooms. My late grandfather's rosaries, most of them prayed to pieces, were headed to the dump when I picked them out of the trash. But will knowing that my 5' plaster Jesus has been evacuated to our bedroom be more of a torment for Brian?Details about the exact date and time of the Savage/Brown debate to come. The debate will be videotaped and released on YouTube. Stay tuned for more info..."

Brown:

"Dan -- I accept and will look forward to debating you at your dining room table. As I said in my challenge to you, anytime, any place. 

While I appreciate the invitation that you have extended to my wife, she will not be able to attend. She is a full-time mom with seven beautiful children and an eighth on the way. 

I have no objection to Mark Oppenheimer from the New York Times covering the discussion, nor to you hiring your own video crew to film the event, provided that I am able to hire my own video crew to be sure there is no creative editing of the discussion.Not that a New York Times reporter would slant the news, mind you! 

This will be fun!"

As for the debate about segregating genders in marriage, let’s hope It Gets Better for everybody.

Former ex-gay therapy researcher now says 'being a homosexual is something that cannot be changed'

Think Progress supports those who want to change their gender, but won't support people who want to change their sexual orientation.  

Think Progress:

"Last month, Dr. Robert Spitzer, the psychologist who helped declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder, disavowed a study he published just a decade ago suggesting that ex-gay therapy could be effective. 

If people can recognize that being a homosexual is something that cannot be changed and that efforts to change are going to be disappointing and can be harmful, if that can be more widely known that would be very good. If somebody is troubled that they are homosexual, what they ought to do is face up to that and so [sic] something so they are more comfortable living with the way they are, because any attempt to change is misguided."

What liberals are saying is that you can change your mind about homosexuality, and you can even change your sex, but no matter what you do, you cannot change your sexual orientation.

Where is the scientific data that shows changing gender is easier to change than your sexual appetite? 

Want help handling same-sex attraction?  Try Courage.

Video: 67% think President Obama endorsed same-sex marriage for 'political reasons'

Why did President Obama endorse segregating genders in marriage?

Words Matter 2012 documents that President Obama's evolution on single-sex marriage brought in millions of donations.

Gender matters.

ACLU and Lambda Legal sue for gender-segregated marriage in Illinois

Believing that gender-segregated marriage should be legalized and that children have no right to both a mother and a father, the  American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal filed lawsuits in Illinois to legalize single-sex marriage.

According to ABC News, ACLU plaintiff Tanya Lazaro says civil unions are not good enough:

"It's not the same thing as a marriage. We want our relationship, our love and our commitment we've shown for 15 years to be recognized like everybody else's," Lazaro said. "When you're growing up, you don't dream of civil unions."

Meanwhile Lambda Legal represents Janean Watkins who seeks social approval for her relationship because it’s important to kids.

 "We have the kids, it's important for them to see that the relationship we're in is validated by the state.”

They want state approval?  They want to be assured that gender-segregated “marriage” is absolutely equivalent to gender-integrated marriage?

But it isn’t.  Gender matters.

Same-sex marriage: one side ‘not more the victim than than the other’

People from both sides of the single-sex marriage debate can be targeted.

This is news?

Maybe it is news for liberal media outlets.  At least one now admits that “both sides can often be targeted for their views.”  

Think Progress reports that North Carolina businessman Bob Page faced a backlash from many pro-gender customers who disagreed with his gender-exclusive view of marriage.

Think Progress:

"The hostility Page has faced nullifies arguments made by opponents of marriage equality like the National Organization for Marriage, which claims that their supporters are the victims. In any political disagreement, both sides can often be targeted for their views and one is not “more” the victim than the other." 

Hopefully this recognition will free up the discussion so we can get past name-calling (hateful, bigotry, intolerant), and move on to a rational and scientific discussion of whether segregating genders in marriage is good for children and society.