Posts Tagged ‘ Marriage ’

The Elephant in the Room: Boldly defending marriage | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/14/2010

July 14, 2010
By Tickler

Back in 2004, I was part of a small group of Republican senators that forced a floor vote on a motion to consider a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. We needed 60 votes to proceed; we fell just short of 50. Many senators who voted “yea” privately...
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Senate health care bill creates new marriage penalty – Washington Times

November 20, 2009
By Tickler

Senate Democrats’ health care bill would create a new marriage penalty by imposing a tax on individuals who make $200,000 annually but hitting married couples making just $50,000 more. That’s one of 17 new taxes imposed by the bill, which also creates a levy on elective plastic surgery – some call it “botax” –...
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Commentary: Let’s end disposable marriage – CNN.com

July 5, 2009
By Tickler

I usually don’t recommend CNN for anything but laughs, but this is a good article… Tommy’s loss has catapulted me even farther down a path I was already on. This may sound like heresy, but I believe the United States and a host of Western democracies are engaged in an unintended campaign to diminish...
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Gavin Newsom Marries Two Women on First-Grader Field Trip

October 16, 2008
By Tickler

The money’s flying on both sides of the Marriage Protection proposition While the No on 8 side has gotten big donations from Hollywood luminaries like Brad Pitt, Steven Spielberg and Knight, the Yes on 8 side has a media star, too, and not an expected one: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Mining snippets of...
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Reasons To Vote Democrat: A Quick List

September 30, 2008
By Tickler

There’s another email going around that contains some very valuable truths… WHY I’VE DECIDED TO VOTE DEMOCRAT I’m voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would. I’m voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended...
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McCain Proves Superior At Saddleback

August 19, 2008
By Tickler

I hope everyone had a chance  watch the forum with McCain and Barry Oblivious. If not, please do so below. While Obama was struggling to begin half of his responses with uhhh, ummm, I, I, I think…, McCain had clear ideas with conviction in them and his whole presence was much more impressive than...
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Obama Would Remove DOMA

July 2, 2008
By Tickler

Read the article. Scary implications, and consequences far reaching, should the country fall sucker to the empty suit named “change”. One of the scarier passages… The absence of a federal law could mean that the more than 40 states that have bans — either constitutional or in statute — on same-sex marriage would be...
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