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MFI Responds to Supreme Court Marriage Opinions

“The Court got both of these decisions wrong, but they did NOT create a Constitutional right to redefine marriage.”   Monday, June 26, 2013 WOBURN — This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States issued opinions in U.S. v.

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Media turns to MFI for Supreme Court analysis on marriage

This week the Supreme Court heard two days of oral argument on the question of marriage.  The cases featured  California’s marriage amendment, known as “Proposition 8”, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or “DOMA.”  Given Massachusetts’ historic role in

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Marriage — it’s between a man and a woman

 The Podium Marriage — it’s between a man and a woman By Kris Mineau March 25, 2013 Marriage between a man and a woman has been the paradigm, the bedrock social institution of diverse cultures and civilizations for all of

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VIDEO: Andrew Beckwith talks SCOTUS, DOMA

Additionally, Andrew was quoted by the Boston Globe: A state organization that has advocated against gay marriage, the Massachusetts Family Institute, said it hopes the Supreme Court will uphold both the Defense of Marriage Act and the California ban on

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DOMA, PROP 8 and SCOTUS

Justice Antonin Scalia warned that once the Supreme Court overturned state bans on sodomy, that same-sex “marriage” would soon be before the court. That day has now come, and we could learn as soon as Friday what the Supreme Court

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DOMA decision appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court

DOMA decision appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com Tue Jul 03, 2012 06:28 EST The roiling national debates over marriage and the Supreme Court may coincide, as the House of Representatives’ legal group has asked the

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Broadside: DOMA on trial in Boston

(NECN) – It’s another battle that could land in the Supreme Court, but on Wednesday it was fought in a lower court in Boston. Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal, is challenging Congress’ Defense of Marriage Act, which denies marriage

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