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opinion
Those Who Disagree on Marriage Can Coexist. For the Sake of Our Society, We Must.
In 2015, a majority of the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges wrote that the view that marriage is exclusively between one man and one woman is “based on decent and honorable religious or philosophical premises.” Yet increasingly, the traditional view of marriage is being equated with anti-LGBT bigotry—and not without consequences. Take what happened… -
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A Traditional Marriage Student Group Has Been Branded a ‘Hate Group’
In today’s bitter political climate, there are few labels more intellectually lazy than “hate group.” When you label an entity as a “hate group,” you automatically demonize it and remove from your shoulders any mantle of responsibility to dialogue or engage in civil discourse with this denounced entity. This cowardly melodrama is currently playing out… -
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LGBT Activists Wanted Elites, Not All, to Decide on Gay Marriage in Australia
After years of political wrangling over same-sex marriage, Australian voters are having their say in a national postal vote that ends on Nov. 7. The survey of all registered voters has the potential to resolve an issue that, thanks to the relentless lobbying of same-sex marriage activists, has been dominating the Australian political discourse for… -
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The Black Family Is Struggling, and It’s Not Because of Slavery
That the problems of today’s black Americans are a result of a legacy of slavery, racial discrimination, and poverty has achieved an axiomatic status, thought to be self-evident and beyond question. This is what academics and the civil rights establishment have taught. But as with so much of what’s claimed by leftists, there is little… -
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Tax Reform ‘Big Deal’ to Mom Who Wants to Keep Cattle Ranch in Family
What lawmakers do in Washington to overhaul the tax code is a “big deal” for a fourth-generation cattle rancher in North Dakota, she says. “Tax reform is a big deal for families like mine and others across North Dakota and across the United States,” Julie Ellingson told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. “Farmers… -
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Judge Suspends City’s Ban of Farmers Over Their Marriage Views
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Michigan farmers who were banned from selling their produce at a farmers market on public property because of their religious beliefs about marriage may resume selling their goods there as early as Sunday while their case proceeds. The decision provides much-needed relief to Steve and Bridget Tennes, owners… -
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Donation Processor Drops Pro-Family Group Over ‘Hate’ Label
The founder of a nonprofit dedicated to repairing families says he thinks being incorrectly labeled a “hate group” prompted the company that processed donations to drop her organization. Ruth Institute’s biblical stance on issues such as gender identity and same-sex marriage led to its being labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center,… -
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We Hear You: Facing the Opioid Crisis and Defending the Marriage Views of Farmers
Editor's note: We were pretty jazzed to publish a commentary on the opioid crisis by William Bennett and Robert DuPont. We've been meaning to run some of your reactions, so let's begin with them, followed by more on the farmers banned from a farmers market . Be sure to write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear… -
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How the LGBT Movement Used Fake Science to Push Gay Marriage
In his book “32 Yolks,” Eric Ripert, head chef and owner of Michelin three-starred Le Bernardin in New York City, tells the story of his parents’ divorce when he was 5 years old: I went from being a happy kid to a kind of pint-sized depressive. From the time I was 5 until I went… -
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Lawyers Ask Supreme Court to Hear Second Religious Liberty, Same-Sex Marriage Case
Less than one month after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would review the case of a Colorado baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s wedding celebration because of his religious beliefs about marriage, lawyers asked the high court to combine it with a similar case involving a florist from Washington… -
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Michigan Farmer Fights Back Against City Banning Traditional Marriage Supporters From Farmers Market
A small-town farmer in St. Johns, Michigan, got creative in his fight against East Lansing city officials, who banned another farmer’s family from selling produce at the city’s farmers market because they refuse to host same-sex weddings on their farm. Watch the video to learn how one farmer, Kyle Barnhart, is countering officials who he claims… -
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Couple Banned From Farmers Market Over Same-Sex Marriage Views Speaks Out
After Steve and Bridget Tennes posted on Facebook they wouldn’t host same-sex weddings on their family farm because of their religious beliefs about marriage, city officials in East Lansing banned the couple, owners of Country Mill, from selling produce at the local farmers market 22 miles away. The Daily Signal traveled to Michigan last week to interview… -
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Christian Baker Fears Loss of ‘Everything’ Unless Supreme Court Upholds Right Not to Make Cakes for Gay Marriages
By deciding to hear the appeal of a Colorado baker, the Supreme Court could make its first ruling next year on whether government may coerce some Christians, Jews, and Muslims to use their creative gifts to celebrate same-sex marriage. The high court announced Monday that it would review the case of baker Jack Phillips, who… -
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Circuit Court Win for Religious Freedom on Gay Marriage
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Thursday that a Mississippi law that protects religious liberty and the rights of conscience in light of the redefinition of marriage may go into effect. In the decision, the circuit court overruled a previous judgment from a district court judge who had declared the Mississippi… -
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Welfare Currently Punishes Work and Marriage. This Bill Would End That.
There is much to celebrate in America today. Americans are, on average, wealthier, healthier, and better educated than we ever have been. We’ve made huge strides in civil rights and racial equality. And we have access to technology that would have awed past generations. But fundamentally, our culture and way of life has undergone some… -
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We Hear You: Government’s ‘Heavy Hand’ Punishes Farm Family for Christian View of Marriage
Editor's note: Some of the most compelling emails and comments in recent days were about Fred Lucas' report on the Christian family barred from a Michigan farmers market for its views on marriage and Genevieve Wood's commentary on ESPN's mischaracterizing its own audience survey. Have a look.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Fred Lucas’ story on Michigan… -
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How a Family Doctor Works With Police to Combat a Rural County’s Opioid Epidemic
COLEBROOK, N.H.—Bruce Latham, a lanky, self-employed doctor, occupies a unique position in the depths of rural New Hampshire’s opioid drug addiction crisis. As part of his practice in Colebrook, a town of 2,300 in Coos County, Latham responds to pain by prescribing opioid painkillers. He says he empathizes with patients’ propensity to become addicted to… -
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Family Homeless Nonprofit Forced to Choose Between Government Funding and Drug-Free Policy
VISTA, CALIF.—Growing up, Teena Faison never imagined she’d find herself a single mom and homeless. “We didn’t wake up one day and go, ‘Hey, I just want to be homeless with my kids,’” she told The Daily Signal “No. There’s many, many contributing factors to that—lack of education, lack of resources, addiction.” At 34 years… -
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Chairman of Key Oversight Panel Says He Opts for Family Over Government Probes
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, startled constituents and fellow lawmakers Wednesday by announcing he will not seek re-election. Chaffetz has been more visible than most colleagues as chairman since 2015 of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a post considered critical for government transparency and accountability. “Thank you for allowing me to serve as your… -
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Vandals Spray-Paint LGBT Slogans on Marriage Groups’ Tour Bus Near UN
Two men spray-painted and smashed the windshield of a tour bus used by the National Organization for Marriage in “broad daylight” Thursday in New York City, the pro-marriage group says. The two men “approached the bus with a can of spray paint and a hammer and they began spray-painting on the side of the bus,”…