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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, when asked about rumours of former President Donald Trump's impending indictment, denounced the man in charge of the investigation, New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg. What the man who might be Mr Trump's most formidable presidential rival said next, however, was telling."I don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair," he said. "I just I can't speak to that." He went on to mention "porn star hush money payments" a second time, before pivoting back to criticism of what he called a "high-profile...

In the months leading up to the 2006 midterm elections, as pundits and bloggers looked forward to the '08 presidential election, there was almost a universal sense of conventional wisdom that John McCain was the plainly recognized frontrunner, whereas Rudy Giuliani's stature as a contender would immediately plummet "once those conservatives found out about those liberal social views of Rudy's." Then, during the summer of 2006, the mainstream media and beltway thinkers had their proof. A serious political action organization was formed by a group of hardcore social conservatives, dedicated to tearing down any chance of Rudy's at grabbing the...

Once again, the Marriage Protection Act (MPA) is scheduled for a Senate vote. This is an important opportunity for Christians to make their voices heard by the Republican leadership and red-state Democrats. For years, the uninhibited and often unscrupulous liberal secular media has consistently forced a dogmatic, liberal, pro-gay agenda on America. At one point this agenda was more subtle. However, it is now a barrage of pro-gay propaganda. The so called “fundamentalist Christians”--I prefer we be called born-again Christian-Conservatives—, will be overjoyed with the passage of this bill. As a Christian, I believe homosexual marriage is not only an...

CLEARWATER, FLA. - Michael Schiavo...has decided to tell his side of the story... Schiavo invited us to his home in Clearwater, Florida to talk...It’s all in his new book “Terri the Truth.” Matt Lauer: I guess you could’ve written a book to honor Terri. After reading it, it’s not really the book you wrote. This is a book that in some ways settles some scores, doesn’t it?Michael Schiavo: Oh yes, it does.Lauer: You did think about writing that honoring Terri book?Michael Schiavo: Oh yes, many times. This book does honor Terri in a way. It sets her free. It...

The vast majority of Americans view marriage as the sacred union of a man and a woman, although we have had some peculiar knot-tying in this country over the years. In Green Hollow, Maine, for instance, in 1828, an 87-year-old man married a 14-year-old girl. In those early days of our nation, females often married as young as age 12, taking as their husbands fuzzy-faced youths of 15. For some years, members of the Mormon faith took several wives, not one. But eventually the Supreme Court action ended polygamy. Today, one of the most emotional issues racking the country, including...

QUEERLY BELOVEDD.A.: I'll arrest same-sex weddersSays homosexuals purporting to be 'married' committing frauds Posted: March 4, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A district attorney running for Pennsylvania attorney general is vowing to arrest anyone associated with same-sex weddings. "There should be no Rosie O'Donnell weddings in Pennsylvania, and there won't be if I'm the attorney general," Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor Jr. told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Even though same-sex marriages are currently illegal in the Keystone State and there haven't been any homosexual couples forthcoming to seek a marriage license, Castor issued a letter to the local reigster of wills...

February 4, 2004 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Today's ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is deeply troubling. Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. If activist judges insist on re-defining marriage by court order, the only alternative will be the constitutional process. We must do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage.

ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Tuesday that he could support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. The Massachusetts Supreme Court last month struck down that state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying it is unconstitutional and giving state lawmakers six months to craft a way for gay couples to wed. Bush has condemned the ruling before, citing his support for a federal definition of marriage as a solely man-woman union. But though he has said he would support whatever is "legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage," he and his advisers have shied away from specifically...

<p>President Bush yesterday said he will work with Congress to defend "the sanctity of marriage" against yesterday's decision by a Massachusetts court that the state's constitution guarantees same-sex couples a right to marry.</p> <p>"Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. Today's decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court violates this important principle," Mr. Bush said in a brief statement released by the White House. "I will work with congressional leaders and others to do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage."</p>

THE MORAL BIRDS AND BEES Sex and marriage properly understood. By Roger Scruton "In the England of the Forties, when my parents were courting, terms like "moral," "decent," and "clean living" applied primarily to sexual behavior. Immorality means sleeping around (and how innocent the word "sleeping" now sounds!); indecency meant unsolicited advances; dirtiness meant whatever put the sexual object before the loving subject. Sexual morality issued from two firm and seemingly immovable premises: that the sexual act is innocent only when sanctified by marriage, and that marriage is a commitment between man and woman, to share their life, fortunes and...