"The fact that a song solely dedicated to the message of marriage equality is climbing the charts and quickly becoming a popular song across the country is a big deal," said Charlie Joughin, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, the largest gay rights organization.
For many who have lived, breathed, and fought for a day like yesterday, what the Supreme Court delivered early Wednesday morning as it struck down the Defense of Marriage Act was an articulation of the key message of Marriage Equality: married same-sex couples and their children are entitled to the same recognition, protection, and benefits under the law as is granted to any other couple.
(Sent via his @ChrisWarcraft Twitter handle, Kluwe's message was: "Dear Sanctity of Marriage — Nyah hah!") Kluwe responded to Michael immediately.
Many of the adolescent women and their families may perceive the laws and messages of delayed marriage, birth spacing, and delayed childbearing with a degree of ambivalence.
MILAN — The two friends, both performance artists, hatched the idea about a year ago: wearing white wedding dresses, they would hitchhike from Italy to the Balkans to the Middle East to send a message of peace and "marriage between different peoples and nations".
Still, not many radio hosts use the Imus/Stern model — with on-air sidekicks, comic sound effects and the ad-libbing host who trades in the provocative — while hewing to a message of virginity until marriage and the unquestionable authority of the Catholic Magisterium.
It was impossible for Ohio voters to miss the message about the sanctity of marriage and the need to protect all those "years of human history" by defining the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
"I am worried about what kind of message gay marriage is sending".
From Ann Romney's mention of "real marriage" and Ryan's line about "defending marriage," to Romney's promise to "honor the institution of marriage," the message was clear to religious right base.
This includes shared bank account statements, a certificate of marriage, text message backlogs, up to date medical exams, gigabytes of photos, letters from friends and family, screenshots of Facebook relationship status, Facebook wedding announcement threads, shared bills, signed tenancy agreements, vacation itineraries, a strict timeline of your relationship, and numerous shared receipts.
"SMS divorces send the wrong messages about Islam and the institution of marriage".
