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The long-awaited dinner debate between Dan Savage and Brian Brown took place last night in Dan’s Seattle home. Many of you had sent me emails, tweets and Facebook messages wondering whether that dinner would ever take place, but Dan had asked that I not mention the exact date so the event could take place in a calm environment without confrontations …

“Today’s attack is the clearest sign we’ve seen that labeling pro-marriage groups as ‘hateful’ must end. The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled the Family Research Council a ‘hate group’ for its pro-marriage views, and less than a day ago the Human Rights Campaign issued a statement calling FRC a ‘hate group’—they even specified that FRC hosts events in Washington, …

“It was as if August 1 was an election day. Except the voters — people of faith, hundreds of thousands of them — didn’t go to polling places. They went to Chick-fil-A. And they weren’t voting with ballots. They were voting with their presence, and their wallets. [snip] But the public nature of Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day is different from the …

It’s rather hilarious that what was once one of most vocal Not-Romney groups is now licking his gold-plated boots.

“The Democratic party has been captured by extremists from both coasts like Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi who are determined to redefine marriage in our nation. It’s ironic that they hope to kill off the institution of marriage at their convention in Charlotte, because North Carolina like 31 other states, just voted overwhelmingly in favor of preserving marriage as the …

“Perhaps you’ve never heard of the Secretary of State Project. But if you haven’t, you should. With backers including George Soros and Tim Gill, the Secretary of State (SoS) Project is quietly packing Secretary of State offices across the country with left-wing activists…designed to tip the balance in close elections. One of those first SoS Project targets was Minnesota – …

“It is sad when a powerful and compelling voice goes silent—especially when the topic is one as important as marriage, and where the silence is not motivated by a change of view about the nature of marriage but rather a seeming succumbing to the continual pressure of the cultural elite. Yet retreating from the debate is not a path we …

“Something is wrong when huge companies push gay marriage into children’s literature in order to make money. Something is wrong when a comic book store decides to host a wedding, again for commercial purposes. And something is really wrong when a man proposes because, well, somebody else is going to help pay for the wedding and it might mean a …

JMG reader Dave spotted him at SFO buying a BART ticket into town. Interesting weekend to arrive, innit? UPDATE: Dave has more about the train ride. Brown came in through the sliding doors at the end of the car that I was riding to complain to a uniformed officer that there was an obnoxious person in the last car. He …

The above is not a parody, it’s the actual NOM graphic that accompanies their story about the Washington marriage repeal attempt. ::Muttley laugh:: UPDATE: For those wondering, “mo” apparently is shorthand for “momentum” in NOM-speak. Yeaaah.

“General Mills makes billions marketing cereal to parents of young children. It has now effectively declared a war on marriage with its own customers when it tells the country that it is opposed to preserving traditional marriage, which is what the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment does. This will go down as one of the dumbest corporate PR stunts of all …

Just posted to NOM’s blog: “Dan — I accept and will look forward to debating you at your dining room table. As I said in my challenge to you, anytime, any place. While I appreciate the invitation that you have extended to my wife, she will not be able to attend. She is a full-time mom with seven beautiful children …

Dan Savage has set the time and place for the one-on-one debate that NOM’s Brian Brown challenged him to earlier this month. Per this week’s Savage Love podcast, Dan has invited Brown and his wife to a dinner at his Seattle home with Dan and his husband, where New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer, who has previously interviewed both parties, …

“Obama’s embrace of same-sex marriage will help ensure he becomes a one-term president, and his political demise will begin with North Carolina. Despite what many in the media claim, the American people do not support same-sex marriage. They sure as heck don’t in North Carolina, where voters made it clear they want to prevent activist judges and politicians like Obama …

“Maryland and Washington only have a few weeks left to gather the signatures needed to qualify the referendum for the November ballot and both of them could really use the financial boost to ensure they have more than enough ballots signed (because the other side will undoubtedly challenge the validity of tens of thousands of our signatures) by the upcoming …

“President Obama says that although he personally supports gay marriage, he still supports the concept of states deciding the issue on their own. However, that is completely disingenuous. His administration is already trying to dismantle the nation’s marriage laws by refusing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. All the state marriage amendments and laws are at risk …

Peters says he’s “looking forward” to Brian Brown’s debate with Dan Savage. This is the first confirmation by NOM that they will actually follow through on Savage’s acceptance of Brown’s challenge.

“So much for the idea being promulgated by the media and the elite that same-sex marriage is inevitable. Just the other day, gay activists were predicting victory in North Carolina, but instead marriage won an overwhelming victory. We are at the beginning of a national campaign in support of defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. …

“It’s always hard to know what Vice President Biden is doing whenever he speaks. He could be launching a trial balloon, or he could just be being Biden with his foot in his mouth again. Whether he realizes it or not, Biden is declaring war on those 30 states in America that have adopted constitutional amendments defining marriage as the …