Conservatives Urge Closer Look at Marriage
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"Protection of marriage" is now the watchword for many activists fighting to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying. Some conservatives, however, say marriage in America began unraveling long before the latest gay-rights push and are pleading for a fresh, soul-searching look at the institution.
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A Conservative MP bids to give parents the right to know if underage daughters are being advised on abortion.
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Gay and lesbian advocates have been doing some soul-searching since President Bush's election victory, wondering if same-sex wedding marches through San Francisco and Massachusetts tipped the scales to Republicans promising to restore traditional values.
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Christian conservatives are casting a wider net this year in their search for likely voters &#151; especially conservative ones &#151; by asking people on the phone how they feel about same-sex marriage as well as their views on abortion, a standard question in previous election cycles.
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Leader David Cameron is expected to strongly defend marriage at the Conservatives Welsh spring conference.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - The Liberal government will defiantly push ahead with plans to introduce a same-sex marriage bill next week in the face of increasingly vocal opposition from critics outside and inside the party.
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Gov. Mike Huckabee and his wife plan to convert their nuptial vows into a covenant marriage during a mass ceremony on Valentine's Day, giving a public push to the movement that seeks to strengthen marital ties and make it harder to get divorced.
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Married couples could receive a Â£20-a-week tax break under plans Conservatives will consider today.
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Christian conservatives, whose lack of enthusiasm for George W. Bush in 2000 worried Republicans, could be the president's ace in the hole in his race for re-election this time around.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - Opponents of same-sex marriage within the Liberal party made one final push Tuesday to persuade colleagues to oppose legislation that would allow gays and lesbians to wed.
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Gay marriage appeal jilted: US Supreme Court leaves conservatives&#39; challenge of Mass. law at the altar. By Patriot Ledger staff and news services.
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An Anglican panel studying the consecration of an openly gay bishop in the US Episcopal Church failed to give American conservatives what they sought Monday: punishment for church leaders and
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Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians Monday to ban same-sex marriages and the  consecration of gay bishops.
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In a few words meant to speak volumes, Republicans have extended a welcome to party members who disagree with elements of their platform, a strongly conservative statement of beliefs that includes an endorsement of constitutional bans on abortion and gay marriage.
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A new think tank specializing in gay issues wants a say in the U.S. debate over same-sex marriage and other matters, seeking to counter the influence of religious conservatives by beating them at their own game.
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Married couples are not necessarily the best parents, Education Secretary Alan Johnson is to say in a speech.
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Couples with young children are five times more likely to split up if they are unmarried, the Conservatives claim.