Ireland Overwhelming Votes for Gay Marriage
Wednesday May 27th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsSame-sex marriage will soon be legal in Ireland. Voters overwhelmingly chose to change the Irish constitution becoming the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage through popular vote, with 62% in favor of the change and 38% against…
View This Article →Australia Moving toward Same-sex Marriage
Wednesday April 1st, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsA major shift is underway in Australia’s Liberal Party toward same-sex marriage. Eleven MPs have quietly and privately switched to supporting so-called “marriage equality” since the beginning of the year. Only a few Liberal MPs have publically supported same-sex marriage….
View This Article →President Obama Supports Nationwide Same-sex Marriage
Monday March 16th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsFriday, March 6, 2015 will be an important day in the legacy of U.S. President Barack Obama. On that day, for the first time, Obama’s administration has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of nationwide same-sex…
View This Article →Alabama Judge Ordered to Issue Same-sex Marriage Licenses
Friday March 6th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsU.S. District Judge Callie Granade ordered an Alabama official to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Mobile County, AL, where same-sex couples were unable to marry because local probate judge Don Davis, had refused to issue marriage licenses. Justice…
View This Article →Louisiana Judge: State’s Ban on Same-sex Marriage Unconstitutional
Tuesday September 30th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“Judge Edward Rubin, a Louisiana judge, has ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional…” on the basis that the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires that states give “full faith and credit” to each other’s laws….
View This Article →Australia: Support for Gay Marriage at All-time High
Monday August 11th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsSupport among Australians for same-sex marriage has reached an all-time high, says a Liberal Party survey. Seventy-two percent of Australians want same-sex marriage legalized, the highest of any country, including New Zealand and Great Britain, which already have legalized same-sex…
View This Article →Presbyterian Church: Gay Marriage Christian
Friday June 27th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Presbyterian General Assembly (U.S.A.) voted to amend its constitution to allow same sex marriage. By a large margin the assembly changed the wording of its constitution to define marriage as a union of “two people,” not just “a man…
View This Article →Supreme Court Denies Religious Liberty Appeal
Thursday April 17th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Elaine and Jonathan Huguenin, a New Mexico photographer sued by a lesbian couple after Elaine refused to take pictures at their commitment ceremony in 2006 because of her religious convictions….
View This Article →Unbroken String of Court Victories for Same-Sex Marriage
Monday March 10th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“Some of the nation’s most conservative states are propelling the same-sex marriage juggernaut back toward the Supreme Court.” Since the Supreme Court struck down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that banned federal benefits to married same-sex couples,…
View This Article →Another U.S. Federal Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
Monday March 3rd, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsClaiming to uphold the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge has struck down Texas state constitution ban on same sex marriage, though leaving it in place pending a ruling by an appeals court. The amendment to the Texas constitution was approved…
View This Article →Nevada’s Attorney General Changes Position on Same-Sex Marriage
Saturday February 22nd, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsNevada’s Attorney General, Catherine Cortez Masto, did a flip flop three days after strongly defending Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying that her arguments were “likely no longer tenable” in light of a San Francisco federal appeals court decision in…
View This Article →The Methodist Church in Turmoil over Same-sex Marriages
Thursday February 20th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsA major dispute over same-sex weddings has cause great disunity in the United Methodist Church. The row has pitted liberal clergy who have presided over gay weddings in defiance of church law against those who support traditional marriage. Methodist gay…
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