Tag: Marriage

Some of the best quotes from the week that was. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Soundbites of the week: A new Republican Party

Charlie Spiering · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow states to define marriage however they see fit, even as gay rights proponents push legal challenges to traditional marriage laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's invalidation of the Defense of Marriage Act.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz, Mike Lee release ‘State Marriage Defense Act’ in wake of DOMA ruling

Joel Gehrke · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

The legislation is in response to the Supreme Court's ruling last year that the federal Defense of Marriage Act -- a 1996 law that defined marriage as the union of a man and woman -- was unconstitutional. (Thinkstock)

GOP senators unveil bill to allow states to reject gay-marriage rights

Sean Lengell · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

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The US needs a War on Dependency, not poverty

Walter Williams · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

A new study from Harvard University on the ability of low-income children to achieve social mobility found that the largest hindrance to moving up the income ladder is being raised by a single parent. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Harvard study: Single parents a hindrance to social mobility

Ashe Schow · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

Time Magazine Endorses ‘Polyandry’

Daniel Halper · January 20, 2014 1:22 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Washington is ignoring the most potent weapon in the War on Poverty

Mark Tapscott · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

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Brief filed in Oklahoma gay marriage ban lawsuit

Washington Examiner · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare

Jonathan V. Last · November 16, 2013 1:18 pm

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Michael Warren · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

WashPost: How school districts are affected by Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling

WashPost: How school districts are affected by Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling

Washington Examiner · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering at Gloucester County College before breaking ground on an adult center for transition facility in Sewell, N.J., on Monday. (AP/Mel Evans)

Chris Christie gay marriage move stirs GOP

Associated Press · October 22, 2013 4:00 am