Tag Archives: Group: Cornerstone Policy Research

Politico: Former Cornerstone Action executive director Kevin Smith tells John DiStaso he’s in the open seat race for governor.

NashuaTelegraph.com: Elsewhere on the Web, we find that Cornerstone has been most active in opposing the marriage equality law in New Hampshire. It has close ties with other conservative groups such as the Alliance Defense Fund, the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage.

ThinkProgress (6/22): Cornerstone — which has been instrumental to opposing same-sex marriage in New Hampshire and leading the charge to repeal it — is closely linked to anti-gay groups like The Alliance Defense Fund, the Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, and the National Organization for Marriage and has “endorsed the discredited ‘ex-gay’ therapy groups such as Exodus International, Love Won Out, PFOX, and the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH).”

Dallas Voice (6/22): However, Cornerstone is affiliated with at least one national organization that is considered a hate group by the SPLC — the Family Research Council. From Right Wing Watch: Cornerstone is an ultraconservative organization that flaunts its close relationship with national groups like the Alliance Defense Fund, the Family Research Council, CitizenLink, and the National Organization for Marriage.

Boston Globe: “Kevin Smith, of the conservative Cornerstone Action, said Thursday the House must vote on legislation to repeal same-sex marriage. He said if it isn’t this year, it will be next year.”

Concord Monitor: “The Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., has vowed to do ‘whatever it takes’ to repeal gay marriage in New Hampshire. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston is promising to do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop them.”

“. . . Kevin Smith, head of Cornerstone Policy Research, is calling on the Democratic Party to apologize for the attack.”

New American: “New Hampshire Governor John Lynch said he is proud of having signed the state’s same-sex marriage law last year and will fight any effort by ‘the forces of discrimination and division’ to repeal it.”

PoliticsDaily.com: “Opponents argue, of course, that legalizing gay marriage winds up eroding traditional marriage — and maybe they’re right. News out of the Granite State is that the legislature is now considering a bill to legalize adultery. Yes, it’s true.”

Nashua Telegraph: “Cornerstone Policy Research is holding a summit on conservative issues at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. National speakers include . . . Austin Nimmocks of the Alliance Defense Fund.”

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Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life:

“Stunned by four states legalizing same-sex marriage in just two months, social conservatives are working hard to stop it, often through the avenue where they’ve had their greatest success: the ballot box.

‘The integrity of our most fundamental institutions is in question and needs to be in question,’ says Mike Heath, executive director of the Maine Family Policy Council, an evangelical Christian lobbying group.

‘I see our institutions as having become openly hostile (to religious views). They’re responsive to the elite and moneyed interests that dominate our statehouse. … The only hope here is the people.’

Reason No. 1 for turning to the ballot box? It works . . .”

Posted: 06/09/2009

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Category: Marriage & Family

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Source: pewforum.org

Tags: Category: Marriage and Family, Group: Cornerstone Policy Research, Group: Iowa Family Policy Center, Group: Maine Family Policy Council, Group: National Organization for Marriage (NOM), State: Iowa, State: Maine, State: New Hampshire, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage

Baptist Press: “Jim Campbell, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, another religious liberty legal organization, said a statute would be more likely to be overturned in court if it did nix previous marriages. But he agreed that New Hampshire could, if it wanted, reverse course on the overall issue of ‘gay marriage’ legalization. ‘Assuming the government has the authority to redefine marriage, it also has the authority to restore it to its traditional definition,’ he told BP.”

Because a committee of conference vote needs to be UNANIMOUS in order for it to be brought before the House and Senate again, the Senate President then REMOVED Senator Roberge from the committee and REPLACED her with Senator Houde, who “dialed in” his vote . . .