Posted on 11/07/2012 6:46:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With election results pouring in and President Obama re-elected to a second term, according to network projections, gay marriage activists are celebrating three, and possibly four victories in their efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Maine, Minnesota, Maryland and Washington State.
Although results were not in for Washington State at the time of publication, it appears same-sex marriage is set to become legal in Maine, Minnesota and Maryland.
With 37 percent of the precincts in Maine reporting, same-sex marriage is leading by a margin of 52 to 48 percent. In Minnesota, same-sex marriage is leading by a slight 49-47 percent.
With 84 percent of the precincts reporting, same-sex marriage is leading in Maryland 52 to 49 percent. One of the many pastors that have been in the trenches in the battle to stop gay activists from legalizing same-sex marriage is Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr.
Although he has primarily led the fight in his home state of Maryland, as a prominent evangelical figure on the national scene, Jackson has traveled extensively showing other pastors and church leaders how to take on the issue when confronted with incredible spending deficiencies.
When The Christian Post spoke with Jackson via phone late Tuesday afternoon at his home in Baltimore, he was eagerly awaiting results from Maryland and the three other states. When asked what he felt the evening's outcome would be, he could not give a definitive answer.
"Only the Lord knows," he replied with laughter. "But the polls here (Maryland) indicated a tight race, but historically, voters tend to support traditional marriage in greater numbers than polls report. When people go behind that curtain they vote their convictions and that's what we're counting on."
Jackson went on to say that the countless volunteers that have worked for traditional marriage in Maryland have been "amazing."
"We could not have gotten the message out without them," he said. "When you are outspent 10 to 1 then horsepower is what you need and that is what we had."
However, when Jackson was asked if gay activists could claim a significant victory if they won at least one of the four states on Tuesday night, he was more emphatic. "No, I don't think they can claim a victory with only one win," he said. "One reason they can't claim victory with one win is because of the spending disparity and because of President Obama. His endorsement gave them a huge advantage but it may turn out to be a disadvantage if enough Christians vote their conscience."
"For the other side to claim a solid victory, they need to win one or more of the four states and re-elect President Obama. Without the White House they have an uphill battle because the only way they've been able to make any progress is through the manipulation of the judicial system with liberal judges in tow."
CNN, FOX, and other networks are reporting that President Obama has been re-elected to a second term.
exactly.
Broward county here always waits till all the counties put their numbers in and then they report knowing how many votes they need and that county also threw out a republican obsever and had no one there to watch them stuff the machines wiht votes which are frauds
There is no way he won this state, no way
The court is not conservative as it stands and the worthless Roberts proved it. HE IS THE REASON Obamacare is law. No one else. Even if Romney had won he would have played hell getting rid of it.
like hell it won’t I have 3 young kids and trust me they and all their pals hate the homo agenda.
What people say about people will like it is full of lies in order to get people to get used to and make those people think they are alone.
tud poking or strap on sex or cross dressing is not normal and it is a mental sickness
Homosexual “marriage” is only a relatively small portion of the negative replacement rate. As you point out, far larger are such matters as abortion, contraception, etc. The white populations of North America and Europe, whether historically Catholic, Protestant, or Orthodox, are in decline relative to the overall national populations. Nature abhors a vacuum. The increasing Hispanic and Asian population in North America and the increasing Muslim and African population of Europe will inevitably, given some decades or maybe a century or so, outnumber European-Americans and Europeans. Pat Buchanan is and will be vindicated in his predictions, unfortunately.
This surprised me. I didn’t think this would pass in any state. I have a few co-workers who are excited by this and I don’t know why as they are good Mormons. I believe the media has done a great job of making it look like gays just want the government benefits. What a crock, don’t people realize it’s about more than just benefits?
“North Carolina is a prime example. When sodomite “marriage” is passed in any Southern state the fags will have reason to rejoice. It ain’t gonna happen.”
Liberal Hawaii passed its amendment by 69% in ‘98 at the start of the process, while fairly conservative NC passed its amendment by 61% in 2012. It wasn’t even an issue 30 years ago. I think it is very much possible that some southern states repeal their amendments in 30 years, if folks in black robes just don’t cut out the middlemen in the meantime.
Freegards
Go sodomize your boyfriend in honor of your pagan god, Obamabiden. It is sacred and sanctified for him.
One of the best posts I've ever read on FR. Winner.
a poll, LOL yea alright.
I;m here wiht kids, I talk to the kids and their friends, my wife works wiith kids all over and you can take a B/S poll but I’ll take what I see and hear from kids.
Oh and the B/S lie which the left likes to put out with their homo turd poking pals is a way to make people think they shoudl accept it.
Ask boys is shoving your penis into a place where feces come out and watch their reaction so don;t try and tell us on here that kids accept queers and their agenda
exactly
the poster puts out a B/S poll whilst ignoring what kids think down here.
I know first hand that most kids here do not accept their turd poking agenda, the lie about kids is a homo lie to make us think we have to change our views.
Seems every now and again the part time freepers and some trolls come on ehre and try to push their queer agenda
If the polls regarding young people's opinions are inaccurate, then why is gay marriage suddenly succeeding at the ballot box when it never has before? Do you think it's older voters that are responsible for passing such laws?
what in liberal states, you said the south will accept it and they have not plus i have given you facts about kids here but you keep trying to push that homo lie about people want it and kids are accepting it.
Do your kids accept turd poking and strap on sex for homosexual women?
Nations that defy God and his laws tend not to prosper. God tends to destroy them and toss them in history’s wastebasket. Look at what happened to the Soviet Union.
Actually, I said the the south will not accept it...but that it will moot when the Federal government, as seems likely, imposes it in the near future, whether via Congress or the Supreme Court.
People in the south didn't accept abortion in the 1960's, but the Supreme Court imposed it on the entire country, did they not?
And if people don't want gay marriage, why is it now passing in elections for the first time?
Do your kids accept turd poking and strap on sex for homosexual women?
I have no children. In any case, the fact that you have anecdotal evidence that a dozen children aren't in favor of gay marriage is hardly evidence of nationwide attitudes towards the same.
thought you said the south will accept it.
BTW more than a dozen kids, try hundreds
No, I think it will be imposed on them sometime in the near future by Federal fiat, just as abortion was.
BTW more than a dozen kids, try hundreds
While I'll grant you that I don't have a lot of contact with children, I've certainly spoken to many young adults. The great majority of them are in favor of gay marriage.
I have young adult children, and he is correct, support for gay marriage is much higher amongst their generation than it is my own. There is no shame in admitting the obvious.
In other words, the traditional marriage issue did not pull down Romney/Ryan. If they had been bigger traditional marriage supporters, it would have pulled them up. They could have even, arguably, won over some of the HUGE number of conservative Evangelicals who DIDN'T VOTE. That's the big, big number people aren't talking about. That's the "dog that didn't bark".
not here then,
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