Bill Pratt | February 15, 2013
Post Author: Bill Pratt Several weeks ago some 800,000 French citizens took to the streets to protest the legalization of same-sex marriage. How can this be? Aren’t the French emblematic of secular, liberal, European values? Why are so many of the French opposing same-sex marriage? According to Jim Daly, in his article which describes the [...]
Bill Pratt | December 14, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt The citizens of North Carolina voted Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 61% to 39% in favor of adding an amendment to the state constitution that re-affirms the traditional view of marriage between one man and one woman. Even though this was an overwhelming victory, it still saddens me that so many people [...]
Bill Pratt | December 12, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt Traditional marriage advocates have often argued that children are better off when they are raised by their married biological mother and biological father. The data is overwhelmingly in favor of married parents as opposed to single parents. Those who support gay marriage almost always counter this data by saying that single [...]
Bill Pratt | May 7, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt Tomorrow is a big day in North Carolina because we are casting votes on whether a marriage protection amendment should be added to the state constitution, something that a large number of other states have already done. I have written on marriage and gay marriage in the past, and you can [...]
Bill Pratt | December 30, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt I have written previously on why the state should not endorse gay marriage. I received numerous comments on that post and if you bother to read through all of them, you will find that they quickly move toward the question of whether the gay lifestyle is good for those in it [...]
Bill Pratt | October 19, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt Almost one year ago, I wrote a short blog post asking our readers to sign a document called the Manhattan Declaration. Why am I back again asking you to sign? Because we need more of you to participate. So far, the declaration has gathered 476,000 signatures – impressive, but not enough. [...]
Bill Pratt | December 3, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt New York State Senate Rejects Gay Marriage in 38-24 Vote
Bill Pratt | November 25, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Recently, a group of 152 Christian leaders from Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism came together to sign a declaration that states in clear terms Christian support for the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious freedom – all of which are under attack in the United States and around the [...]
Bill Pratt | August 19, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt I wrote a post recently about why the state endorses and promotes marriage between a man and a woman. Simply put, the state needs children and it needs children raised in the ideal environment for them to become productive adult citizens, which is a family headed by a man and a [...]
Bill Pratt | August 17, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt The ultimate reason that virtually every civilization since the dawn of man has recognized and promoted marriage between a man and a woman is because this is the one natural union that produces children. Yes, marriage is about procreation and every civilization needs to produce children to survive and thrive. Without [...]
