Marriage

North Carolina could become the next state in the U.S. to pass a marriage amendment, also known as Amendment 1, when voters go to the polls on May 8.

Tami Fitzgerald, chairwoman of Vote FOR Marriage NC, a pro-marriage amendment organization, said passing Amendment 1 is important because there is a "national battle raging over marriage."

She spoke about the importance of fighting for marriage at the Concerned Women for America's "Stand Strong Together" conference this past weekend in Charlotte, N.C. more >>

Author and apologist Frank Turek is tired of Christians saying they don't want to get involved in politics.

"You won't be able to preach the Gospel if you don't get involved in politics," he told attendees at First Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. "Politics affects everything we do. The rules we set politically affect churches, finances, your children, what you can and can't do."

He spoke at Concerned Women for America's "Stand Strong Together" conference in support of Amendment 1, also known as the N.C. Marriage Amendment, set to appear on ballots May 8. If passed, the amendment will define marriage as being between a man and a woman. more >>

British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative-led coalition government are pushing strongly to grant same-sex couples the option of entering into civil marriages, causing protests from British clergy.

Among the most vocal critics of the proposal is Cardinal Keith O'Brien, head of the Catholic Church in Scotland, who recently called the proposal "grotesque,'' and consequently caused a controversy because of his strong language. Still, the cardinal re-affirmed his stand in a recent interview with BBC.

"I think I'm just handing on the teaching of the Christian Church almost 2,000 years, for over 2,000 years, since Christ was on Earth, handing on his same teaching and doing my best to hand it on in a way that many people can hear it," he said. more >>

Frequently, in the fights for life, marriage, and religious freedom, it's easy to get caught up in the moment, throw one's hands up in the air, and wonder if the struggle is worth it. And this is especially so when it seems court decision after court decision is going the wrong way…for a time.

But in the midst of such frustration, perspective and perseverance are the keys to continuing the battle that must be fought.

The frustration is easy to understand if we just look at Supreme Court decisions for the month of March alone. In that month, the court declined to review the San Diego State University (ADX v. Reed) case, where Christian student groups are being denied the status of official campus groups because they are Christian, and also chose not to review Nampa Classical Academy v. Goesling, a challenge to Idaho's ban on public school usage of texts and documents deemed to be "religious" – even if those books are classics from Western Civilization used because of their literary and historical importance. more >>

With the ongoing debate over marriage definition in the courts and through popular referendums, as of 2012 North Carolina is the only state in the South lacking a marriage amendment to its state constitution.

Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi passed popular referendums along with seven other states in November 2004. When voters in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia approved amendments from 2005 to 2008, North Carolina found itself alone.

Tami Fitzgerald, chairwoman of Vote FOR Marriage NC, a pro-marriage amendment organization, told The Christian Post that the delay was due to the state's General Assembly. more >>

The hardest part of a marriage in which the husband is not a Christian is balancing spiritual leadership roles, say relationship experts and authors Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller.

Donovan and Miller, who co-authored the book Winning Him Without Words, spoke today about cultivating a healthy marriage in part two of a Focus on the Family radio broadcast titled: "Thriving in an Unequal Marriage."

Both women made it clear on the broadcast that they do not condone Christians marrying non-Christians, but their book and website seek to help spouses who have found themselves in the unforeseen circumstance of an unequal union after marriage. more >>