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Maggie Gallagher is the president of the Washington DC-based Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, editor of MarriageDebate.com, a syndicated columnist, author, and frequent television commentator. Her articles on marriage policy have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Weekly Standard. She's a former editor at the National Review, former columnist at New York Newsday and a founding senior editor at the Manhattan Institute's City Journal.

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Maggie Gallagher: After Carrie

Let me tell you a fairy tale. Once upon a time, a gorgeous blond California girl -- let's call her "Carrie" -- wanted to be a beauty queen. Asked about gay marriage, "Carrie" blurted out her truth: "I believe all Americans should enjoy equal rights to ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, Town Hall,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Campaign,  Matt Lauer,  Bill Clinton,  Barack Obama,  National Organization for Marriage

Maggie on Carrie -- By: Maggie Gallagher

I have released two statements on Carrie to the press, none of which has received much coverage. I will be filing a column later today. Statement One, made at the request of Team Carrie on the day of her book release: When I was 22 years old, Carrie’s ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Organization for Marriage

Barney Frank Is Right -- By: Maggie Gallagher

If you left the gay-marriage debate up to regular Americans — gay or straight — it would look very different. Americans are remarkably kind in real life, by and large. People try to treat each other well and they work hard to find a way that everyone ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jeff Jacoby,  Boston Globe,  Heritage Foundation,  Barney Frank

Is Maine a Poor State? -- By: Maggie Gallagher

I was struck by the claim in today's New York Times that Maine is a poor state and therefore requires the federal government to rescue it from its health-insurance woes. I checked. Maine's median household income was just under $49,000. The national ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company

The Dede Effect -- By: Maggie Gallagher

FYI, our best bet up here is that SSM may come to a vote Tuesday, but will not pass. I am encouraged by the NYT story in which Malcolm Smith admits that NY Republicans may be becoming even warier of voting for SSM because of what just happened to Dede ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Dede Scozzafava

Despair -- By: Maggie Gallagher

Despair is a spiritual weapon, and it is the gay-marriage movement's single most powerful weapon. I understand that, and therefore I understand why gay-marriage advocates use it so often. But why do we pro-marriage conservatives use it on ourselves so ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  6 Nov 2009

Is Abortion Pro-Family? -- By: Maggie Gallagher

One of the promises the pro-abortion crowd made in the late '60s and early '70s was that abortion would reduce illegitimacy, would reduce the number of "unwanted" children. Instead, of course, illegitimacy continued to rise dramatically after abortion ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  5 Nov 2009

The Maine Meaning of Marriage -- By: Maggie Gallagher

My syndicated column on the meaning of Maine here. Key points: They spent three years building an organization to push gay marriage in Maine. . . . They were awash in money, out-fundraising pro-marriage advocates by more than 50 percent. (Full ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Organization for Marriage,  U.S. Republican Party,  Dede Scozzafava,  U.S. Democratic Party

Maine and New Jersey -- By: Maggie Gallagher

On New Jersey, many are noting that Christie's win makes him the first GOP governor since Christine Todd Whitman.  Notice something else?  Christie (unlike Christy) is both prolife and pro-marriage.  When McDonnell in Virginia is also prolife and ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Christine Todd Whitman

Does GDP Trump Gay Marriage? -- By: Maggie Gallagher

Joe Scarborough takes this moment to post on the meaning of the elections under the headline "Election Night Preview: GDP Trumps Gay Marriage." So I go on record: Does economic collapse trump gay marriage? Yes. Is this an intelligent question? No. I do ...

From MAGGIE GALLAGHER, The Corner,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joe Scarborough,  Susan B. Anthony

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