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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 19, 2025 una publicación en Instagram:
“El presidente Donald Trump acaba de firmar una orden ejecutiva que prohíbe la residencia permanente a inmigrantes que se casen con un ciudadano estadounidense”.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 28, 2025
Chris Salcedo
Chris Salcedo
stated on December 5, 2019 a radio interview:
Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.
False
By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 23, 2017 in a blog post:
"Starbucks CEO: ‘If You Support Traditional Marriage We Don’t Want Your Business’"
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 5, 2018
Julaine Appling
Julaine Appling
stated on January 6, 2015 a radio interview:
Polls on legalizing same-sex marriage "are not dramatically changing."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 16, 2015
Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on June 26, 2014 a fund-raising email:
Says attorney general candidate Jon Richards "went so far to say he would only enforce the laws with which he personally agreed."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 16, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 22, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2014 a meme on the Internet:
The percentage of black children born without a father in the home has risen from 7 percent in 1964 to 73 percent today, due to changes from President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 6, 2013 a segment on his radio show:
"Obamacare is going to increase the divorce rate."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on NJTV's 'On The Record With Michael Aron' :
"Seventy percent of the people in the state of New Jersey want marriage equality."
False
By Caryn Shinske • June 16, 2013
Susan Yoshihara
Susan Yoshihara
stated on March 21, 2013 testimony before a R.I. Senate committee:
Assertions that it makes no difference whether children are raised by heterosexual or homosexual parents have been "shattered by the latest and best social science and research."
False
By Michael McKinney • April 7, 2013
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on March 27, 2013 a news release:
"Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court expected this June."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on February 10, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show”:
Says "67 percent of marriages now wind up in divorce."
False
By Erin O'Neill • February 20, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 16, 2012 a debate in South Carolina:
Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.
False
By Molly Moorhead • January 19, 2012
National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
stated on February 5, 2011 a mailing to Rhode Island voters:
"Massachusetts public schools teach kids as young as kindergartners about gay marriage."
False
By Peter Lord • February 10, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.:
Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on December 2, 2009 in a Web ad:
Says Bill White is for gay marriage.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 12, 2010