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Secular arguments against marriage equality are useless, says leading anti-gay activist
The striking thing about Iowa, aside from the unprecedented unanimity expressed simply as “Affirmed. All justices concur,” is the sense that finally, finally, a court has said what is so painfully self-evident. This ruling was inevitable. It’s as if the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Christianism, Marriage, Religious authoritarianism, Special rights
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Unanimous in Iowa: Marriage is a civil right
The Iowa Supreme Court this morning unanimously upheld gays’ right to marry. “The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution,” the justices said in … Continue reading
Riddle me this
See if you can make sense of the rationale offered by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas for his pre-announced plan to veto the Freedom to Marry bill (because I’ve tried, and I can’t). Here is what Douglas told the media: “The … Continue reading
Whiny, table for one
Barney Frank’s Name-Calling by Ed Whelan Barney Frank’s attack on Justice Scalia as a “homophobe” is inane at several levels: First, the term “homophobe” is an ugly epithet designed to stigmatize (“he’s the sicko”) those who don’t embrace the homosexual … Continue reading
Mitch Turner Googles himself, dislikes result
Several months ago, I published a link to a particularly wacky letter to the editor written by a spokesman for the Constitution Party of Virginia. That person, Mitch Turner of Hamilton, has apparently stumbled across that post, and is unhappy … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Christianism, Civil rights, Constitution, Discrimination, Politics, Religious authoritarianism
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Anti-gay activists having a bad day
Although some will continue to try, it’s becoming very difficult to pretend that these loving, ridiculously normal couples are part of some radical movement to dismantle civilization. In a recent column, commentator Kathleen Parker writes about the implosion of the … Continue reading →