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Sinister?
This morning’s read of the latest marriage equality news left a smile on my face that will last all day. Hat tip to to Melissa McEwan from the AlterNet blog, who reviews a couple of speeches by Governors Mitt Romney … Continue reading
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Tagged Family "Research" Council, Hate groups, Marriage, Religious authoritarianism
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Why won’t Sophrosyne answer my questions?
I’m making a list, and checking it when the spirit so moves me. It’s a list of unanswered questions I and others have posed to NoVA Townhall contributor Sophrosyne, who appears to be the more or less “official” spokesperson for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Marshall, Christianism, Civil rights, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Religious authoritarianism
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The Nanny State
Update: Broken WaPo link fixed. What do Maggie Gallagher of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Phil Burress of Citizens for Community Values, and Jan LaRue of Concerned Women for America have in common? Besides leading organizations dedicated to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-gay industry, Moral confusion, Nanny State, Religious authoritarianism
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Conservatives refusing to be radicals
I’m Not Emeril has posted a fine article making the conservative case for opposing the Marshall-Newman amendment. I’ve never been too fond of jumping blindly into a muddy stream. I won’t do it this time either. I’ll vote no. There … Continue reading
Outed: (anti-) Family Scholar
Brad Wilcox is an assistant professor of sociology at University of Virginia and a regular contributor to the Family Scholars Blog (a project of the Institute for American Values think tank). We’ll get back to Brad in a moment. The … Continue reading
The victim tactic
Greg Bouchillon has a post up taking on the latest batch of Anti-Gay Industry talking points, being disseminated far and wide. As he illustrates (several times), it is a wonderland of hypocrisy. He calls it “the bigot tactic,” but I … Continue reading
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Tagged Marshall-Newman Amendment, Religious authoritarianism, Victimism
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It’s not hard
This is really very, very sad. What we see in this poignant video is Pastor Ted Haggard explaining how to have a happy, successful, faithful marriage. “It’s not hard,” he says. “It’s very easy.” Watch this, and ask yourself who … Continue reading →