Category Archives: Commentary

End of the line for special rights seekers, Part 1

Posted on February 6, 2008 by David

On January 31, Maryland Circuit Court Judge William J. Rowan, III ruled on the last chance for PFOX, Lynn Chapman’s Family Leader Network, and other assorted anti-gay obsessives to derail the progressive human sexuality curriculum in Montgomery County. Assisted in … Continue reading →

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Refreshing honesty about marriage

Posted on February 5, 2008 by David

We’ve been hearing for years about how marriage has “always” been traditionally defined in major religious traditions as “between one man and one woman.” This is not at all true, of course, but for the purposes of this conversation, we’ll … Continue reading →

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Poor Cooch is not feeling the love

Posted on February 5, 2008 by David

I don’t know which is worse: Being a cold, cynical exploiter of the wedge issue du jour and throwing bloody meat to whichever bloc of voters is momentarily driven by the most mindless hate, or being genuinely driven by one’s … Continue reading →

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VA lawmakers invited to “check a box”

Posted on February 4, 2008 by David

Well-run businesses don’t discriminate against their employees on the basis of irrelevant characteristics. That’s why former Governor Mark Warner signed an executive order at the end of his term in 2005, prohibiting discrimination in state hiring on the basis of … Continue reading →

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A tale of two Lobby Days

Posted on February 1, 2008 by David

Well, not really. But there has been some amusing content on the “Some Families Foundation” blog lately, the first instance of which is an account of their lobby day. This would be the day that their followers “met with legislators … Continue reading →

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File under Hoaxes, poorly executed

Posted on January 23, 2008 by David

Update: Autumn from Pam’s House Blend would like an apology from all involved in this pitiful stunt. I’m not holding my breath, either. Well, it seems that the story of “the man wearing a blue ruffled skirt” in the ladies’ … Continue reading →

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Mike Huckabee continues to dig the hole deeper

Posted on January 18, 2008 by David

First, he declined to retract the stunningly ignorant 1992 remarks he made about people with AIDS, followed that up by treating Ryan White’s mother like dirt (par for the course when women try to tell him things, apparently), and now … Continue reading →

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