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What if Virginia judges were elected?
This is embarrassing… ChangeServant has posted a link to a 2006 candidate questionnaire for judges (who are elected in Georgia), distributed by the Georgia Christian Coalition. The survey provides this definition: “Judicial activism occurs when a judge interjects his or … Continue reading
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Tagged Hypocrisy, Law, VA "Family" Foundation
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The abstract model of gender bipolarity
A version of this article is cross-posted at Bacon’s Rebellion. Virginia bloggers who are fighting to amend our Bill of Rights to make marriage the exclusive path to creating legal rights within families have recently generated some excellent discussion of … Continue reading
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Tagged Gender, Marriage, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Reality-based world
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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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Get your anti-gay laws off our children
So says Lambda Legal, who report that they have “been fighting to stem the tide of antigay litigation unleashed by Proposition One, Ohio’s constitutional amendment banning marriage for same-sex couples, ever since the law passed.” For proof that the real … Continue reading
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Tagged Law, Marriage, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Parental rights, Parenting, Unintended consequences
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Is this a breakthrough?
There was a small kerfuffle a few days ago over some remarks by Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean about the New York Court of Appeals ruling that the prohibition of same sex marriage doesn’t violate the state’s Constitution. According to … Continue reading
The “oops” argument
Update: Maggie Gallagher is discussing this rationale over at marriagedebate. With a 53% majority in New York supporting full marriage equality for same sex couples, it shouldn’t be very long before the current discriminatory marriage law is addressed by the … Continue reading
There it is
Think of this what you will, but this is what defense lawyers do for a living, and this is the way our criminal justice system works. No, it can’t be substantiated whether this individual is, in fact, a criminal defense … Continue reading →