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A sci-fi version of “tolerance”
With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged DOMA, ENDA, Law, Marriage, Religious authoritarianism, SCOTUS, Victimism
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Virginia GOP doubles down on detachment from reality
In his television ad, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli attempts to reinvent himself as a progressive (i.e., he wants viewers to see him as someone who “stands up for the vulnerable,” who prioritizes the prevention of sexual assault, who volunteers … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Civil rights, E.W. Jackson, GOP, Ken Cuccinelli, Romer v. Evans, Special rights
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Reactions to Jason Collins in the Patch
Dusty Smith of the Ashburn Patch has a nice article up about reaction to the coming out of Wizards center Jason Collins. He interviewed the co-founders of Equality Loudoun for a local perspective. Washington Wizards center Jason Collins has won … Continue reading
Worst argument ever
Marriage should be limited to unions of a man and a woman because they alone can “produce unplanned and unintended offspring,” opponents of gay marriage have told the Supreme Court. By contrast, when same-sex couples decide to have children, “substantial … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Civil rights, Constitution, Discrimination, DOMA, Law, Marriage, Prop 8
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Pope Benedict has an argument with himself about gender
In a somewhat bizarre Christmas message, the Pope has delivered a stirring rebuttal to an argument no one is making. After noting a famous quote by feminist author Simone de Beauvoir (“one is not born a woman, one becomes so”), … Continue reading
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Tagged Moral confusion, Reality-based world, Religious authoritarianism, Transphobia
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Why does Ken Cuccinelli want to leave Virginia children vulnerable to sexual abuse?
In 2003, as surely everyone knows, Virginia’s archaic and nearly universally ignored “Crimes Against Nature” law was rendered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Lawrence v Texas. Because it is unconstitutional, because it is a blanket prohibition of oral and … Continue reading →