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The Anti-Constitution Party?
Speaking of being outside the mainstream, here’s one more letter to the editor for our Hall of Shame. There’s nothing particularly interesting or fresh about it. It repeats the same old threadbare canards we’ve been tolerating for years (“if you … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Christianism, Constitution, Constitution Party, Religious authoritarianism
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Marriage equality arrives in California
Everyone’s no doubt heard about yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling that invalidates Proposition 22 and makes civil marriage available to all couples. You can read the ruling here. The Anti-Gay Industry seems a little testy about it: It is tyranny, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Anti-gay industry, Constitution, Law, Marriage
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Mildred Loving, RIP
Mildred Loving, of Loving v. Virginia, passed away a week ago last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Loving were not activists. Although there is now an annual day of celebration of the right to marry won by the aptly-named couple, Mildred … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Civil rights, Constitution, Doing the right thing, Law, Marriage, Religious authoritarianism, Virginia
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Mike Huckabee continues to dig the hole deeper
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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Tagged Constitution, Discrimination, GOP, Mike Huckabee
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Three questions at NoVA Town Hall
The NoVA Town Hall meeting featuring Attorney General Bob McDonnell drew over 100 attendees last night, an impressive feat in August by any standard. The AG spoke on two allegedly “hot” controversial topics, the Marshall-Newman amendment and immigration policy. I … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Reports
Tagged Bill of Rights, Bob McDonnell, Constitution, First Amendment, Law, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Unintended consequences
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The heart of liberty
There has been a reasonably principled discussion of the underpinnings of support for/opposition to the Marshall-Newman amendment over at NoVA Townhall, with Joe expressing a willingness to examine whether the harm the amendment would do to families outweighs the perceived … Continue reading
Is this what we have come to?
For the love of God. Hat tip: Think Progress It’s a good thing Prager was there to explain the ideals behind the American Revolution. Otherwise, Americans might have relied on “Europeanized” documents like the Declaration of Independence: We hold these … Continue reading →