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Blogging the amendment
The Commonwealth Coalition has a new blog up – check it out.
Today’s conservative reason to vote NO
“Leave me alone” conservatives should understand. If two adult individuals certify that they will be faithful to each other, share property, care for each other, and to be a couple until death do they part, why on earth would anybody with a heart want to say no, or worse yet, require the state to intervene in their most highly valued personal contract?
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Tagged Conservatism, Doing the right thing, Marshall-Newman Amendment
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Un. Freaking. Believable.
Charles, over at NoVA Townhall, just made the following astonishing statement: [I]f society has a right to group people to avoid groups where there is sexual attraction, how would you EVER put together a group with ANY gay or lesbian … Continue reading
Constitution Abuse
In today’s Washington Post, a no less conservative commentator than Charles Krauthammer has weighed in on the wrongheadedness of the “Marriage Protection Act.” In A Ban We Don’t (Yet) Need, buried in the usual nonsensical complaints about “redefining marriage” (water … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatism, Constitution, Federal Marriage Amendment, Law, Marriage, Marshall-Newman Amendment
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Carnival of Lies
This post shall be devoted to the top lies that have been told this week about the proposed anti-family Marshall-Newman amendment in order to mislead voters. (Sadly, this may have to become a regular feature for the duration.) Lie Number … Continue reading
Obi Wan v Jabba
It was Obi Wan Knobe versus Jabba the Hut at the Cato Institute as Yale Law professor William (Bill) Eskridge debated Maggie Gallagher, Yale graduate and anti-gay industry marriage scholar. Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-gay industry, Marriage, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Reality-based world, Research
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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 →