Author Archives: Hunter at Random

It seems the Mormons and Catholics are miffed that people are demonstrating against them over Prop 8. Via C&L, the Mormons whine: Once again, we call on those involved in the debate over same-sex marriage to act in a spirit … Continue reading →

Gah! I just lost a major post on race and Prop 8, which I am not gong to reconstruct now. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe never. However, I did find a couple of other things that look interesting. First, Scott Lemieux does … Continue reading →

I like this ad. The punchline is just great. [Reprinted from Hunter at Random.]

Amendment 2, and Proposition 102, and every civil rights bill ever brought forward. It’s most relevant to the marriage issue, but it does apply to the others. This passage from Joseph W. Campbell1 struck me: The tribal ceremonies of birth, … Continue reading →

Excellent post by Timothy Kincaid on the core argument against same-sex marriage as expressed by Dr. Albert Mohler, who, as you may remember, is President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Distilled to its elements, Mohler’s argument is this: Marriage … Continue reading →

A little footnote to Jonathan Rauch’s comment that the marriage strategy is “exhausted and counterproductive”: according to a report from Connecticut, A new poll says 53 percent of Connecticut residents support last week’s state Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay … Continue reading →

Sorry — I just had to use that. More on Jonathan Rauch’s comments on the Connecticut SSM case, Kerrigan vs. Commissioner of Public Health: Rauch makes a point of noting that Connecticut has passed civil unions legislation that gives same-sex … Continue reading →

Just a brief comment on this column by Jonathan Rauch and his criticisms of the Connecticut Supreme Court decision affirming the right to marriage for same-sex couples. Back in May, commenting on the California decision (“Hold the Champagne”), I called … Continue reading →

From Joe Sudbay at AmericaBlog, this comment on yesterday’s Connecticut Supreme Court decision, with some background from a CT legislator: In 2007, the legislature’s Judiciary Committee successfully passed a bill to change the name of “civil unions” to “marriage.” That … Continue reading →

Back to David Blankenhorn again, and, picking up where we left off, he comes up with this howler: For these reasons, children have the right, insofar as society can make it possible, to know and to be cared for by … Continue reading →