Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

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 →

The speaker is Brad Dacus, the president of the anti-gay-marriage Pacific Justice Institute. There was another time in history when people, when the bell tolled. And the question was whether or not they were going to hear it. The time … Continue reading →

I really like this one, which is not terribly slick, because of this point it makes: “Even though we pay the same taxes as everyone, when it comes to our relationships, our families, we’ve been treated like second-class citizens.” It … 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 →

[This post, written by Brian Leubitz, is reprinted from Calitics. This post is governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.] A week or so ago, the legislature held a hearing regarding Proposition 8, the anti-marriage measure. These hearings are … 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 →

I really like this ad, and hope they have the money to put it on the air. I honestly want to vomit when anti-equality bigots say that they care about the children. One thing that helps is giving money to … Continue reading →

Lovely. (They don’t explicitly say “boycott,” but I think it’s clearly implied by their letter.) I’ve given some money to No on 8. If you can, this is probably a good time to do so.