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Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage
Why do right-wingers think criticism is censorship?
I really intended to post on “Alas” today, but I got distracted into posting comments on this Family Scholars Blog thread instead. What’s at issue there is the argument that we shouldn’t have marriage equality because that might lead to … Continue reading
Galios: Sex Discrimination and Sexual-Orientation Discrimination Are The Same Thing
Towards the beginning of this month, Jack Balkin outlined five theories the high court of New York State could use, if they legalize same-sex marriage. Here’s the first theory Jack mentions: (1) Sex equality. It violates sex equality to tell … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Same-Sex Marriage
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New York Court Rules Gays Must Be Allowed To Marry
UPDATE: Here’s the full text of Judge Ling-Cohan’s decision. Thanks, Karpad! Her arguments are pretty much what you’d expect, but still a pleasure to read. Of particular note to feminists: she points out that the logic of “you can’t change … Continue reading
Posted in Same-Sex Marriage
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Low blue-state teen pregnancy and divorce rates are not red herrings!
Tom at Family Scholars Blog links approvingly to this New Republic piece by Jeffrey Friedman: We’ve heard a lot recently about how red-state residents favor smaller government while benefiting disproportionately from federal largesse; and how they value the sanctity of … Continue reading
Opposing same-sex marriage isn't about hatred, not at all!
The swell folks at Defend Maryland Marriage write: We want to be perfectly clear. We do not hate those who live the homosexual lifestyle. Those who would label the defenders of traditional marriage as homophobes or with any other mean … Continue reading
Posted in Same-Sex Marriage
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A (darn it!) defense of Maggie Gallagher
Maggie Gallagher, a newspaper columnist who has written frequently about the marriage movement (and also against same-sex marriage), accepted $20,000 from the Federal Government in 2002 to write materials promoting the Bush administration’s Marriage Initiative. Meanwhile, she failed to disclose … Continue reading
Posted in Same-Sex Marriage
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Some Same-Sex Marriage related links
New Zealand’s Parliament has passed a Civil Unions law, which (in the NZ version) creates Civil Unions with all the same legal rights as “marriage,” and which are open to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples. (The legal category “marriage” still … Continue reading
Posted in Same-Sex Marriage
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SSM Debates on MarriageDebate.com
Over on MarriageDebate.com, Jonathan Rauch and Maggie Gallagher are debating SSM. Go here and then scroll upwards to read the ongoing debate. Here’s a quote I liked from Rauch; it makes a point we’ve all heard made before, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Same-Sex Marriage
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In the videos I’ve watched and listened to I haven’t heard anyone yell “Get out of here!” at her. If…