Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

Kind, smart, lovely people sometimes support bigoted public policy

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Ampersand

Last month, Family Scholars reader Teresa asked me: Barry, Anna J, can you help tease this out a bit more, for me, regarding ssm. Is the position opposing ssm, which I profess, existentially a bigoted position? I answered at the … Continue reading →

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Oral Arguments In Windsor: DOMA May Be Toast

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Ampersand

Audio is here, and the transcript is here (in pdf form). From Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog: If the Supreme Court can find its way through a dense procedural thicket, and confront the constitutionality of the federal law that defined marriage … Continue reading →

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NOM’s happy Black family

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Ampersand

Anti-gay organization NOM is eager to show off their Black supporters: And here’s where they got them:

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SCOTUSblog Predicts A Modest Victory For Prop 8 Opponents In The Supreme Court

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Ampersand

UPDATE: Towelroad has an audio recording of today’s oral arguments, and also a transcript. Tom Goldstein of the highly respected SCOTUSblog was in the audience for the Supreme Court’s oral arguments today in the Proposition 8 case, and came away … Continue reading →

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“Just because I believe that states should have the right to define marriage in the traditional way does not make me a bigot.”

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Ampersand

At a conservative conference this week, Marco Rubio repeated a frequent complaint: Just because I believe that states should have the right to define marriage in the traditional way does not make me a bigot. The comments of ThinkProgress are … Continue reading →

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What Do Cultural Traditionalists Offer LGBT People And Abused Women?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Ampersand

There’s a teapot tempest going on over this Washington Post column. I basically agree with Conor Friedersdorf when he says “There Probably Isn’t Any Neutral Way to Report on Homosexuality.” A person who complains that the Washington Post’s “Date Lab” … Continue reading →

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Olson and Boies’ Supreme Court brief against Prop 8

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Ampersand

For discussion, I’m posting the entire introduction to Olson and Boies’ Supreme Court brief, which is excellent. I especially like, and agree with, their point that it is the opponents of marriage equality who are “redefining marriage” with their “cramped … Continue reading →

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Evolution and The Purpose Of Marriage

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Ampersand

In an article by Ross Andersen at The Atlantic, I read: Evolutionary biologists tell us that we owe the singular bundle of feelings we call “love” to natural selection. As human brains grew larger and larger, the story goes, children … Continue reading →

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Sherif Girgis and Alex Worsnip Debate Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Ampersand

Sherif Girgis and Alex Worsnip are having an online debate about same-sex marriage, beginning here with Worsnip’s less-than-glowing review of Girgis’ book What Is Marriage? Girgis responded here, and Worsnip has responded in turn, and at length, here. In my … Continue reading →

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Oregon Baker Investigated For Refusing Wedding Cake To Lesbian Couple. And this has nothing to do with the gay marriage controversy.

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Ampersand

“SweetCakes by Melissa,” an Oregon cake bakery, is in the news after refusing to sell a wedding cake to a lesbian couple. The couple made a complaint to the state attorney general’s office, which is now investigating. So is refusing … Continue reading →

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