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"This is another thing I think progressives generally discount: Cars are deadly weapons" Given that progressives have frequently been attacked…
I’m not sure “most” is accurate, but even if it were… That’s not new. Again…. MLK was arrested 29 times,…
Watcher – I think he’s debating with me. And, while I think she obviously should not have been shot I…
It’s unlikely “she did hit him.” You shouldn’t state that as if it’s a known fact. I believe she did.…
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Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage
Tolley, Part 3: Equal Treatment is not Enforced Approval
I wonder if Mr. Tolley approves of the Nazi Party? I would assume not, and yet… And if we take this to its logical conclusions, here’s what else we are really saying. We are thus proclaiming to future generations of … Continue reading
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Tolley, part 2: Mom isn't Essential, and Neither is Dad
As I pointed out in my earlier response to Mr. Tolley, the same-sex marriage (SSM) debate is not about “should same-sexers have the right to reproduce.” Same-sexers do; that right is not, thank goodness, in much doubt in the USA. … Continue reading
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Reply to Mr. Tolley, part 1: This isn't a debate about same-sex parenting.
Via Family Scholars Blog, this (no doubt well-meaning) editorial in the New Hampshire Union Leader, by a Mr. Tolley, repeats a couple of frequently-used anti-Same-Sex-Marriage arguments that are worth examining in detail. As a result of the intent and design … Continue reading
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Having two parents is anti-child?
The Boston Herald reports on the first same-sex couple to have both parents’ names listed on the birth certificate. In Massachusetts, “under state law, married couples that have a child through artifical insemination are automatically recognized as parents.” Astoundingly, David … Continue reading
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FMA: We win. I'm depressed.
Earlier today, Republicans in the Senate suffered an embarassing loss on their federal marriage amendment; there was no vote on the amendment at all, and they weren’t even able to get 50% of the Senate to vote for closing the … Continue reading
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More Quick Links
Via Eschaton, I really enjoyed this debate between Ralph Nader and Howard Dean. On the whole, Dean makes a better case, but Ralph gets some good points in – particularly on how little Kerry is really offering voters interested in … Continue reading
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New M. V. Lee Badgett paper: Will Providing Marriage Rights to Same-Sex Couples Undermine Heterosexual Marriage?
UMASS economist M. V. Badgett has released a “discussion paper” examining the evidence from Scandinavia and the Netherlands – available in both html and pdf formats. You can also read a short summary of the paper’s conclusions here. In essence, … Continue reading
A few good links
Why No-Fault Divorce is a Good Thing. One of my favorite Jake Squid posts, pointing out that No Fault is by far the lesser evil. Nick Kiddle responds to Susan Shell’s essay against gay marriage. The best and most thorough … Continue reading
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Andrew Sullivan on the Anti-Marriage Amendment
My impression is that relatively few “Alas” readers – lefties that we are – read Andrew Sullivan’s blog often. But I think we should all read his discussion of the Federal Marriage Amendment, so I’m taking the liberty of quoting … Continue reading
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Before leaving the question of divorce, I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused. The Christian conception of marriage is one: the other is the quite different question – how far Christians, if they are voters … Continue reading
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Are you taking the position that the police didn’t frequently overreach during the civil rights movement? That their enforcement was…