Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

Justice Department won’t defend the constitutionality of DOMA

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Ampersand

[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog.] Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the US, yesterday released a letter declining to defend the constitutionality of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, in court. Well, sort of. DOMA has two parts: One part, … Continue reading →

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Will Legal Same-Sex Marriage Lead To Legal Incestuous Marriage? No, It Won’t.

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Ampersand

[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog] In “What is Marriage?,” Girgis, George & Anderson (for convenience, I will refer to them as “George,” after their most senior member) argue that there is something called “true marriage” that exists apart from culture. … Continue reading →

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The crucial difference between a mouth and a stomach: Another response to “What Is Marriage”

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Ampersand

[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog.] Girgis, Anderson and George’s rebuttal to my earlier post (for convenience, I’ll call them “George,” after the most senior member of their team) was helpful to me, and clarified some of their arguments, for which … Continue reading →

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“Good evening, Mr. Chairman. My name is Zach Wahls and I was raised by two women.”

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Ampersand

From Boing Boing: Zach Wahls—a 19-year-old Iowa college student and the son of two mothers—is one of the many Iowans who thinks it’s wrong to grant special privileges to some families, and deny them to others, based solely on sexual … Continue reading →

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How does the marriage equality debate end?

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Ampersand

At the press conference today, President Obama, asked about same-sex marriage, responded: With respect to the issue of whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married, I’ve spoken about this recently. As I’ve said, my feelings about this … Continue reading →

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More Responses To Robert George Regarding Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Ampersand

For folks who are interested (and, admittedly, so I don’t lose the links), here are a handful of other responses to Robert George’s argument on same-sex marriage that can be read for free on the interwebs. (There were a couple … Continue reading →

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What Is Bodily Union? (A response to What Is Marriage?)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Ampersand

[Cross-posted on Family Scholars Blog, Alas, and TADA.] Robert George recently published “What Is Marriage,” an argument against same-sex marriage. Or perhaps I should say, the argument against same-sex marriage; conservatives say that “What Is Marriage” is “required reading… a … Continue reading →

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Longest-Running Study of Same-Sex Parented Families–in This Case, Planned Lesbian Families–Yields Very Interesting Results

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

The study, which was published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, appears to debunk the myth so often promulgated by opponents of marriage equality that lesbian and gay parents are more likely to abuse their children sexually. Not a single child in … Continue reading →

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Two Quick Links

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Myca

School is eating my brain and I’m going to China in a week, so I’ve not been Mr. Blogger-pants of late. I did want to post two links I’ve read lately, though. I Don’t Respect You, by Emily Nagoski – … Continue reading →

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Bigotry and Reflected Appraisals

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Ampersand

[Crossposted on Alas, TADA and Family Scholars Blog. Anti-LGBT comments aren’t allowed in comments to this post on Alas.] Mark Blechner, a former Orthodox Jew who became estranged from his religion as a consequence of accepting his homosexuality, brings up … Continue reading →

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