{"id":1913,"date":"2005-10-31T00:52:39","date_gmt":"2005-10-31T07:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2005-10-31T00:52:39","modified_gmt":"2005-10-31T07:52:39","slug":"links-about-marriage-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1913","title":{"rendered":"Links about Marriage Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"\nBecause God Created Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Dead Eve’s Sister<\/strong><\/a>
\nA terrific Crooked Timber post describes the heated 19th-century controversy over if widowers should be legally allowed to marry their sister-in-laws. The resemblance to the current marriage equality debate is sometimes uncanny.<\/p>\n

Gays Can’t Marry Because Men And Women Are So Different<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis anti-marriage-equality argument, by Noah at Gideon’s blog, is better-written than most of its genre, and Noah seems like a nice enough fellow. But the reason I’m linking to it is that it makes the connection between opposing marriage equality, and endorsement of sexism, screamingly clear.
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\nCathy Young on Marriage Equality Again<\/a> – and Again<\/a>, and Again<\/a>.<\/strong>
\nCathy Young at The Y Spot has put up a few new posts on same-sex marriage, all of which I pretty much agree with. The final post of the series, “Concluding Thoughts,”<\/a> is the one to read if you’re only going to read one. I particularly liked her listing of the bad arguments used by each side.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Cathy informs me via email that it’s “The Y Files,” not “The Y Spot.” Oops.<\/p>\n

Response to Maggie #481<\/strong><\/a>
\nJulian at Hit and Run has written a typically thorough and logical response to Maggie Gallagher’s posts on Volokh.<\/p>\n

Novel Idea For TV Commercials: The Truth<\/a><\/strong>
\nPurpleScarf links to a series of pro-marriage-equality commercials, airing in Texas, which make the case for same-sex marriage by showing that same-sex couples really are ordinary humans.<\/pracut>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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