All Posts Tagged With: "gay marriage"
Beyond Prop 8
Most of the results were in. With all but a few House and Senate seats nailed down, my attention turned to collecting the scattered results of all the ballot measures I was following this year. By and large, it’s your standard culture war stuff: abortion, affirmative action, gay marriage. Read more…
Let’s Take Marriage Back
Tuesday’s election is over, now, with liberals, activists, and the Obamaniacs congratulating themselves on a “world-changing victory.” Yet, there is rain on their parade. Across the country, people are scatching their heads and wondering what went wrong on California’s Proposition 8–the ban on the gay marriages that the California courts had mandated earlier this year.
Proof the Gays are Destroying Marriage
Thanks to my buddy David for directing me to this…
Congratulations are in order
Congratulations to Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, aged 87 and 84 respectively, on their marriage today. They have been together over 50 years but treated as second class citizens. After weathering a lifetime of hateful discrimination based solely on who they love, they are finally able to be treated as equals. Today the institution of marriage is stronger. It’s about time.
Click here for more on the newlyweds.
CA Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
Gotta bill hours, but here’s a thread to discuss today’s big news. I’m ashamed of this, but I’m torn. I’m completely supportive of gay rights, but part of me wishes this could have waited until after the election. I intend to post at some point on how the gay rights movement has botched this cause from the beginning, in a discussion of “pragmatic progressivism.”
Rove: Brooks, Blago, and Gays
From David Brooks today, who was quoted by Greg Mankiw (Mankiw should be required reading for liberals and conservatives who pretend to understand economic policies):
In 2000, McCain ran for president and reiterated his longstanding opposition to ethanol subsidies. Though it crippled his chances in Iowa, he argued that ethanol was a wasteful giveaway. A recent study in the journal Science has shown that when you take all impacts into consideration, ethanol consumption increases greenhouse gas emissions compared with regular gasoline. Unlike, say, Barack Obama, McCain still opposes ethanol subsidies.
Also, Volokh has something to say about our recent gun debates, a topic I personally have little interest in, considering the weight of poverty and disease and lack of education that simply overwhelms significant devotion to gun rights. I had the good fortune of having lunch yesterday with Volokh Conspiracy contributor Dale Carpenter, who presented an excellent case at the law school for why Burkean conservatives should actually favor gay marriage rights. I personally
agreed with his arguments, and I also find legitimate logical support for gay marriage in libertarian thinking and in a progressive moral route.
An interesting NYT article that corresponds with my feeling, that many people are rejecting organized religion, even if they are not rejecting God, “The rise of the unaffiliated does not mean that Americans are becoming less religious, however. Contrary to assumptions that most of the unaffiliated are atheists or agnostics, most described their religion “as nothing in particular.” Pew researchers said that later projects would delve more deeply into the beliefs and practices of the unaffiliated and would try to determine if they remain so as they age.” Furthermore, there appears to be a trend toward convergence between Protestants and Catholics.
Finally, here is some good analysis on the not too surprising revelation of Blago as Public Official A.
McCain on Gay Marriage
John McCain’s website doesn’t list his position on gay marriage. In reviewing a story on his opposition to the Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage, the only thing perfectly clear is that he opposed the amendment. He mentions that he supported the Defense of Marriage Act, but also says that if the states aren’t able to effectively prohibit gay marriage, and if the federal government also fails, then a gay marriage amendment might be appropriate. I’m wondering how the Agora’s Rainbow Panthers feel about McCain’s half-hearted opposition to the gay marriage amendment, and also how our Pro-McCain posters feel about McCain’s position on preserving hetero-marriage.