Those who frequent comment threads at blogs and news sites will be familiar with Godwin’s Law. For the uninitiated, Godwin’s Law basically says that in any comment thread, it’s virtually certain that someone will eventually make an analogy to Hitler and/or the Nazis, no matter what the topic. There’s a corollary in the debate over …
“Same-sex marriage” as elite fashion statement
A good examination of the strange drive among liberal elites for “same-sex marriage”, via the UK Telegraph: Gay marriage is now the issue through which the elite advertises its superiority over the redneck masses A question rarely asked about gay marriage is how it became such a massive flashpoint issue. … The speed and ease …
Illegitimacy becoming the norm in the U.S. as Democrats work to undermine marriage
Via The Daily Caller: Now more than half of all births to American women under 30 are born out of wedlock, and the trend in marriage-less birth is becoming an accepted reality of American life. …. A number of factors have led the the rising numbers of illegitimacy – which most researchers agree increases a …
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9th Circuit rules against marriage in California
The liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California has ruled against Proposition 8 in California, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman in the state constitution. Right off the top, the 9th Circuit begins their ruling with a phony assertion: “Prior to November 4, 2008, the California Constitution guaranteed the right …
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Marriage: Appeals court to decide fate of Prop. 8 on Tuesday
Here’s a good example of liberal bias at work in news media coverage of a controversial issue, from the Los Angeles Times: A federal appeals court is expected to rule Tuesday on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned gay marriage in California. But this is loaded language. It isn’t neutral …
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The Libertarian Case for Traditional Marriage
Here is a nice concise summary of the case for marriage from Maggie Gallagher at the National Organization for Marriage. There’s more reasoning in those two short pages than in a majority of the Washington State legislature. And a lengthier article on the same subject by Jennifer Roback Morse. Marriage is a naturally occurring, pre-political …
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President Obama versus religious liberty
A very strong statement on religious liberty today from Mitt Romney in the Washington Examiner: President Obama versus religious liberty The Obama administration is at it again. They are now using Obamacare to impose a secular vision on Americans who believe that they should not have their religious freedom taken away. …. My own view …
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Real Marriage Loses in New York
So last night the state legislature of New York chose to radically redefine marriage in their state law away from its most basic roots as a male-female institution. Worse, they chose to ignore the rights of individuals to follow their own consciences and reject this new definition according to their own values and religious views. …
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Typical Obama double-talk on anniversary of Roe vs. Wade
Via Politics Daily: On the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, President Obama said Saturday he is committed to protecting what he considers a fundamental principle: “government should not intrude on private family matters.” Obama, in a brief statement marking the 1973 Supreme Court opinion, said he also remains committed “to …
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What makes marriage, marriage?
Via the American Power blog, we found this excellent post from last August on the definition of marriage from Sense of Events: …. All of which is to say that the accidental characteristics of marriage – love, affection, property and other rights – spring from what marriage is rather than define what marriage is. Therefore, …
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The Case for Marriage
The Editors of National Review have released an excellent piece on the case for preserving traditional marriage. If it is true, as we are constantly told, that American law will soon redefine marriage to accommodate same-sex partnerships, the proximate cause for this development will not be that public opinion favors it, although it appears to …
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Gay Marriage Myths and Truth
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Michael Medved has a good column today refuting many of the myths from supporters of redefining marriage. The decision by federal judge Vaughan Walker to invalidate California’s Proposition 8 both recycles and revives some of the tired, misleading clichés regarding the same sex marriage controversy. These distortions demand direct, concise correction and rebuttal. Read the …
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