Thinking about the efforts by advocates for redefining marriage to portray opposition to the idea as irrational bigotry, this story from a few weeks ago came to mind: Here comes the single bride. Last week, Nadine Schweigert married herself in a symbolic wedding ceremony. The 36-year-old divorced mom of three wore blue satin and clutched …
The Loving Corollary to Godwin’s Law
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 …
Democrats pushing social issues, not Republicans
The Democrats often assert that Republicans keep bringing up divisive social issues, ignoring the economy and jobs. And of course the establishment liberal media (the “DeMSM”) help their party to spread this false narrative. Senator Charles Schumer was on ABC News This Week yesterday: …Democrats are focused like a laser on jobs, the economy, and …
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“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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Obama Supports, Opposes “Same-Sex Marriage” at Same Time, Lapdog Press Goes Along
It’s hard to choose which is more ridiculous, President Obama’s continuing disingenuous double-talk regarding so-called “same-sex marriage”, or the willingness of so-called “journalists” to go along with the game. After Obama’s press conference today, we get this bizarre abuse of language in a headline from the Los Angeles Times: Obama praises New York on same-sex …
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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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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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What is Marriage?
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Here is a really good paper laying out the basis for the traditional definition of marriage, and making the case for why the definition should not be changed to include same-sex unions. A must read for anyone who cares about the issue. Abstract: In the article, we argue that as a moral reality, marriage is …
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