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 …
Obama HHS seeks to expand anti-religious-liberty mandate
Looks like the Obama Administration has responded to objections to it’s anti-religious liberty HHS mandate by expanding its reach: In a move that is likely to reignite the ire of religious leaders, late Friday afternoon the Obama administration announced a proposal that would require universities, including religious universities, to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs …
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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 …
Hugh Hewitt: Nothing shocks when anything goes
Here is an excellent column from Hugh Hewitt at The Washington Examiner on standards of public discourse. We especially liked this part: There is one standard for all commentary, and it ought to apply to Palin and Ms. Fluke, to President Obama and President Bush, to Justice Thomas and to Justice Kagan. So credit nothing …
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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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The Church of Obama
Another great read from Mark Steyn today at National Review Online: The bigger the Big Government, the smaller everything else: First, other pillars of civil society are crowded out of the public space; then, the individual gets crowded out, even in his most private, tooth-level space. President Obama, Commissar Sebelius, and many others believe in …
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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
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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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