In a comment a few days ago, a Reader asked if my observation about Black voters causing Prop. 8 to pass can legitimately be expanded to say that such people are actually socially conservative. The metric, it was suggested, was… Continue Reading
I’ve nothing to add to the perfect irony and stark demonstration of common sense and logic evidenced in this post.
Like most of you Readers, by far the biggest surprise I had on election night was seeing Prop. 8 pass. I’d like to thank the one Reader who was most surprised by my loss of a bottle of Scotch —… Continue Reading
Right here in the beautiful Antelope Valley, we were one vote away from another religiously explicit motto going up on a government building. RTFA, and you’ll see that indeed, some people of faith do indeed get it — the government… Continue Reading
When a gift falls out of the blue into your lap, don’t get greedy. When someone offers you something you aren’t entitled to at all, you don’t demand even more. It’s bad form and you might wind up losing even… Continue Reading
The Wife and I took a trip to Burbank today, to do some shopping. We’re looking at a new love seat for the holidays and so we thought to go take a look at IKEA. We saw no signs, at… Continue Reading
I didn’t cry when Barack Obama actually got elected, but I understand why people did. But if you can read this entire article, all the way to its very end, and not get a little bit choked up, you’re just… Continue Reading
As I’ve written over the past few days, there are six things that should happen to advance the cause of same-sex marriage. I’ve hyperlinked to each so you can read my rationale for each in greater detail. Litigation against Prop.… Continue Reading
My final point about what can be done to advance the cause of same-sex marriage in the wake of Proposition 8’s passage is to note that that a lot of the animosity towards gay people comes from Biblical condemnation of… Continue Reading
A fourth step that could be taken to make SSM a reality has to happen in Congress, not in California. It is quite simple — the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) must be repealed. DOMA was passed by a vote… Continue Reading