Whoomp. There It Is.
Chris Hallquist has it down — why evangelicals are so scared of same-sex marriage. I can add nothing more to his already-crystalline analysis.
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A Lesson In Discrimination Law
Howard Friedman has found a terrific set of twinned cases that makes extraordinarily clear the reason why some of the scare advertisements used in favor of Proposition 8 — “If we have gay marriage, churches are going to be sued”… Continue Reading
Breakup Of United States Imminent
Six countries where before there was one? That’s what a Russian political scientist says is a little bit more likely than not to happen in the next twenty-four months. My initial reaction is, “This guy doesn’t understand much about American… Continue Reading
An Easy Question
A candidate for the Republican National Committee circulated to his friends a CD of political parody songs, including one entitled “Barack The Magic Negro.” While noting that on more than one occasion, people on the left side of the aisle… Continue Reading
An Alternative To Torture For Field Investigators
As a further evidence that torture is unnecessary to achieve our foreign policy goals — even the sub rosa gathering of intelligence about enemy movements — I refer you Readers to this piece in today’s WaPo. As it turns out,… Continue Reading
Jury Duty: It Can Get You Laid
In 2000, a defendant in a capital murder trial in Missouri was convicted. The jury had been sequestered, and one of the jurors complained to the judge that two of the other jurors had spent some time in sequestration having… Continue Reading
Free Trade At Christmastime
Via Trade Diversion, we can see that the twelve days of Christmas, which will be upon us in less than a week, are going to cost more this year than they really should, thanks to protectionist trade practices on the… Continue Reading
Prepare To Be Disturbed
Nothing, and I mean nothing, about this is right. Burger King should not be in the business of selling men’s cologne. The seventies music is priceless. Cologne ought not to smell like meat. I don’t think. I mean, true, I’m… Continue Reading
Somehow Not Surprising
Another contender for Outrage Of The Week is Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. For a sample of this, check out Andrew Sullivan — who was about as infatuated wtih Obama as anyone… Continue Reading
Invoke Rule Eleven On The Thomas More Law Center
The closest thing that exists in the world of litigation to a rule or statute banning the filing of frivolous lawsuits is Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. The reason that “frivolous lawsuits” are not banned is because that concept… Continue Reading