No doubt, the way a ballot initiative is described is a matter of some importance for the initiative’s success or failure. Thus the importance of electing an honest Attorney General, since it is that officer in California, and not the… Continue Reading
Steve Benen takes the Associated Press’s reporter Charles Babbington to task for calling Obama’s acceptance speech sketchy on the details of the policies Obama would pursue as President: Babbington: ‘Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,”… Continue Reading
One of the really great things about the Federalist Society is its ability to put together discussions that fairly, intelligently, and civilly represent both sides of a contentious issue. Federalist Society debaters do not call one another names, do not… Continue Reading
Traditionally, Chinese society takes a dim but not completely negative view of homosexuality. The begetting of children, particularly sons, is a duty of a good Chinese man; this is reinforced by Confucian and Taoist teachings. So traditional morality in China… Continue Reading
The change in description for Proposition 8 has been upheld by not one but two courts. Both a Superior Court in Sacramento County and the third DCA have agreed that it was properly within the Attorney General’s discretion to change… Continue Reading
Yesterday, a friend suggested to me that there may be an objective, valid, non-religious argument in favor of a ban on same-sex marriage. He doesn’t actually believe this himself, but he figured that it was a reasonable enough argument. It… Continue Reading
About two month ago, I mused that with available statistics, it appeared that gay couples were twenty times less likely to marry, now that they have been given the opportunity to do so. I pointed out that this did not… Continue Reading
Looking at more polls, here’s today’s Field Poll release: Californians are preparing to reject Proposition 8 by a margin of 42-51. That’s a nine-point defeat for the Defense of Bigotry Amendment. The sample error on this poll is 3.9%. So… Continue Reading
In a brief but provocative essay, George Mason University historian Rick Shenkman plugs his new book How Stupid Are We?: Facing The Truth About The American Voter with an exceedingly cynical and, in my opinion, piercingly accurate observation: Americans refer… Continue Reading
Hey, same-sex marriage opponents, I have a question for you. “Traditional” marriages frequently involve arrangements being made by parents for the marriage, without bothering to ask the children to be married off what they think of the arrangement or whether… Continue Reading