Opponents of same-sex marriage in Iowa want to have something like California’s Proposition 8 there to overturn the judicial decision extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. If you were writing a news story about this political effort, you could use… Continue Reading
So I’m handling this eviction this morning. As with most of my evictions, my staff does all the prep work and I don’t review the file until I get to court that morning. This one looks… well, it looks a… Continue Reading
A few days ago I was philosophically pleased and comfortable with the state of our nation despite its fractious politics. This morning I’m less pleased. There are several reasons why. First, it appears that by about a margin of 53%… Continue Reading
Really, is this any less special and sweet to see than a straight couple getting engaged? And that is the best testimony that could possibly have been offered in favor of same-sex marriage. Speaking of which, does anyone have any… Continue Reading
Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California USA 2009, was stripped of her title after she spoke publicly against same-sex marriage. Yesterday, she filed suit against the Miss California USA pageant and two of its directors, claiming that she was discriminated… Continue Reading
The guy is right about one thing — telling people that gay people caused Hurricane Katrina isn’t going to convince anyone to change their mind and oppose same-sex marriage. A frothing, crazed religious screed isn’t going to convince anyone who… Continue Reading
I’ve made a significant update to yesterday’s post about predicitions of the future effects of same-sex marriage in New England and Iowa. If the issue interests you, please revisit that post. Thank you for your attention.
Over at TOries_and_WingNuts_ALL.com Townhall.com, another example of a thoughtful writer manifesting sanity and principle in the face of the shriller, more headline-generating style of what gets called “conservative” in political debate these days. In essence, Steve Chapman points out that… Continue Reading
I don’t know why people find Ted Olson’s advocacy against Proposition 8 to be so surprising. He got to being opposed to Prop. 8 the same way a lot of people did — by realizing that restricting marriage to opposite-sex… Continue Reading