Tag Archives: Gay Marriage

The old ball and chain

Posted on 4/4/2013 by John Casey

A playground loser may save his ego with the following: I didn’t want to win anyway.  Here’s Yale Professor David Brooks’ latest version. But last week saw a setback for the forces of maximum freedom. A representative of millions of gays and … Continue reading →

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False dilemma, inclusive disjunction

Posted on 3/31/2013 by Scott Aikin

Mark Steyn’s lead post at NRO today was an argumentative (and organizational) trainwreck.  Here’s just one of the fallacious lovelies.  Steyn observes that lefties have in the past been against marriage, as a kind of anti-bourgeois bit of posing.  And … Continue reading →

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Those who don’t know anything love the…

Posted on 3/27/2013 by Scott Aikin

Ignoratio.  Charles Cooper, arguing yesterday to defend California’s Proposition 8 before the Supreme Court, embraced the old strategy of invoking unknown harms to come from allowing gay marriage. [Transcript HERE] Justice Kagan asks Cooper if allowing same-sex marriage hinders state … Continue reading →

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You keep using that word

Posted on 2/15/2013 by John Casey

An Illinois State Senator who voted against legalizing gay marriage in Illinois had this to say on the matter (via TPM): To redefine marriage is discriminatory towards those who hold the sincerely held religious belief that it is a sacred … Continue reading →

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Chilean women to marry

Posted on 12/30/2012 by John Casey

There’s the possibility that gay marriage might be legal in Illinois.  This means we are subject to arguments such as the ones discussed in this article.  Here’s a snippet of the argument: “Marriage comes to us from nature,” Chicago’s Cardinal … Continue reading →

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Phylum stuff

Posted on 12/18/2012 by John Casey

As overlord, I'd make sure we had an empirically-driven discussion about gun violence, the kind an insurance adjuster would have–to start, at least.  We can also talk about rights, and the second amendment, and constitutional originalism and all of that.  … Continue reading →

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Monandry

Posted on 11/14/2012 by John Casey

My apologies to those who want something more challenging, but here's a classic slippery slope from the Vatican: VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is digging in after gay marriage initiatives scored big wins this week in the U.S. and Europe, … Continue reading →

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You ain’t just (dog)whistling Dixie

Posted on 8/10/2012 by Scott Aikin

Newt Gingrich suggested that Romney serve Chick-fil-a at the Republican convention (reported in Newsmax here).  I certainly think that the Romney campaign would be smart to serve Chick-fil-A at the convention for one occasion. I think that would send a … Continue reading →

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Rick S**torum on marriage

Posted on 12/15/2011 by John Casey

For some reason, people's interest in marriage declines as the right to marry expands, so says the former Senator from Pennsylvania.  Ok, that's actually more context than his twitter remark warranted. Here it is: Jeebus. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this … Continue reading →

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To all the h8trs

Posted on 7/5/2011 by John Casey

Some puzzling words in favor of "traditional" marriage: It was not for nothing that societies for millenniums recognized marriage for its civilizing properties and stepped in to regulate them secularly. That's because marriage, among other things, seeks to protect the … Continue reading →

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