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HANKS, PINE Tree State, for once again proving that civil right should never – ever – be left up to a simple majority vote. The simple majority always wins. One wonders why Americans (and the rest of the world) are still so fascinated by democracy. Freedom, I can understand, liberty, equality, etc. But tyranny of [...]

ISHOP William Murphy (RCC – Rockville Centre, NY) “corrects” a local politician on same-sex marriage. Coincidentally, he rehashes all the tired, useless arguments in this schnazzy new chart that lists all the blues and reds on the topic. It’s making all the rounds on the net just now… Point of order: the Bishop has a [...]

AUL FROMBERG, on the day after the Prop 8 Ruling in California, paints an interesting picture in today’s Daily Episcopalian: In the ongoing work of converting a culture ––bending it toward justice, toward the restoration of human dignity and ordinary goodness––you have to recognize what the big struggles are, and which ones are small. It’s [...]

EAR Californians (and others) who are upset by the recent Prop 8 decision… who are acting as if Californians don’t do this sort of thing… I’m wondering how many gays were protesting in the streets in the 1970s when Proposition 13 robbed the state of tax funds and services and put California in a budget [...]

Christ is Risen! ATHOLIC New Agency reports that a Conference is being planned to help students ‘speak the truth’ on natural marriage. DId you get that? “Natural” marriage. The rest of us do “unnatural” marriage. Now, say what you want about genetics and “by birth” or “by choice” or “nature vrs nurture” or even “two [...]

ITH THE New President safely ensconced, the right begins to plot his departure. James Kirchick explains why gay marriage should be part of the plan: Whereas the gay Left decried gay marriage as patriarchic and sexist less than two decades ago – and vilified the gay writers, nearly all self-identified conservatives and libertarians, who advocated [...]

HE AUTHOR OF the “Defense of Marriage Act” calls for its destruction. A new kind of politics, indeed… So when Obama thinks the time is ripe to repeal DOMA (hopefull soon), I envision a press conference with Bob Barr standing next to him. It will be a most powerful statement to see the author of [...]

HIS IS Only half the story (props to Michael.) The other half of the story, an opposing cartoon, would show the a man and his partner, living in their higher-than-average income home, with their higher-than-average education and their double-income-no-kids life complaining about all the uneducated bigots who vote against gay marriage – while the same [...]

ALON interviews Richard Rodriguez who ties the whole fear of gay marriage to the patriarchy in monotheistic religion. This makes sense as the patriarchy gets blamed for a lot of things. But the interview makes some interesting pictures, wondering about the redefinition of the American family in general and the role of women in particular. [...]

IVEN The Church Fathers’ paralleling of Eros with Agape (as per our readings in Clement), this doesn’t bother the literalist in me.