With NOM collapsing like a crumbling tenement, the main political force opposing same-sex marriage seems to the Heritage Foundation, working through its resident expert Ryan T. Anderson, a co-author on Robert George’s egregious What is Marriage?
Ryan, of course, is a big supporter of Turn-Away-the-Gay bills. Yesterday, in quick succession, he issued a series of tweets explaining why, in language that made me laugh out loud.
Liberty protects the rights of citizens even to do things we might personally disagree with. http://t.co/svqMn5QaND via @Heritage
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 25, 2014
Freedom is two way street. Requires allowing others to do or not do things that we might choose differently http://t.co/UDNPgmQLjj @Heritage
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 25, 2014
Liberty isn’t about acting only in ways that the New York Times approves of. http://t.co/gwZlDj540Y via @Heritage
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 25, 2014
Let’s keep these handy for when he turns his attention back to banning same-sex marriage. But wait, he doesn’t do that, because there are no bans on same sex marriage. From the day before:
of course there are no "bans", only laws defining marriage for gov purposes, not "banning" anything. NYT and Holder don't know difference
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 24, 2014
Of course, because laws that only allowed men to vote didn’t ban women voters, and that only allowed Christians to hold office didn’t ban Jewish office-holders, and that only allowed men to be King of Gondor didn’t ban orcs from ascending the throne.
Sorry about that last one. For a moment there I suffered a bout of Ryan-itis: the inability to distinguish fact from my fantasy.