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What a Silly Consolation
After years of crying, “Let the people vote!”, the National Organization for Marriage is desperately searching for some to prove that the votes in Minnesota, Washington, Maine, Iowa, and Maryland don’t...
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What ELSE Might They Be Wrong About?
Oh, it’s time for some fun. When Obama endorsed marriage equality back in May, the National Organization had something to say about it. It’s time to glance back at those statements and see just how...
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27-Year-Olds Are HOT!
If you’re 27 or younger, you have never lived through a month that was colder than average in the U.S.
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We only ask for the rights because we’ve already accepted the responsibilities.
This morning I read Chris Geidner’s great article on how we beat back our opposition’s propaganda to sweep five marriage equality battles in the last election. This bit leapt out at me: Commitment...
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Oh, Rick
Rick Warren is at it again. The megachurch pastor is explaining why homosexuals don’t have to act all homosexual, and he does it with some cute little equivalencies: Here’s what we know about life. I...
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Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit
If you listen to enough religious programming on your commute (and I do) you’ll come across the Anthropic Principle, a sort of proof of God’s existence based on the idea that the conditions necessary...
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That Anti-Gay Double Standard
The National Organization for Marriage is thrilled with a Nevada judge who ruled that banning same-sex marriage does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. NOM’s chairman writes:...
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Two Sentences
Sometimes two sentences is all it takes to make you cry. The couple who received the very first marriage license, though, was Jane Abbott Lighty, 77, and Pete-e Peterson, 85, who have been together...
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Who Are These Old-Fashioned Straights So Eager to Ditch Marriage?
Will marriage equality wreck people’s conception of marriage and destroy society? Our opponents think so. They put the idea in their legal arguments, and I recently mocked Nevada Judge Robert Jones for...
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Just to clarify…
The vast majority of people opposed to same-sex marriage are religious. But… It does not logically follow that the vast majority of the religious are opposed to same-sex marriage. Both sides need to be...
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Chairman of the Board for Hypocrisy
John Eastman is all of the following: Chairman of the Board for the National Organization for Marriage Current professor and former Dean at Chapman University School of Law A specialist in...
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Marriage is Winning
It’s been a bad year for the National Organization for Marriage. And yet they do need money do need to convince their supporters the battle is not lost. Allow me to share with you their year-end...
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If Only the Pope Would Listen to Himself
This, ironically, is the Pope trying to make a point about homosexuality: People dispute the idea that they have a nature, given to them by their bodily identity, that serves as a defining element of...
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I Really Really Really Needed Some Time Off
But I’ve got a few things in the works. Meantime, here’s the video that got me to stop procrastinating and go work out (moderately safe for work — no nudity, at least).
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Maggie Gallagher rebuts Maggie Gallagher
I found a delightful article by Maggie Gallagher today. Wait. That can’t be — let me check… Nope, that’s right: I found a delightful article by Maggie Gallagher today. Maggie and her anti-marriage...
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Rebutting the Rebutters
I’ve been quiet the last month or two, feeling burned out and needing a break. Lately, though, I’ve been looking for a good entry point to get started again, a way of warming up and stretching those...
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Is Marriage Equality Primarily About Equality?
Self-described Catholic blogger Brandon Vogt recently published Rebuttals to arguments for same-sex marriage. He tries to disprove 10 common same-sex-marriage arguments, but merely highlights the most...
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No, You Don’t Have the Right to Marry Whomever You Love
Self-described Catholic blogger Brandon Vogt recently published Rebuttals to arguments for same-sex marriage. He tries to disprove 10 common same-sex-marriage arguments, but merely highlights the most...
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A Strange and New Idea
Self-described Catholic blogger Brandon Vogt recently published Rebuttals to arguments for same-sex marriage. He tries to disprove 10 common same-sex-marriage arguments, but merely highlights the most...
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“Traditional Marriage” Arguments and Polygamy (or: The slippery slope is on...
Self-described Catholic blogger Brandon Vogt recently published Rebuttals to arguments for same-sex marriage. He tries to disprove 10 common same-sex-marriage arguments, but merely highlights the most...
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