Yglesias: So we should just put it down fo the record here. In 2010 when faced with the opportunity to follow all of our important allies down the road of equality, a whole bunch of conservative politicians just decided that their ethics doesn’t make room...
gay and lesbian rights
Shorter Verbatim one of the Powerline stooges: "The purpose of the Marines is to fight America's enemies. It is no [sic] part of their purpose to facilitate the self-actualization of.
What Drum says here is correct: Democratic spinelessness on this is worth mocking. But let's get real: the problem isn't with Senate Democrats, 97% of whom voted to repeal DADT.
Defending the Obama administration's decision to appeal the ruling holding DADT unconstitutional, Joe From Lowell asserted: The GOP is going to vote for the Defense Authorization bill. It is a must-pass bill, and DADT is already in it. They can only delay at this point,...
Because there wasn't enough bad news last week, the forces of discrimination strike back against three of the Iowa Supreme Court's historic Varnum ruling. The good news is that the.
I had forgotten whether or not the Washington Times was still in business. Apparently, it is, and it has a revoltingly homophobic editorial in support of DADT. The thing.
Absolutely not. There's nothing particularly complex here. The DOJ has no legal obligation to do appeal the DADT ruling, and there's ample precedent for allowing a ruling of unconstitutionality to stand. And the case for making an exception here couldn't be more compelling: the law...
Despite the staunch support for gay and lesbian rights that somehow must be lurking behind his relentlessly reactionary voting record, John McCain reasserts his determination to deploy counter-majoritarian tactics to.
Good, even if a higher Court is likely to stay the order pending an appeal. Of course, the appropriate course here is for the DOJ not to appeal the ruling..
I the latest grotesque performance from the World's Worst Deliberative Body provides an excellent illustration of why Matt was wrong to think that Democrats should be unhappy that Mike Castle lost the Delaware primary. The fact is, under current norms the nominal moderation of Collins...
I agree with the point of his post -- including his disagreement with the idea that it's Obama's fault if he can't get fake-moderate Republican Senators he has no discernible.
Shorter John McCain, justifying leading the filibuster against the repeal of DADT: "It's outrageous to use a defense appropriations bill to deal with matters pertaining to the American military." I.