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 gays.” For further grim amusement, consider his additional claim that “[i]n this context, any appreciable risk to the fighting capacity of the Marine Corps is […]
Tag: gay and lesbian rights
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 in Septembe
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 m
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 discrimination restoration faction faces an uphill climb, so with an effective struggle the ruling should remain in force.
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 is, none of this irrational
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 unconstitution
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 ensure that that the highly unpopular and morally indefensible exclusion of gays and lesbians from the military: When asked how far he would go 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. Particularly given that the policy’s p
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 lo
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 leverage over to vote against the filibuster — but I think John is being too charitable here: McCain, being all mavericky, has flip-flopped so many […]
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 mil
It’s also worth looking at this important data compiled by Andrew Gelman and his colleagues, which breaks national trends down at a state-by-state level: The more important turning points in pub