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 public opinion, however, may be occurring at the state level, especially if states continue to...
gay and lesbian rights
E.J. Graff presents the best optimistic take I've seen yet. I wouldn't say I'm fully convinced, but I hope she's right that the outcome will be a net positive. She.
Dahlia Lithwick's does a very good job here of analyzing the question of how Kennedy might vote on same-sex marriage, with her choice of commentary to link to being particularly.
Doug Mataconis notes an interesting aspect of yesterday's important ruling that will permit same-sex marriages to go forward in California later this month unless the Circuit Court intervenes: If neither Brown nor Schwarzenegger chooses to appeal the case, and no law requires that they do...
Not surprisingly, Douthat tries and fails. In this case, the Times seems to be paying for the classic Maggie Gallagher feeble, undefended tautology in somewhat more flowery prose. Another point.
Yeah, I would have never have dreamed that this title could be anything but cheap sarcasm, but here we are.
Vikram Amar has a good piece about the recent holding that Propoistion 8 is unconstitutional and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The most important point, I think, is that if the 9th Circuit decides to reverse the Supreme Court will probably decline to hear...
Serial non-monogamist Newt Gingrich shares some pompous thoughts about how teh gays and their Ed Meese-approved radical allies in the federal courts are destroying the Sacred Institution of Marriage, but.
I outline some reasons to be skeptical about whether Kennedy would be willing to cast a fifth vote to hold bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional here. At a minimum, there's.
Yglesias: Which is simply to say that legal details aside (I’m not a lawyer, but you can play one on TV by reading the decision) this seems like a clear victory for moral justice and nobody has any reason to have mixed feelings about it....
Asked: So, how are the crazy-cons going to react to the court decision striking down Proposition 8 in California? I ask because we've been hearing that the new right-wing crazies.
Meet the radical far-left judicial activist who issued the Prop 8 ruling: In other words, this “liberal San Francisco judge” was recommended by Ed Meese, appointed by Ronald Reagan, and.