I must remind everyone once again that Peter Beinart, like so may centrist contrarians, was wrong about many things other than the Iraq War. You may remember his claim that the New York courts refusing to end the state's marriage discrimination was the best thing...
same-sex marriage
They really have nothing else.
In addition to being excellent news on the policy merits, the fact that Maine has an initiative system means that the state provides an excellent test case for claims that.
Ross Douthat was, understandably but not admirably, unwilling to defend his opposition to same-sex marriage rights in public:At first Mr. Douthat seemed unable to get a sentence out without interrupting himself and starting over. Then he explained: "I am someone opposed to gay marriage who...
Shorter Erin Manning: The superflous amendments tacked onto same-sex marriage legislation to preempt the silly arguments of paranoid cranks prove that the arguments made by paranoid cranks were correct.[Via.]
Between travel and parental visits, I neglected to mention New Hampshire's legalization of same-sex marriage. So you probably already know about it. The key takeaway for the future is that.
It's up to John Lynch now. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 13 to 11 in favor of the bill, but only after a last-minute amendment strengthened language granting legal protections for religious groups and organizations that do not want to perform or otherwise help carry out...
Although I participate, I rarely link, but this week's results for the National Journal bloggers poll are kind of interesting. Leftish bloggers overwhelmingly support the idea that the Democratic Party.
Unlike Ed Whelan, the Iowa Supreme Court is required by existing norms to actually make arguments in defense of its opinions. One of the arguments they make in Varnum is.
John McCormack asserts that Ed Whelan provides a "takedown" of the Iowa Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling. Wow, could it be that a conservative has actually engaged in analysis of a judicial opinion rather than making bare assertions that any judicial opinion that reaches a...
The Iowa Supreme Court's ruling is obviously great news. I happen to be conferencing here in the midwest, but will have more thoughts later. Most immediately relevant is that fact.
Excellent news. The ruling is based on the equal protection clause of the state constitution. Or, at least, it's excellent news from my non-contrarian perspective. Maybe this will be a.