Gay Marriage Responsible For Drought

August 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

This is why we need faith-based arguments in the public square.  How would any rational 21st Century person be able to divine such important truths as Mike Heath figured out for us if it weren’t for the input of faith? in recent days, we are all taking more notice of the sky for the simple [...]

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What Are Conservatives’ Constructive Social Policies For Gays?

August 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Be celibate and/or invisible seem to be the only options conservatives have on the table for millions of people.  Andrew Sullivan takes Robert P. George to task on this point : There is also, moreover, no positive social policy actually crafted for gay people in George’s view. What does he believe we should do with [...]

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Is This Fraud Or An Objective Call To Democratic Vote?

July 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Fans of transparency in petitions and of political conflict, enjoy and weigh in! The Gay Atheist explains Driving Equality has released the full footage of the anti-gay signature fraud. Including a nice conversation with the man collecting the signatures where he explains his personal belief that being gay is not a choice and that gay [...]

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An Argument For Gay Marriage And Against Traditionalism

July 27, 2009 By 12 Comments

I am puzzled by appeals to history to oppose gay marriage because history is only the story of what people have done and never of itself directly tells us anything about right or wrong.  Results of history can serve as warnings about effective and uneffective approaches to goal x or goal y but what people [...]

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Muslim Women’s Freedom To Marry

July 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Thanks to the Atheist Media Blog Your Thoughts?

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The Gayby Boom?

July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Johann Hari on the rise of open gay parenting in the UK and the research indicating no averse effects for children: The children of gay couples are desperately and passionately wanted. They are, by definition, planned, with parents who have to go to a great deal of hassle and heart-searching before they are created. Compare [...]

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Consigning Minority Rights To Majority Vote Would Make Constitution Unnecessary

July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment

David Boies sums up the case he and Ted Olson are making in favor of a constitutional right to gay marriage: Countries as Catholic as Spain, as different as Sweden and South Africa, and as near as Canada have embraced gay and lesbian marriage without any noticeable effect — except the increase in human happiness [...]

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