SHANKERY: I need a brief break from same-sex marriage stuff, so will not be posting on it again until tonight at the earliest or Saturday at the latest. I will reply to stuff people have said, though, and I will give you the promised “mechanism” post, again, by Saturday at the latest. For the moment, you can see responses to my posts at Amptoons (scroll around–and be sure to check out his post on Hiroshima while you’re there) and riting on the wall. More soon.

EDITED TO ADD: Lawrence Krubner also has some posts up in response.