Mitt Romney’s Mephistophelean Bargain
Mitt Romney made a Mephistophelean bargain last week when he joined Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Sen. Pennsylvania Rick Santorum in signing a pledge to oppose same-sex marriage on a...
View ArticleHey! HERE’S a Great Idea! Let’s Make it IMPOSSIBLE for President Obama to...
All it took was a few tweets since Vice President Joe Biden said on "Meet the Press" (May 6)...
View ArticleWill Obama “Man Up” on Gay Marriage?
Some years ago, there was a Republican congressman from the Midwest who was gay. He didn’t hide his orientation, exactly, but he tended to be irritatingly coy about it, until an exasperated far-right...
View ArticleTruce on Gay Marriage?
Earlier this month, the voters of Maine, Maryland and Washington voted to legalize same-sex marriage. Gay marriage is now the law in nine states and the District of Columbia. That leaves 30 states...
View ArticleGays, the GOP and Hypocrisy
So Conservative Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio has done a political about-face and announced his support for gay marriage. The senator was a co-sponsor of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act...
View Article“Thou shalt not disapprove of gay marriage…”
“How a minority, reaching majority, seizing authority, hates a minority!" -- Leonard H. Robbins A florist in Washington State won’t provide floral arrangements for a gay wedding, citing her...
View ArticleCrying “Wolf!” on Gay Marriage
In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network last week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) rehashed the charge that legalizing gay marriage could lead to Christian pastors being “forced” to perform gay...
View ArticleGuerrilla Warfare Against Gay Marriage
The chief justice of the state of Alabama, Roy S. Moore, has ordered the state’s probate judges to defy a federal district court ruling and refuse to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The...
View ArticleEarth Day, Race Day, Gun Day, Money Day
Is change even possible? The national conversation about excessive use of police force that we’re supposed to have been conducting since Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner were killed didn’t...
View ArticleGay Marriage: Who’s Sorry Now?
The April 28 issue of the Wall Street Journal carried an editorial warning of grave consequences if the Supreme Court rules that there is a constitutional right to gay marriage. “Discovering a...
View Article10 Pieces from 2015
The year 2015 was tumultuous: Gay marriage was legalized nationally, the 2015 race began in earnest, transgender rights and racism become dominating discussions, and an underestimated threat named ISIS...
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