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Whenever political conservatives gather these days, stentorian pronouncements about gay marriage are soon to follow. This is particularly true at the meetings of conservative political parties, which tend to be dominated by the most committed activists. Thus one should not be surprised to hear a conservative politician throwing red meat like this to the base [...]
Archive for the ‘Gay marriage’ Category
August 4th, 2011
Fiscally irresponsible AND socially intolerant.
July 23rd, 2011
Category: Gay marriage
His position on states’ rights with respect to marriage points to the repeal of DOMA. But would he really go there?
June 27th, 2011
Category: Gay marriage
Governor Cuomo is getting well-deserved praise for his active leadership in passing gay marriage legislation in New York. President Obama’s supportive but basically passive stance on the same issue has received somewhat lower marks. I’m all in for marriage equality. I’ve criticized the president for his timidity regarding other issues. Still, I believe he’s getting [...]
June 13th, 2011
The wrong side of history is an uncomfortable place to be.
May 23rd, 2011
At an academic workshop on social conservatism most of the participants think gay rights is a losing issue, ripe for jettisoning. Sign of the times?
April 26th, 2011
Category: Gay marriage
Latest desperation move by opponents of same-sex marriage: attack the judge who found Proposition (h)8 unconstitutional for having a same-sex partner. But on the theory that gay marriage is bad for straights, what sort of judge *wouldn’t* have had a conflict of interest?
January 4th, 2011
Category: Gay marriage, Law Notes
Why would a federal court ask state justices to do something that they have no right to do?
August 17th, 2010
Category: Gay marriage, Law Notes
Emily Bazelon asks “do we really want gay marriage to become legal in California because of what’s essentially a technicality?” Uh, yes — that’s EXACTLY what we want.
August 7th, 2010
Category: California Politics, Gay marriage
Some people may wonder how Judge Vaughn R. Walker is holding up under the brutal, often homophobic tirades to which he is now being subjected for his recent ruling on gay marriage. At a Stanford drug policy forum about a decade ago, we were seated together at the closing dinner. The interaction that evening makes [...]