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Archive for the ‘Gay Rights’ Category
August 4th, 2011
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?
July 19th, 2011
Category: Gay Rights
Hudathunk it? That old bit of slander about how straight men hostile to gay men are actually fighting their own impulses has some scientific basis.
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 25th, 2011
Category: Gay Rights
Michael Barbaro explains how marriage equality passed in New York.
June 24th, 2011
Category: Gay Rights
All Democrats save one: Aye.
All Republicans save four courageous souls: Nay.
Here come the primaries.
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?