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Special Rights, Not Equal Rights
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Thu, 12/21/2006 - 00:00The jig is up. We can now officially put to bed the lie that advocates of gay marriage only want equal rights. According to a Reuters story out of Connecticut, eight gay and lesbian couples are asking that state's Supreme Court to mandate the legalization of gay marriage. You should know that Connecticut is a state that already grants the "rights and benefits" of marriage to homosexuals under a civil unions law.
Defending Traditional Marriage
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 11/01/2006 - 00:00"A marriage between one man and one woman is the only lawful domestic union that shall be valid or recognized in this state."
That is the opening text of a proposed amendment to our state's constitution. It is an amendment designed to protect traditional marriage from being redefined by radical state and federal judges, and to make sure that voters have a chance to be heard on this fundamental issue.
Social Progress from Abroad?
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 03/15/2006 - 00:00Many of the more "progressive" among us here in America see Europe as an example of where the United States needs to be in terms of its social policies. And given that social trends in Europe so often seem to presage things here, for better or worse, let's have a look at some of the more recent "progressive" developments on the European social front.
In January of this year the European Union passed a resolution banning "homophobia". Entitled "Homophobia in Europe", the resolution condemns homophobia as an "irrational fear and aversion of homosexuality and of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people based on prejudice, similar to racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, sexism". So take that you straight Euro-bigots. Actually, it will be interesting to watch this play out, given that Europe's birth-rates are below replacement levels, especially in the more "progressive" (liberal) countries in the west, and Muslim immigration into Europe is at all times highs.
The Marriage Debate
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 11/17/2004 - 22:27The recent election has left us with one indisputable fact. An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose gay marriage. For all the fulminations and (to borrow a phrase from Karl Rove) bloviations of the left, we are left with a clear and convincing - and at least on a state by state basis, unanimous - verdict.
Now that the election is over and the returns are in, (and having lost overwhelmingly), liberals are returning to what they consider more friendly terrain - the courtroom. In state after state they are now appealing to judges to overturn, throw out and/or otherwise find "unconstitutional" these duly passed, citizen approved constitutional amendments. This from pretty much the same crowd that is heard shouting "every vote should count", (even in cases where they are legally suspect).
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