Goodness. What does one make of this exchange, between Bill O’Reilly and Margaret Hoover, via Media Matters for America: O’REILLY: Hoover, you would let everybody get married who want to get married. You want to marry a turtle, you can. HOOVER: Due process. I want to abide by the law. Read more »
Author Archives: Bill
Who cares what happens to Miss California?
Carrie Prejean, her opinions, and some rather prosaic seminude photographs have received entirely too much attention in the media. Look: she has an opinion on same-sex marriage, and she’s absolutely entitled to. She didn’t express that opinion too gracefully when it was solicited, but it wasn’t a beyond-the-pale hateful opinion. Read more »
Why conservatives fear gay marriage
Salon now regularly features opinion pieces by the pseudonymous “Glenallen Walken,” described by the editors as “a real live conservative and former Bush official who chooses to remain anonymous.” The desire for anonymity may be understandable, since the column’s title is “Ask a Wingnut.” Walken’s most recent piece tackles marriage Read more »
New York Governor Calls for Same-Sex Marriage Legislation
This morning, Governor David Paterson of New York called for that state’s legislature to enact legislation authorizing same-sex marriage. The NYTimes reports: Comparing the status of gay men and lesbians with that of blacks, Jews, women, disabled people and other groups who were historically excluded from full political and social Read more »
Celebration of Love and Marriage
The local paper has an article on what I’m sure is a charming Valentine’s Day event: A reminder to all the sweethearts across Kerr County, the New Hope Counseling Center will host a ‘Celebration of Love and Marriage,’ Saturday, Feb. 14, 7-9 p.m. at the Inn of the Hills Bluebonnet Read more »
OT: possible hallucination
Was I seeing things just now, or was one of the contestants on American Idol really identified as a font designer? [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]
Prop 8 and California’s Court
Andrew Sullivan thinks Prop 8 should be upheld in the courts. As he says, the measure passed fair and square. I hate it when my principles get in the way of my outrage, indignation, and grief, but as outraged, indignant, and aggrieved as I am over Prop 8’s passage, I Read more »
What did our opponents expect?
The ever-escalading wave of protests has gone viral now; tomorrow at 1:30 pm EST (12:30 local) a nationwide protest, facilitated by Join the Impact is scheduled. This is a good thing. One thing the general public is just now seeing is that our battle for marriage is not abstractly about Read more »
More consequences and repercussions
Sullivan has an amazing post on the grief and outrage he feels with the passage of California’s Prop 8: But I realize I am not shattered. My own marriage exists and is real without the approval of others. One day soon, it will be accepted by a majority. And this Read more »
Prop 8 opponents sue to block measure
The San Francisco Chronicle reports: The lawsuit argued that Prop. 8 would change the California Constitution in such fundamental ways – taking important rights away from a minority group – that it amounted to a constitutional revision, which requires approval by the Legislature before being submitted to the voters. Sounds Read more »