On Meet the Press, Jim DeMint said:

What I'd say, David, is [Justice Kennedy] is denying dignity to the millions of Americans who, for moral or religious reasons, believe that gay marriage is wrong. As you just said, you've got 37 states where the people have decided that they want to protect the marriage between a man and a woman because they ( Read more... )

Brilliant. From http://electricsheepcomix.com/infogfx/sameSexMarriageChart.png:


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From Federal Judge In Boston Rules Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional (quotes in italics, my commentary in roman):

The federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define the institution and therefore denies married gay couples some federal benefits, a federal judge ruled Thursday in Boston ( Read more... )

So, I started writing this post with the intention of reporting on this ridiculous quote from Chris Plante, who was manning the "National Organization for Marriage" [sic] booth at CPAC: "Gays and lesbians have the right to live as they choose, but they don't have the right to redefine marriage for the rest of us ( Read more... )

Charles Cooper, lawyer for defense in Perry v. Schwarzenegger: "We say that the central and the defining purpose of marriage is to channel naturally procreative sexual activity between men and women into stable, enduring unions for the sake of begetting, nurturing and raising the next generation. Plaintiffs say that the central and constitutionally ( Read more... )

The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage, by Ted Olson (the U.S. Solicitor General under Bush, who argued for Bush in front of the Supreme Court during the Bush v. Gore)

From Equality - What Are We So Afraid Of?

My name is Doug, and I have a penis. My wife's name is Elena, and she has a vagina. Our neighbors are Tom and Kevin. Each has a penis, like I do. Elena and I wed in 2004 and have since led a blissful life together. Tom and Kevin have also led a blissful life together. They have not wed, however. That's ( Read more... )

Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License By Louisana Judge.

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I wonder the wedding and reception are going to be like... :)

A quote from an article in Nerve magazine on the role of social capital in sexual attractiveness: "No matter what your milieu, for a man to be seen with a beautiful woman adds to his standing."

Maybe that explains why I feel six feet tall when Joyce and I are out on the town.