A while back, Mary Ann Glendon, Professor of Law At Harvard University, wrote this with regard to gay marriage:
Religious freedom, too, is at stake. As much as one may wish to live and let live, the experience in other countries reveals that once these arrangements become law, there will be no live-and-let-live policy for those […]
Archive for the 'Gay Marriage' Category
Jun30th2005
May25th2005
It is my pet peeve when people equate gay marriage to civil rights. To say that people against homosexual marriage, or homosexuals in general, are modern day racists is to miss a fundamental error of racism and to ignore that difference is to lower the significance of the evils of racism and sexism.
There is […]
Apr29th2005
Should Civil Unions Only Be Restricted To Gay Couples?
Published by in Gay Marriage and General. 2 CommentsWhy should civil unions be restricted to only gay couples? The purpose of civil unions is to give gay couples legal recognition (i.e. hospital visitation privileges and insurance rights) based on their circumstances, not their sexual orientation. Since that is the case, than the same legal recognitions should be given to all relationships that […]
Apr22nd2005
Things To Keep In Mind When Discussing Gay Marriage
Published by in Gay Marriage and General. 5 CommentsJane Galt has a post on gay marriage that everybody should read. While she doesn’t argue against gay marriage per se, she does address some of the very commonly heard arguments in favor of gay marriage. She addresses them in a way that an economist, especially a conservative/libertarian leaning economist, can understand.
I would paste […]
Apr18th2005
“The aim of marriage and its raison d’etre is to (1) civilize men and (2) protect women. That’s it….Inside every woman there is an arcadia of emotional weakness that requires defending. Inside every man, anger lies in wait, and it requires a lifelong quell. These are fundamental truths that are borne out every day in […]
Nov28th2004
Before I begin with my case against gay marriage, I want to make a note that my argument is based on the act of homosexuality, not the person. In addition, I make no judgement, good or bad, about homosexuality in general. The gay marriage debate is perceived by many as a debate about gays. It […]
Oct27th2004
“Regular church attendance has been a reliable predictor of voting behavior among whites, with church goers disproportionately voting Republican. Among blacks this has not been the case…. Gay marriage, and claims equating the gay movement to the civil rights movement, has been a wake-up call. Black pastors and their congregants are waking up to the […]
Aug13th2004
John Kerry And Gay Marriage
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Gay Marriage and General. 0 CommentsWith the recent resignation of Democrat New Jersey governor, announcing his homosexual affair, and the recent California Supreme Court decision voiding homosexual certificates I thought it a good time to discuss Presidential Candidate John Kerry’s view on homosexual marriage.
A few months ago there was a bill going through the senate that would have created […]
