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The inexorable march of justice
Another one bites the dust… Another one bites the dust… A federal judge struck down Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, handing gay rights advocates their second legal victory in as many...
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It’s a good news/bad news Friday
The good news comes from the Supreme Court of the United States, which has decided that it will hear arguments on whether or not same-sex couples have a right to marry. This New York Times story...
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Get yer red-hot SCOTUS arguments, right here!
The briefs and the arguments for today’s Supreme Court of the United States hearing on the same-sex marriage case are available…go have a read and a listen, and we can all join the High Nine in...
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Equal protection: it’s what we do here at the ol’ USA
The first time I wrote about gay marriage rights here was more than four and half years ago (“Equal justice for all: the gay rights tide has turned,” Oct. 15, 2010) and the kernel of the argument was...
View ArticleTo accuse is not proof of the truth
The flurry of accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the attendant surge in the past few days of the #MeToo and #WhyIDidntReport hashtags has resurfaced for me...
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A call to allies
One of the two best things I learned from watching the major political parties’ national conventions was that a four-night-long television mini-series with no drama about who will win the competition...
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2020 vision
If we were to treat this like a “regular” election between “regular” candidates, it would be sensible to compare the candidates’ core beliefs and positions on important issues. The problem with that,...
View ArticleTrumpeting their true colors
On Wednesday morning, still working from home most days because of COVID-19, I saw an email from the boss a few steps above me on the food chain warning us all of some new procedures to be followed if...
View ArticleDear Founding Fathers,
The public discourse here in America in the 21st Century has become so bizarre that I’m having trouble keeping it sorted…having trouble understanding what’s going on. Not that it’s your responsibility...
View ArticleFundamental dishonesty
It wasn’t a “driveway moment” because I wasn’t in my driveway, I wasn’t sitting in the car listening to the radio to hear the end of a story that had sucked me in. No, I was still on the road headed...
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