Tag Archives: civil rights

The Abolition of Marriage

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Lee

Having failed to legalize gay marriage almost everywhere by democratic means, a proposed new approach by its advocates is to revoke marriage rights for heterosexuals, in a kind of retaliatory equalization. In effect, the idea is to abolish the legal … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Law | Tagged ann althouse, bigtory, civil rights, equalitarianism, equality, gay marriage, gay rights, heterosexuals, homsexuality, hypocrisy, Jack Balkin, Law, Little Bighorn, marriage, marriage rights, social conservatives | Leave a comment

Day Without Pay Unpopular

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Lee

Looks like the “Day Without a Gay” civil rights protest intended to send a message to the country about the importance of gay employees and consumers…had no effect whatsoever. Thus the congenitally counterproductive leadership of the gay rights movement can … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Society | Tagged civil rights, consumer spending, day without a gay, gay rights, jobs, protest, sexual orientation, unemployment, work | Leave a comment

California on the Drina

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Lee

You may have noticed there’s an ugly and unfortunate current developing in some of the protests against Proposition 8 in California. Namely white gays, blaming blacks for its passage. Even Andrew Sullivan, who has been blaming blacks for a couple … Continue reading →

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Bob Barr Now Pro-Wicca?

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Lee

Those of us who remember the political scene of the 1990s remember Bob Barr as a hero of rightwing social conservatives. That was before his peculiar (some say opportunistic) transformation into libertarian civil rights crusader. Anyway, I’d missed this a … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1990s, bob barr, civil rights, Ed Brayton, gays, libertarian, military, pagan, religion, social conservatism, Wicca, Wiccans | 1 Comment

Take It Away, Shay

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Peg

Two funerals in a week. Work commitments. Continuing education. Coverage of a junior bridge tournament. Who has time to blog? Fortunately, my (younger) friend Shay is like the U.S. Postal Service: come rain or shine, she does it! Millions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, Peg's Page, Race | Tagged Barack Obama, bridge, civil rights, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Michelle Obama, Race | Leave a comment

Wither MLK?

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Lee

Henry Louis Taylor on the evaporation of common knowledge about Martin Luther King, Jr: “No one can go further than one sentence. All we know is that this guy had a dream. We don’t know what that dream was.”

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