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Gay Marriage and the impact of New York Gay Marriage Legislation

// New York state’s recognition of gay marriage is a significant point in the evolution of American marriage rights. New York has become the largest, most influential and most important state to recognize gay marriage. Although New York is unequivocally a liberal state, it does contain a significant conservative element, especially in the northern part [...]

Why President Obama may win in 2012, part two

// Continued from the previous post. These are the top ten reasons President Obama may win a second term in 2012, part two. 6. Evangelicals and values voters are likely to sit home With Mike Huckabee dropped out of the race, many Evangelicals and their conservative Christian ilk do not have anybody to enthusiastically support. This [...]

Gay Marriage, Interracial Marriage, and Conservative Values

// It never ceases to amaze me how many on the conservative side of the political, and especially cultural, spectrum gleefully embrace the thing that their intellectual forefathers fought against. Meanwhile they use the very same language and reasoning to fight against new sociopolitical developments that are, essentially, logical extensions of the very thing they [...]

Time to Abolish Marriage

// A sure-to-be extensive and grueling legal struggle has gotten underway in California, as pro- and anti-gay marriage factions begin the long and winding road toward a widely-predicted Supreme Court decision on that issue. As with many other things in life, who will win? That’s right, the lawyers. We can all rest assured of that. [...]

Black Hypocrisy on Gay Marriage

// Ever since the passage of Proposition 8 in California last November, the issue of blacks in the US being disproportionately opposed to gay marriage and gay rights has become a topic of discussion with fascinating implications for politics and social mores. Proposition 8, which banned gay people from getting married, was supported by less [...]

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