A court confronts history
Our opinion: A fair and just ruling would overturn DOMA and Prop 8 and end the institutionalized discrimination against gay and lesbian couples. The Federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s...
View ArticleCowardice is a political philosophy in Washington
“Cowardice defined the public debate leading up to the Iraq war,” and it continues to define the debate on gay rights, says Hamilton Nolan in Gawker. The politicians who are only now coming out to...
View ArticleDon’t let optimism cloud judgment on social issues
“Bursts of unfounded optimism” spawn social movements that can later prove disastrous to society, says Roger Scruton in the New York Times. When considering same sex marriage, we shouldn’t dismiss the...
View ArticleChristians need tolerance, too
There’s nothing wrong with supporting a person who comes out as gay, but it’s hypocritical and bigoted not to extend that same acceptance to someone who reveals his religious values don’t support...
View ArticleBloomberg to Brits: ‘Yes’ on gay unions
As the British House of Lords debates same-sex marriage, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pens an opinion in The Guardian advocating for it. Bloomberg says “it is consistent with democracy’s...
View ArticleA triumph for all of us
Our opinion: The country is a better place after two Supreme Court rulings enhance gay marriage rights. The United States took a giant step forward on Wednesday with another ruling by its highest court...
View ArticleCheney’s marriage position puts politics before family
Wyoming U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney’s declaration that she is against marriage equality seems “like a political maneuver tailored to a conservative electorate,” considering she never spoke out...
View ArticleIOC ignores Russia’s cronyism and bigotry
Despite corruption and discrimination at the Sochi Games, it’s business as usual for the International Olympic Committee, says Dave Zirin in The Nation. Officials have warned Olympic athletes against...
View ArticleArizona religious freedom bill was not anti-gay
There was nothing anti-gay about Arizona’s religious freedom bill, which was modeled on a bipartisan federal act passed during the 1990s and would have granted businesses the legal right to challenge a...
View ArticleGay marriage opponents aren’t all bigots
It’s wrong to compare all opponents of gay marriage to racists, says Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic. Opposition to interracial marriage, he notes, was based on “a belief in the superiority of one...
View ArticleA look at the Supremes’ record on marriage
With the Supreme Court set to decide whether same-sex marriages are constitutionally protected, Vin Bonventre at New York Court Watcher observes that “in a nation with judicial review, and with the...
View ArticleNo surprise Ireland backs gay marriage
Ireland’s overwhelming vote to legalize gay marriage comes as no surprise given the majority of Irish Catholics who believe the church’s sexual abuse scandal has discredited the Catholic hierarchy’s...
View ArticleMarriage dissent is supremely weak
The Supreme Court dissenters in Obergefell v. Hodges, the decision that legalized gay marriage, complained the court is subverting the democratic process. But, writes Michael J. Klarman for The Boston...
View ArticleAnti-gay clerk made a poor case
Lots of government officials defy the law to push an agenda, but they have the good sense to cloak their actions in some kind of legal argument, writes Charles C.W. Cooke at National Review. By...
View ArticleFired by church for being gay, he keeps his faith
The Catholic Church’s decision to fire beloved music director Michael Templeton after he married his long term partner sparked outrage from the community in Providence, R.I., and words of support from...
View ArticleAfter Orlando, gay Muslims still cut off
Aliya Saaed recalls going with other Muslims to gay pride rallies to show support for victims of last year’s massacre in an Orlando gay nightclub, and feeling hopeful that it might mark a turning point...
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