Tag Archives: gay marriage
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
A story out of Colorado this week demonstrates what many of us have been feeling for a while. When it comes to laws dealing with “gay stuff”, there really is no law. Only the preferences of the person making the decision.
Posted in Religious Liberty
Tagged Azucar Bakery, Bakery, Bill Jack, gay marriage, Jack Phillips
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How Scalia’s Prophecy Became a Moral Crisis
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Defense of Marriage Act, this much is clear: Justice Antonin Scalia is a prophet.
Back in 2003, when the court handed down the decision in Lawrence v. Texas, striking down all criminal statutes against homosexual acts, Scalia declared that the stage was set for the legalization of same-sex unions. That was 2003.
“Today’s opinion dismantles the structure of constitutional law that has permitted a distinction to be made between heterosexual and homosexual unions, insofar as a formal recognition in marriage is concerned,” wrote Scalia.
He was proved to be …
Posted in Federal
Tagged Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Evangelicals, gay marriage, Lawrence v. Texas, LGBTQ rights, Religious Liberty, Same-sex marriage
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Portlandia Sharia: The Purge Widens
Nick Zukin, a Portland restaurateur who believes in same-sex marriage but who publicly criticized the boycott of the Chauncy Childs store (for background, see yesterday’s post), writes to say:
Posted in Sexuality
Tagged Brandon Eich, Brendan Eich, Chauncy Childs, gay marriage, LGBTQ, Nick Zukin, Portlandia, Prop 8, Same-sex marriage, sharia
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