Why the Iowa Judges Have to Go: Defining Marriage Down
The judges in Varnum v Brien made very clear what some of us have been saying for a long time: same sex marriage doesnt’ just
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The judges in Varnum v Brien made very clear what some of us have been saying for a long time: same sex marriage doesnt’ just
“Marriage between one man and one woman is the only moral cntext for sexual intimacy. This is because in marriage, and only in marriage, a
Economists have known for a long time that discrimination per se accounts for relatively minor part of the wage differences between men and women. By
I recently reviewed Red Families vs. Blue Families. (I didn’t like it much.) The authors’ constant refrain was “The Blue State Script works. Delay marriage
Here is an image of the cover of Women, Sex and the Church, edited by Erika Bachiochi, which chapters by Cassandra Hough, Laura Garcia, Angela
I’m not a lawyer, so I never knew what “legislative facts” were. But it seems that “legislative facts” are the kind of facts relevant to
He didn’t say a word about the origins of same sex attraction. There was not a single witness who provided scientific evidence for the claim
I didn’t much care for this book. The essence of the Cahn and Carbone’s version of class difference, which they wrongly attribute to “red states”
Sherlock Holmes once famously said, “Watson, I call to your attention the curious fact of the dog barking in the night.” “But Holmes, there was
Far from it. Chuck Cooper is the lead attorney defending Prop 8. Judge Walker’s opinion created the impression that the Prop 8 defense team had
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