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The Music of the Right
IGF Culture Watch less than a day ago
by David Link
I’ve had music on my mind the last few days, so it makes sense that’s what jumped out at me when I heard this radio ad trying to stir up New Jersey voters about same-sex marriage.
Religious Conscience vs. 'Equality'
IGF Culture Watch less than a day ago
by Stephen H. Miller
Requiring Catholic social service programs to extend benefits to same-sex spouses has become the key rally point against a same-sex marriage bill being debated by the Washington, D.
Manhattan's Meaning
IGF Culture Watch 2 days ago
by Jonathan Rauch
It seems to me that the import of the "Manhattan Declaration" is political, because there is nothing new in it substantively.
In Case of Piano on Fire, Break Glass Like Mad
IGF Culture Watch 2 days ago
by David Link
After a very lively discussion among the IGF commenters about Adam Lambert and politics vs.
Axis of Error
IGF Culture Watch 3 days ago
by David Link
I confess I am not going to be reading the Manhattan Declaration. I was a Catholic for too many years, and from Timothy Kincaid’s description, it looks like there’s nothing new in the rhetoric or the justifications.
If They're Democrats, It's Not Homophobia
IGF Culture Watch 4 days ago
by Stephen H. Miller
Yet another fawning Washington Post puff piece on an Obama staffer looks at White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina, who was formerly chief of staff to Sen.
Not a Priority
IGF Culture Watch 4 days ago
by Stephen H. Miller
The House-passed health care bill included one decent provision that would have extended the tax exclusion on employer-provided health benefits that spouses receive to domestic partners (or, actually, "any eligible beneficiary," as the House bill put it, in an effort to achieve that end).
For Your Entertainment
IGF Culture Watch 4 days ago
by David Link
I have to side with Adam Lambert over Out editor Aaron Hicklin in their recent dust-up.
Silly
IGF Culture Watch 6 days ago
by David Link
Did the voters make opposite-sex marriage illegal in Texas? That’s what Barbara Ann Radnofsky claims, and there’s reason to take her argument seriously.
Common Decency, Common Sense
IGF Culture Watch Nov 18 09
by David Link
I’ve obviously been in a foul mood since Maine, and needed some good cheer.
No Argument
IGF Culture Watch Nov 14 09
by David Link
This is the last straw for me. I took Americablog’s pledge.
Aiding Homophobia?
IGF Culture Watch Nov 13 09
by Jonathan Rauch
Conditioning humanitarian aid, including health assistance, should always be a last resort.
Are New Yorkers Stonewalling Their Own Progress?
IGF Culture Watch Nov 11 09
by David Link
Twenty years ago, New York’s highest court ruled, in Braschi v. Stahl Associates that a same-sex couple could be treated as a “family” under New York’s rent control law.
Rare Bipartisan Agreement
IGF Culture Watch Nov 06 09
by David Link
This story about the last-minute Democratic National Committee emails to Maine voters begging them to help out Jon Corzine in New Jersey(!), and failing to mention the referendum in their own state is, I’m afraid, a cautionary tale about the naivete (or just wishful thinking) of minority groups who depend on a single party.
Or How About We Call GLAAD And Tell Them To Lighten Up Instead?
IGF Culture Watch Nov 06 09
by Brian Chase
GLAAD is encouraging people to call Comedy Central to whine about Wednesday’s hilarious episode of South Park.
Another Video Against Same-Sex Marriage Whose Underlying Facts Will Be Ignored
IGF Culture Watch Nov 06 09
by David Link
Here’s a video I'm afraid we’ll be seeing more of – a young man from Massachusetts fired from his job for objecting to a coworker’s announcement that she was going to marry her same-sex partner.
"This Gay Marriage Thing" -- Maggie Gallagher
IGF Culture Watch Nov 05 09
by David Link
A lot of people are pondering the state of gay marriage in the wake of our loss in Maine.
My Great-Grandmother and the Bitch-Slap Theory of Politics
IGF Culture Watch Nov 04 09
by Brian Chase
My great-grandmother was a wonderful woman. Her home was one of the warmest, most comforting places I have ever been, and many of my best memories as a child revolve around her kitchen.
Election Reflections 2009
IGF Culture Watch Nov 04 09
by Stephen H. Miller
While it's hard not to be heart-broken over Maine voters rolling back marriage equality in one state where it was legislatively (not judicially) created, there are some key lessons that might be learned.
Anything But Marriage
IGF Culture Watch Nov 01 09
by David Link
I don’t usually think of George Will as someone who misses the point.
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