Category: Homosexuality
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DADT On Its Way Out
by Jason Stotts The Senate today voted 65-31 to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), the policy that banned openly gay members of armed services. This is great news and they need to speed this process along and make it official. WASHINGTON — The Senate on Saturday voted to strike down the ban on gay…
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Child Abuse in Lesbian Households
by Jason Stotts The Huffington Post has an article that is sure to infuriate the Religious Reich: “Child Abuse Rate At Zero Percent In Lesbian Households, New Report Finds.” The atricle notes that: The paper found that none of the 78 NLLFS adolescents reports having ever been physically or sexually abused by a parent or…
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Don’t Ask Anymore
by Jason Stotts On Tuesday, October 12th, a federal judge ruled that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which bars openly homosexual people from military service, should no longer be enforced (NYT). If you recall, last month a Judge ruled (correctly) last month that the law violated the constitutional rights of service members. I am happy that DADT…
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Florida Ban on Homosexual Adoption Overturned
by Jason Stotts In another of what is turning out to be a growing wave of wins for our homosexual friends, a Florida Appellate court overturned the state’s ban on homosexuals adopting children. This decision will, of course, be appealed and end up at the state supreme court, but for now gays in florida will…
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Objectivism, Masculinity, Femininity, and Homosexuality: Initial Thoughts
by Jason Stotts “For a woman qua woman, the essence of femininity is hero-worship—the desire to look up to man” ~ Ayn Rand In this essay I am going to present two views of masculinity and femininity: those of Ayn Rand and then my own. I will also present my reasons for my views and…
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Same-Sex Marriage and Epistemological Confusion
by Jason Stotts I am a fan of the blog WoPSR run by “Qwertz.” He generally has good analysis and frequently deals with interesting legal issues. Unfortunately, this time, he strayed too far afield and right into my bailiwick. In his essay “Rand’s Razor v. Gay Marriage” Qwertz takes the position that for a married…
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Achilles and Patroclus
by Jason Stotts I hate when writers or directors anachronistically rewrite history to conform to their own beliefs and prejudices. This is very apparent in the case of Achilles, who is often portrayed at being overcome by grief at the death of his cousin Patroclus, who dies at the hands of Hector. This is why…
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The State of Marriage
by Jason Stotts Blogger Andrew Sullivan, of “The Daily Dish” at The Atlantic, has a very interesting graphic that shows just how crazy the laws regarding marriage in our country really are. The reason that we have laws against siblings marrying is that the chance that the offspring will be severely mentally retarded is much…