Tag: Same-Sex Marriage
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California’s Prop 8
by Jason Stotts In a wonderful turn of events, a federal judge has ruled that Prop 8 is unconstitutional. In the majority opinion, Circuit Judges Stephen Reinhardt and Michael Daly Hawkins noted that they were speaking only to Proposition 8, and that other states would have to decide the issue of marriage themselves. “For now,…
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Same-Sex Marriage
by Jason Stotts The thing that many people forget about same-sex marriage is that it’s…just marriage. Marriage should be about love and love takes many forms.
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It’s a Good Day to be Gay
by Jason Stotts There’s a couple of reasons to celebrate today if you’re a gay, or, you know, support individual rights. Today is the first official day that the US military will allow openly gay service members (“gay service member” might be a term of art, I’m not sure). This is a great move forward…
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New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
by Jason Stotts In a move that makes them the sixth state in the union to do so, the State of New York has legalized gay marriage! This is a victory for all advocates of individual rights and opponents of christianity and its hatred of humanity and human happiness. New York joins: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, as well…
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California’s Prop 8 Unconstitutional
by Jason Stotts In case you somehow missed it, a federal judge has ruled California’s “Prop 8” that (re)denied same-sex marriage unconstitutional and, consequently, void. A federal judge declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interest justified treating gay and lesbian couples differently from others and that “moral disapproval”…
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Iceland Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
by Jason Stotts Reuters is reporting that Iceland has passed Same-Sex Marriage in a unanimous vote. Iceland, the only country in the world to have an openly gay head of state, passed a law on Friday allowing same-sex partners to get married in a vote which met with no political resistance. The Althingi parliament voted 49…
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Same Sex Marriage and Epistemological Confusion: Revisited
by Jason Stotts After looking over Qwertz’s original essay again, and in light of the clarifying comments I’ve received on my last post on this subject, I believe I owe Qwertz an apology. When I originally read his post, I took him to be taking a much stronger, and indeed different, position that it seems…
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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…