Category: Philosophy
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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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Contra Peikoff on Swinging
by Jason Stotts Recently, Leonard Peikoff took a question about swinging on his podcast and I think his answer fails to address the reality of swinging and of non-monogamy more generally. In his analysis, Peikoff glosses over important distinctions that are relevant to a moral analysis of swinging and even goes so far as to…
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Women Protest for Equal Rights
by Jason Stotts Finally, a protest by women for equal rights that I can really get behind. L.A. Women Want Right to Go Topless Los Angeles area women seeking the right to go topless will protest this Sunday in the name of torso equality. According to LAist, men may go shirtless in public, but it remains…
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It’s Not Over Yet for Prop 8
by Jason Stotts As was expected, the ruling on the Prop 8 case was stayed by the 9th Circuit, pending appeal. From the ABA: A federal appeals court today blocked a plan to allow same-sex marriages in California later this week, while the so-called Proposition 8 case ruling overturning a state referendum that banned same-sex…
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I Support the Strippers
by Jason Stotts In what I think is one of the best ideas ever, a strip club outside Coshocton Ohio (not too far from where I used to live) is now picketing the church that is picketing them. Every weekend for the last four years, Dunfee and members of his ministry have stood watch over…
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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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British Healthcare
by Jason Stotts In a very unexpected turn of events, Britain is considering moving more towards a free market solution to healthcare. From the article “Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care”: Practical details of the plan are still sketchy. But its aim is clear: to shift control of England’s $160 billion annual health budget from…