gay marriage
Taiwan is shooting itself in the foot in its quest to woo the West
William Huang
| 16 October 2019 | FEATURES |
Australia’s same-sex marriage plebiscite: oceans of assertion, and puddles of proof
Michael Cook
| 11 August 2017 | CONJUGALITY |
‘Gay marriage doesn’t just redefine marriage, but also parenting’
Supreme Court marriage ruling is ‘a constitutionally illegitimate fiat’
Supreme Court marriage rulings shift American government tradition
We have always been a nation whose government serves by the consent of the governed, with separate and enumerated powers, states’ rights, rule of law and all that. Things have been ‘evolving,' in popular parlance. With the Supreme Court rulings on marriage this week, we got a paradigm shift from self-government to ‘the tyranny of the majority,’ though that needs clarification to understand the meaning of “majority”, the way most of the language we’re using these days could benefit from clarification.
The Dems agenda
Sheila Liaugminas
| 06 September 2012 | SHEILA REPORTS |
Throughout the Republicans’ primary debates and into the GOP convention, that party was accused of being too focused on social issues and not the fiscal ones that matter to the country. Now, the Democrats opened their convention with a heavy emphasis on…social issues.
Media ignore Family Research Council shooting
Sheila Liaugminas
| 17 August 2012 | SHEILA REPORTS |
That’s another ‘dog bites man’ headline. But had the circumstances been the opposite, a shooter armed and angry opening fire in the DC headquarters of a social policy advocacy group would have been all over the news cycles with endless analysis of its grave ramifications.
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