Comments on: Same Sex unions less monogamous: NYT http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/30/same-sex-unions-less-monogamous-nyt/ An intellectual climate favorable to marriage Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Kevin J Jones http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/30/same-sex-unions-less-monogamous-nyt/#comment-877 Kevin J Jones Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:47:38 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1300#comment-877 Come to think of it, can't any solid criticisms of homosexuals' behavior be cited in court as proof of "animus" and used to try to invalidate pro-marriage laws? Is this polite self-censorship done out of legal fears? Come to think of it, can’t any solid criticisms of homosexuals’ behavior be cited in court as proof of “animus” and used to try to invalidate pro-marriage laws? Is this polite self-censorship done out of legal fears?

]]> By: Marty http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/30/same-sex-unions-less-monogamous-nyt/#comment-875 Marty Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:03:34 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1300#comment-875 Several good articles on the same subject can be found here: http://www.gaysdefendmarriage.com/category/monogamy/ Several good articles on the same subject can be found here: http://www.gaysdefendmarriage.com/category/monogamy/

]]> By: Joan of El Cajon http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/30/same-sex-unions-less-monogamous-nyt/#comment-865 Joan of El Cajon Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:18:36 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1300#comment-865 We should have brought this up during the Prop 8 campaign, and also during the trial. It would not have been bad manners to do so; it would have been just a statement of fact. We should have brought this up during the Prop 8 campaign, and also during the trial. It would not have been bad manners to do so; it would have been just a statement of fact.

]]> By: Kevin J Jones http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/30/same-sex-unions-less-monogamous-nyt/#comment-855 Kevin J Jones Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:59:32 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1300#comment-855 "We actually refrained from bringing up stuff like this..." Does self-censorship really serve the public? It's not like politics requires the manners of teatime with the Queen. The public deserves to know what would-be reformers really mean by "marriage." Maggie Gallagher at the Boulder debate noted the difference in opinion of the nature and practice of marriage, but she did not take the opportunity to explain her point better using information like this. “We actually refrained from bringing up stuff like this…”

Does self-censorship really serve the public? It’s not like politics requires the manners of teatime with the Queen. The public deserves to know what would-be reformers really mean by “marriage.”

Maggie Gallagher at the Boulder debate noted the difference in opinion of the nature and practice of marriage, but she did not take the opportunity to explain her point better using information like this.

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