Oh history, inevitability and same sex marriage

A very useful reminder from Rich Lowry:   History is littered with the wreckage of causes pronounced inevitable by all right-thinking people. The failed Equal Rights Amendment looked inevitable when it passed Congress in 1972 and immediately 30 states ratified it. Opposition to abortion that was supposed to inevitably wither away is as robust as [...]

Don’t steal his thunder: why Obama finally came out of the closet

Of course it was the ego. I was tied up yesterday after reading news in the morning. Even then, I wasn’t surprised the Prez flip-flopped–oh, excuse me, evolved– his position on gay marriage. He just came out of the closet about what he advocated in 1996.  With liberals weeping in their coffee Wednesday morning after the [...]

Oh, the tangled web we weave: another study suggests birth control skews a woman’s ability to find a good mate

Another study on how hormonal birth control skews women’s wiring. Via CNN: A recent study shows that women with lower testosterone levels – typically caused by the use of hormone-based oral contraceptives like the pill – are more attracted to men who also have low testosterone levels. Previous studies have shown that the less testosterone a [...]

Sign of the times: Divorce Bling

Why wait to marry yourself years later and far away? Just go on out and buy your very own “divorce ring” at a jeweler near you. This 18k gold-plated (why splurge for the real deal?) ring from Boticca features a bridal bouquet stuffed into the skull of a dead bird. “Mourning is not just about [...]

Will conservatives stand their (coffee) ground(s) and Dump Starbucks?

I don’t like their burnt, over-caffinated coffee myself (though I will profess a fondness of the decaf Via). But the National Organization for Marriage has taken on corporate giant Starbucks over its support for gay marriage. From the press release via Memeorandum: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), America’s largest group dedicated to preserving traditional marriage [...]

Was there a mirror at the altar? Bride marries herself

Well, why not, right? Since marriage means nothing to most folks anyway, why not marry yourself? Via Shine: Here comes the single bride. Last week, Nadine Schweigert married herself in a symbolic wedding ceremony. The 36-year-old divorced mom of three wore blue satin and clutched a bouquet of white roses as she walked down the [...]

“Apparently I’ve got a thing with numbers lately. 720. That’s how many days it’s been since he left this earth. That’s how many days I’ve survived widowhood.”

So writes Mrs. P on the second anniversary of her husband, Cpl. Jonathan Daniel Porto’s, combat death in Afghanistan. I wrote then: Blogress Mrs. P lost her beloved husband, soul mate, best friend, and father to her infant daughter, Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, in Afghanistan last week. From one military wife to another: I am so [...]

Is premarital sex today less “evil” than it used to be?

Walter Russell Mead says yes. He writes: The core truth is that premarital sex is less evil today than it used to be.  It remains, as moral theologians say, wrong in itself, we Christians believe, and that is a quality that does not change.  But premarital sex is less of a sin against other people [...]

What feminism hath wrought, part 9,897

Kate Bolick recalls her childhood and her mother’s emerging feminism: I was her first and only recruit, marching off to third grade in tiny green or blue T-shirts declaring: A Woman Without a Man Is Like a Fish Without a Bicycle, or: A Woman’s Place Is in the House—and the Senate, and bellowing along to [...]

How quick will the lawsuits hit military chaplains who choose not to perform same sex marriage?

The Pentagon says they can, unless, of course, it violates their own personal beliefs. From the AP: Pentagon has decided that military chaplains may perform same-sex unions, whether on or off a military installation. The ruling announced Friday by the Pentagon’s personnel chief follows the Sept. 20 repeal of a law that had prohibited gays [...]