June 23, 2009
Under the Constitution the government is not obligated to grant us benefits. However, the Constitution prohibits the government from interfering with our fundamental rights. Is marriage a right or a benefit? The question obviously has legal significance, but it also has important political consequences. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight points out that public attitudes towards same-sex marriage seem to be [...]
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April 10, 2009
The National Organization for Marriage has begun running a television advertisement opposing same sex marriage. The advertisement asserts that "our freedom is being taken away," and features a number of persons briefly stating how the legal recognition of same sex marriage infringes upon their rights. A "California physician" states that she must choose between her [...]
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