Month: February 2012
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When Victor Davis Hanson Talks, I Listen — and He’s Got Me More Worried About a Nuclear Iran
"An Iranian theocrat’s supposed willingness to use his sole nuclear weapon to wipe out tiny Israel — at the cost of losing 30 million Iranians from retaliation — yields a cheap way to obtain not just parity with Israel, but potentially a nuclear advantage."
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Religious Liberty Clashes With Reproductive Rights in Contraceptive Mandate
It’s become clear I was mistaken in believing nobody is "pro-abortion." I was utterly appalled when a prominent priest in my own Episcopal denomination proclaimed that "abortion is a blessing" — under every circumstance. The mindset that reproductive rights are absolute is at play in the current controversy over mandating that Catholic organizations cover contraception in their employee health plans.
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The Sooner Christie Loses on Same-Sex Marriage, the Better Off He’ll Be
Christie has promised to veto the current marriage-equality bill, and he has to go through with that. But the best thing that could happen to Christie in terms of his future political ambitions would be for marriage equality to become the law of the land in New Jersey without his fingerprints on it.
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Gov. Christie Will Block Same-Sex Marriage for Now — But Not for Long
The Census Bureau says that in 2010 there were more than 130,000 legally married same-sex couples in the U.S., and despite the fantasies of opponents, no legislature is ever going to issue wholesale annulments. As the number inexorably rises, same-sex marriage will follow the same arc as interracial marriage, moving from scandalous to novel to unremarkable.