Aww, thanks folks. In general, Scalzi's blog is a haven of sensibility--at least he does moderate his comments, but it's not precisely a progressive place.
And I do loathe the whole shell-game that goes on with the anti-marriage equality crowd. If a court requires it, it's "judicial activism"; if a legislature passes it, it's "against the will of the people", despite the fact that we live in a representative democracy. And (generally) the same folks who rant about judicial activists overriding the will of the people are perfectly happy with the Supreme Court striking down gun-control laws...
JZ's church is definitely of the awesome, as well as sexy.
sexier than The Thorn Birds.
Uhhh... thanks? (I must here confess to a totally irrational hatred for Richard Chamberlain.)
Hating Richard Chamberlain is totally rational.
He's been great on "leverage", but that's all I got.
And (generally) the same folks who rant about judicial activists overriding the will of the people are perfectly happy with the Supreme Court striking down gun-control laws...
Or deciding the next President of the United States (Gore v. Bush, 2000).
It isn't activism unless you're against the core proposition. If you're for it, then it's reasoned judicial interpretation.
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So, I guess the person who always gives my email address for everything is conservative. I just got a fundraising email with the following postscript:
P.S. Funded by a gang of gay billionaires, Obama's base is marching across the country, "occupying" major cities and shredding the historic definition of marriage as one man and one woman. They are everywhere, in every Christian community, from North Carolina to Utah. They already occupy Washington, D.C. Now, the anti-family lobby is salivating at the prospect for Obama's second-term; they are already drawing up plans to complete the deconstruction of our Judeo-Christian values which have formed the cornerstone of civilization.
Good times.
A gang of gay billionaires?
A gang of gay billionaires?
They roam around tagging bridge overpasses with rainbow-colored bags of money.
A gang of gay billionaires?
I bet they have awesome parties.
