tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post9005699121499650230..comments2023-10-28T08:02:44.565-05:00Comments on illusory tenant: Federalist Society same-sex marriage "debate"illusory tenanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-80141159756967357252008-08-21T06:51:00.000-05:002008-08-21T06:51:00.000-05:00It's reallly smuggy in here.Yes, the one thing one...<I>It's reallly smuggy in here.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, the one thing one must never, ever do, when someone says something incredibly stupid and apt to create harm, is say "That's dumb".<BR/><BR/>Uh, if it's a conservative that said the dumb thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-42635871344906249072008-08-21T00:02:00.000-05:002008-08-21T00:02:00.000-05:00I've never bought into the notion that academia is...I've never bought into the notion that academia is a sort of welfare system, but damn! <BR/><BR/>I mean, come on:<BR/><BR/>"What's the bottom line here: if lots of homosexuals decide that monogamy is really not that important -- not an essential part of marriage, which is really just about 'rights' and getting 'equal recognition' -- that is not just 'their business.' Sorry, it just isn't."<BR/><BR/>It's like watching The View, for God's sake. The stupidity is aggressively palpable (not on can you reach out and touch it, but it can [and will] reciprocate).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-52848933786658241222008-08-20T10:11:00.000-05:002008-08-20T10:11:00.000-05:00It may inform where she's coming from, but it does...It may inform where she's coming from, but it doesn't make the argument she's making any less ludicrous. That's not being smug, that's just fact.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-2382944293335163652008-08-20T09:45:00.000-05:002008-08-20T09:45:00.000-05:00Wax works in the area of social welfare policy and...Wax works in the area of social welfare policy and the family. In the academy, there actually is a concerted movement to "deprivilege" the family and SSM is sometimes advanced as part of that effort.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't mean that advocates of broader advocates of SSM see it that way, but it does inform where she is coming from.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-89236177546189576592008-08-20T07:10:00.000-05:002008-08-20T07:10:00.000-05:00Haha. Well come on. Her argument -- which is suppo...Haha. Well come on. Her argument -- which is supposed to be a constitutional one -- is that the "gay agenda" is bent (pun intended) on destroying everybody else's marital fidelity?illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-56468226879625462672008-08-19T23:39:00.000-05:002008-08-19T23:39:00.000-05:00It's reallly smuggy in here.It's reallly smuggy in here.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-56794327723887315272008-08-19T21:44:00.000-05:002008-08-19T21:44:00.000-05:00As they say in my line of work, Prof. Wax has issu...As they say in my line of work, Prof. Wax has issues (must be pronounced with a highly sibilant s).capperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751967312821403092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-21180590161778041082008-08-19T19:20:00.000-05:002008-08-19T19:20:00.000-05:00Notably, one of the antis is Prof. Amy WaxCan't......<I>Notably, one of the antis is Prof. Amy Wax</I><BR/><BR/>Can't...resist... <I>as portrayed by <A HREF="http://www.nypress.com/19/23/news&columns/FEATURE_STRANGERS-WITH-CAND.jpg" REL="nofollow">Amy Sedaris</A></I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com