For the record, George Takei’s comments about Clarence Thomas were racist, and, like most people on the left who have been complaining about Thomas’ “dignity” discussion in his Obergefell dissent, missed the point Thomas was making. Clarence Thomas is a black man who grew up speaking the Gullah dialect in the Jim Crow south. He talks […]
Tag Archives: SCOTUS
*Pats self on back*
See that right there? That’s my work being cited in the Family Equality Council, et al. amicus brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in support of marriage equality. Needless to say, I’m pretty happy about it, a lot of late nights went in to the project when the four of us put it together […]
Covenant College censored my alumni update
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? -Micah 6:8, KJV When I was asked at the start of last spring semester whether I would be interested in assisting on research for […]
No, Marvin Olasky, the DOMA ruling doesn’t mean you’ll soon have to chose between silence or jail
Perhaps I’m just a glutton for punishment, but every so often I feel the need to check out what one-time trustee at my alma mater, editor-in-chief of World Magazine (who would use that position to write thinly-veiled screeds about Covenant turning liberal), author of the Newt Gingrich-pimped The Tragedy of American Compassion (and of the super racist, orientalist, […]
Real People
I’m kind of dreading the Supreme Court rulings on marriage tomorrow. Not because I think we’re going to lose–all the Supreme Court math suggests otherwise, but because whatever happens, my Facebook newsfeed is going to be horrible tomorrow. I know people say I should just make heavy use of the “Unfriend” button, and maybe I […]
Changes
Obviously we’re still waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on DOMA and Prop 8, it was a bit of a circus there today because of the possibility that it would take be announced. There was a lone protester across the street with a huge sign saying something about sodomy, dude was wearing one of […]
I’ve got my admission card, number 44! #SCOTUS (at Supreme Court of the United States)
Waiting to get into #SCOTUS, hopefully after today I’m wearing this shirt ironically like a good #hipster (at Supreme Court of the United States)
–Mildred Loving, the plaintiff in the landmark case of Loving v. Virginia that struck down interracial marriage bans, commenting in 2007 on the 40th anniversary of the Loving decision. #time4marriage #equality #SCOTUS
How I feel when I have to read another Scalia dissent.