Nationalized gay marriage, now inevitable
Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages even in states that have legalized it. This week, the Supreme Court ruled DOMA unconstitutional. There...
View ArticleThe irrational belief in the sanctity of abortion
Related Columns LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2013 — The right of a woman to choose an abortion is the closest thing in our nation to an absolute, unchallengeable right. But abortion-rights advocates have...
View ArticleCourt weds U.S. to gay marriage
WASHINGTON — Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages even in states that have legalized it. This week, the Supreme Court ruled DOMA...
View ArticleDOMA Ruling Expands FMLA Protections
When the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act June 26, the justices opened a number of doors -- including extending the protection of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...
View ArticleSizing up personal after-effects of the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling
Like tens of thousands of other viewers, I was sitting at my job, watching the live posts on SCOTUSblog to hear how the Supreme Court would rule on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
In Windsor v. United States, the SCOTUS ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied legally married same-sex the same protections and responsibilities of heterosexual married...
View ArticleWall Street greets July with bullish good cheer
Video: Related Columns WASHINGTON, July 1, 2013 – Wall Street greeted investors with a delightful surprise this morning, the first day of July and the beginning of the 3rd investment quarter. Stocks...
View ArticleCROCKETT: Is President Obama as bad as the right says he is?
Related Columns TEXAS, July 1, 2013 — For all of its flaws, both real and imagined; for all its scandals, both true and manufactured; and for all of its proposed legislation, both known and...
View ArticleGay marriage: fall of Doma leaves many financial questions unanswered
Edith Windsor's tax bill led to the recognition of gay marriage, but same-sex finances are still clouded by uncertainty Edith Windsor played an instrumental role in the fall of the Defense of Marriage...
View ArticleA pathway to passage for the Gang of 8's pathway to citizenship
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2013 — The Gang of Eight’s immigration bill is dying for two reasons. First, it was named by Democrats. Second, nobody is aggressively running TV ads in the districts of...
View ArticleWashington Post-ABC poll shows support for Supreme Court rulings on gay...
Most Americans think the Supreme Court got it right last week in decisions that bolstered same-sex marriage, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The court by a 5-to-4 margin struck down...
View ArticleGender confusion and the death of common sense
CALIFORNIA July 20, 2013 – Gender self-selection is becoming the newest legal right. Advocates even talk of a gender spectrum, where a person believes they’re a boy one day, a girl the following day,...
View ArticleGroup seeks gay couples to serve as plaintiffs in case against Florida...
The gay rights group Equality Florida is soliciting for people willing to serve as plaintiffs for a possible lawsuit challenging Florida’s ban on same-sec marriage. “As we explore the very real...
View ArticleWhy the NFL refuses to promote Obamacare
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2013—The National Football League announced that it will not be helping Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promote the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare....
View ArticleSenate Staff In Same-Sex Marriages Notified They Can Extend Federal Benefits
WASHINGTON -- Less than a week after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, Senate staffers in same-sex marriages have been told they can extend their federal benefits to spouses...
View ArticleJane Kim, San Francisco Supervisor, Drops Pledge Of Allegiance Protest After...
SAN FRANCISCO -- After last month's historic Supreme Court ruling against the Defense of Marriage Act, one San Francisco city supervisor is celebrating in her own way -- by finally reciting the Pledge...
View ArticleKen Cuccinelli Launches Website Defending Anti-Sodomy Law
WASHINGTON -- Virginia Attorney General and 2013 gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli upped his defense of the state's anti-sodomy law Wednesday, launching a new website that casts the law as a...
View ArticleIs Barack Obama ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2013 – President Obama said that Jesus Christ is one among other sons of God. Scripture does not agree with that; it uses the definite article “THE.” The bible declares Jesus to...
View ArticleFEC asked to recognize rights of married gay couples on campaign donations
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Monday asked the Federal Election Commission to treat married gay couples the same as opposite-sex spouses, part of an early push to bring federal...
View ArticleArnold and Maria: can couples reconcile after cheating?
Related Columns SAN DIEGO, July 19, 2013 – It’s been four years since Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted he had a “love child” whose mother was the family housekeeper, and that he had kept their affair a...
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