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CALIFORNIA: Imperial County Clerk Files To Defend Prop 8 To Ninth Circuit Court

Even though the Imperial County idiots were essentially laughed out the courtroom on their last attempt, they are trying again and the newly elected county clerk has filed a request to defend Proposition 8 before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Via Rex Wockner, here’s the just-posted notice. Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:16:32 -0800From: [email protected] United States Court of …

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DOJ Notifies Court Of DOMA Withdrawal

Via press release from GLAD: The Department of Justice followed Wednesday’s withdrawal from two DOMA cases in the Second Circuit, including GLAD’s Pedersen v. OPM by notifying the clerk of the First Circuit that they will also “cease to defend” the two consolidated DOMA cases, Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. HHS. The DOJ has not sent …

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Alan Keyes: Allowing Gays To Marry Is Like Granting The Right To Own Slaves

“Government doesn’t endow people with the ability to procreate the species. The Creator takes care of that. Like all unalienable rights, those associated with the natural family exist in consequence of this endowment. A couple that cannot, by nature, procreate has no claim to those rights. Nor can government grant them a semblance of it without impairing the claims of …

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Altruistic Punishment

It turns out there’s another name for that Manhattan phenomenon commonly called “sidewalk rage.” While it sounds like an oxymoron, altruistic punishment is basically how social norms get enforced. So when you expel a huffy “Excuse me!” to the rude sidewalk clogger in front of you who has stopped midstride to check his BlackBerry, you’re trying to discourage behavior that …

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Tony Perkins: Obama Conspired With Ted Olson On Timing Of DOMA Decision

“The administration seems to be coordinating these efforts with the assault on marriage in the states. Yesterday, within two hours of the President’s statement, a document was quietly filed in the Proposition 8 lawsuit. And not just any document, but a 23-page motion that noted the Justice Department’s withdrawal from the DOMA case as a reason to lift the stay …

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