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The right gets burned by that pesky Constitution again: Why gay marriage is constitutional

Those frisky Republicans are making me go to the Constitution again. The right is in an uproar after a federal judge overturned California’s gay marriage ban. In his ruling overturning California’s gay marriage ban, Chief District Judge Vaughn Walker declared “Proposition 8 [California's gay marriage ban passed in November 2008] fails to advance any rational... Read more »

By Brian C. Thomas,
August 4, 2010 at 11:33 pm

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Republicans love the Constitution, except for the parts they hate

There are times the Republican party will make you shake your head. And I’m not even talking about Eric Cantor and other GOP deficit hawks wanting to keep the Bush tax cuts in effect, even though they admit doing so will significantly increase that deficit they have recently sworn to decrease (and please don’t make... Read more »

By Brian C. Thomas,
August 3, 2010 at 10:01 pm

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    This was sort of predicted in last week's comments. Basically the question is what the hotels and caterers made off of ...
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    Wasn't that the French delegation I saw at Billy Goat's? Maybe not. Wasn't that the plan Rahm sold, foreign VIPs ...
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    Thanks Kay. As usual, I enjoyed your article too; being a northsider, the NATO summit was something I watched ...
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    First off commend you for questioning your decision. A lot of people do not have the level of self awareness ...
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    I appreciate this article Brian. I wrote one from the opposite perspective but you make fair points. Favorite ...
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