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Dehumanizing Marriage
by Paul Benedict (Libertarian)
About The Author
I'm a resident of California alarmed into activism by the outrages of the California Supreme court. Ordinarily, I'm a mild mannered teacher in a small desert community with a particular interest in ancient history. Usually, the only trivia I pursue is connected to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Steelers.
About The Column
California's Supreme Court says that it sought to expand "marriage" to be more inclusive. Instead, it has contracted the term marriage into a dehumanizing and degrading form. Dehumanization is an inevitable consequence of violating the constitutional liberties and inalienable rights of free people. How to Recall a California Supreme Court Justice
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Published: November 2, 2008
Although the practice of direct democracy began primarily with constitutional amendments, it has become more prevalent as our representatives in government have failed more often. Once again, the common man must do the heavy lifting.
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Published: October 19, 2008
Obama's plan to "spread the wealth" must destroy wealth and Europe's plan to nationalize banks will wreck the wealth of nations. These are things any good student of Marxism understands plainly.
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Published: October 15, 2008
Credit expansion, often as a result of government policies, has been tied to the recent series of economic calamities in the banking industry. This isn't the first time that's happened and it won't be the last. It is, however, a story with a moral.
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Published: September 20, 2008
There are some altruists who believe that if religion, "the opiate of the people,” were expunged from planet earth, society would be better. Though the ACLU may believe in the right of same-sex couples to call their unions a marriage, perhaps it also has a more nefarious agenda.
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Published: September 18, 2008
Log Cabin Republicans are Republicans who identify themselves as having a gay sexual orientation. One would expect Log Cabin Republicans to be in favor of "gay marriage." Sadly, they are being tricked by liberals into voting big government.
Supreme Deception: the Right to Deceive, Part III
Published: July 26, 2008
The very words "same-sex marriage” seem deceitful. Part I and Part II probes various misleading elements of the California Supreme Court's "re Marriages...” opinion on gay marriage. Part III exposes passages of the opinion that seem to confer a "right to deceive" or to order citizens to engage in deceive.
Supreme Deception: the Evidence, Part II
Published: July 25, 2008
The Supreme Court of California presents a great deal of its evidence in "re Marriages" in a misleading way. The impression the opinion gives is that Chief Justice George is basing his conclusions on long standing California law. This gives his ruling weight it doesn't deserve.
Supreme Deception: "re Marriages" Twists the Meaning of Family, Part I
Published: July 24, 2008
This article examines the California Supreme Court's evolving use of "family" in the jargon of domestic partnerships and marriage. Like the reduction of "husband" and "wife" to "Party A" and "Party B" on its marriage licenses, this changing jargon emphasizes California's dehumanization of marriage and the family.
Marriage is Not A School: Gay Marriage's Flawed Analogy
Published: July 19, 2008
The California Supreme Court's majority opinion for "marriage equity" concludes that, based on an analogy that compares marriage as an institution to educational institutions, separate is unequal. The analogy is incorrect because one must posit, assume, postulate what one concludes, and because marriage is not a school.
Why Log Cabin Republicans Should Support Prop. 8
Published: July 16, 2008
Log Cabin Republicans are gay Republicans that have raised funds for and campaigned for Republicans throughout the nation. However, many are also strong advocates for gay marriage. In California the Supreme Court's wrong-headed overreach has put them in a difficult position.
California Supreme Justice: The word 'marriage' not important to the 'right to marry.'
Published: July 15, 2008
In its one hundred and twenty pages of rambling and, at times, seemingly Byzantine opinion, the California Supreme court has moments of startlingly hilarious logic. Here are two that are especially important because they reveal the dehumanizing attitudes toward marriage that the court maintains throughout.
"Bitter" Americans Stick to Their Guns in Kern California
Published: July 11, 2008
On June 10, 2008, the Kern County board of supervisors, ceased all civil ceremonies solemnizing marriage in that county. On July 8, almost month later, this same board considered issuing its own Prop 22 style marriage ordinance and reconsidered, in this light, reinstating civil marriage ceremonies
Dehumanizing Marriage
Published: July 11, 2008
California's Supreme Court claimed to expand marriage to be more inclusive. Instead, the court contracted the definition of marriage, degrading and dehumanizing it for millions. Dehumanization is the inevitable consequence on trampling on the civil rights of free people.
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