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  • Hanna's clarification: 'Are Conservatives Anti-Gay?'

    In the annals of Slate's most cringe-worthy moments, David Plotz's Gab Fest chatter in which he recalls his penchant for reading the Advocate at his Gym is a doozie. He apparently felt the need to remind us in the same breath that he is most definitely straight. Thanks for that, David. For the tl;dr crowd, there is no need to form a 'cringe ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Boxing on May 8, 2009

  • Behavior Trumps the Label of "Orientation"

    Labelling a person as 'gay' or 'straight' connotes particular behavior which is deemed 'wired'. But the big issue which Saletan slightly implies is: human freewill determines behavior before and beyond 'orientation' or 'wiring'. ''Wiring'' refers to blinking, breathing, heart rates, so forth. Everything else humans have to learn, ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Usama3 on April 1, 2009

  • Immutability Schmootability

    In the matter of gay civil rights, why should it matter whether or not homosexuality is genetic? Human beings are famous for going against the grain (whether that grain tends toward the gay or the straight). Doesn't this country protect individual rights, including the right of the individual to choose the partner and create the family and ...
    Posted to Human Nature by PipoNYC on November 15, 2008

  • Gay Marriage and the Race Analogy

    The racism analogy isn't perfect or exact and probably should not be the only one used. However, until a better analogy can be made, and I don't see the writer of this article offering any suggestions, it's going to stick! A complicating factor will be the many bigots of all races and creeds who refuse to accept the growing body of evidence that ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Chaordic on November 14, 2008