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Bracketing Morality — The Marginalization of Moral Argument in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
April 1, 2013
“Somewhere along the way, standing up for gay marriage went from nervy to trendy.” This was the assessment offered by Frank Bruni, an influential openly-gay columnist for The New York Times. Bruni’s column, published just as the Supreme Court was poised to hear oral arguments in the two same-sex marriage cases now before it, is a celebration of the fact that, as he sees it, same-sex marriage is soon to be the law of the land, whatever the Court may decide. “The trajectory is undeniable. The trend line is clear. And the choice before the justices is whether to be handmaidens of history, or whether to sit it out.”
March 29, 2013
The Briefing 03-29-13
Story 1 – Where is the moral factor in the marriage debate?
Court should honor traditional marriage, USA Today (Eric Teetsel)
The Other Lawyer in Gay-Wed Case, Wall Street Journal (Geoffrey Fowler)
Story 2 – Abortion insurance mandate further evidence of geographic divide
Wash. weighs 1st abortion insurance mandate in U.S. USA Today (Jonathan Kaminsky)
Story 3 – A disingenuous and…
March 28, 2013
The Briefing 03-28-13
Story 1 – DOMA faces tough scrutiny in Supreme Court hearings
Justices Seem Set to End U.S. Ban on Benefits to Gay Spouses, New York Times (Adam Liptak and Peter Baker)
Courting Cowardice, New York Times (Maureen Dowd)
Supreme Court should move with the tide of history, Financial Times
Story 2 – North Dakota in direct collision with…
March 27, 2013
The Briefing 03-27-13
Story 1 – The arguments and implications in historic Supreme Court hearings
Supreme Court Oral Argument Audio 03/26/2013 Supreme Court of the United States
Marriage in the Dock—The Supreme Court Considers Same-Sex Marriage, AlbertMohler.com
Story 2 – On MSNBC: A jumbled mass of unspeakable moral confusion
‘The Melissa Harris-Perry Show’ for Friday, March 23rd, 2013, MSNBC
Story 3 -…
Marriage in the Dock—The Supreme Court Considers Same-Sex Marriage
March 26, 2013
The next two days are destined to stand among the most significant days in our nation’s constitutional history, but the issues at stake reach far beyond the U.S. Constitution. Nothing less than marriage is in the dock, with the nation’s highest court set to consider two cases that deal with the question of the legalization of same-sex marriage.
March 12, 2013
The Briefing 03-12-13
1) Why the Papal Conclave matters
Papal conclave to begin without any clear favourites, The Guardian (John Hooper)
Papal conclave has tight structure, uncertain length, Washington Post (Michelle Boorstein and Joel Achenbach)
2) Bill Clinton wants to overturn the Marriage Act he signed and re-write history
It’s time to overturn DOMA, Washington Post (Bill Clinton)
‘Sorry’ Bill Clinton didn’t…
February 25, 2013
The Briefing 02-25-13
Story 1 – The Oscars and the inescapable influence of Hollywood
Longest Oscars In Hollywood History? Yawnfest Instead Of Usual Snorefest? Deadline.com (Nikki Finke)
Film is finished – this could be its last Oscars, The Independent (Jonathan Owen)
Story 2 – The Sequester: synthetic hysteria over manufactured crisis
The manufactured crisis of sequester, Washington Post (George F. Will)
Story 3…
December 6, 2012
The Briefing 12-06-12
Story 1 – Taking kids away from parents in order to give the kids without parents a “fair chance”
French President Pushing Homework Ban as Part of Ed Reforms, Washington Post (Valerie Strauss)
François Hollande Wants to Abolish Homework. Is that a Good Idea? Washington Post (Dylan Matthews)
Story 2 – Harvard’s dissenter on the dangers of our…
The Briefing, Monday, December 3, 2012
December 3, 2012
TODAY 1. The Supreme Court and Same-Sex Marriage — A Decision Not to Decide is Still a Decision. 2. First Same-Sex Marriage in West Point’s Chapel — What it Means. 3. Sharia Law Combines with Autocracy in Egypt. 4. The Two-Edged Sword of Palestinian Statehood. 5. Does Justice Require that Stay-at-Home Moms Leave Home? I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview.
The Briefing, Friday, November 30, 2012
November 30, 2012
TODAY: Another Decision Day at the Supreme Court — Marriage on the Line / Does the Fiscal Cliff Really Matter? / The Gender Police Hit a Toy Store / The United Nations Grants Palestinians Observer State Status, But Where is the State? I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview.
October 19, 2012
The Briefing 10-19-12
Rival Campaigns Intently Pursue Votes Of Women… Candidates Zero In On Women Voters… Get Beyond The Year Of The Woman… NY Federal Appeals Court Becomes 2nd In Nation To Strike Down Defense Of Marriage Act… Sponsors See Doping Evidence, Flee Lance Armstrong… A Turn Of The Page For Newsweek… 50th Anniversary Of Cuban Missile Crisis
