by John | Jun 12, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
I am furious about this ridiculous and unrepresentative statement from the Church of England on gay marriage The Church of England has spoken. And apparently, we are against gay marriage. We are not “anti-gay”, we hope you understand. After all, as the...
by John | May 25, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
“There’s been a dramatic zero-point shift in the polls since Obama came out for gay marriage,” tweeted Nate Silver on Monday. The tweet wasn’t attached to a post or to a particular poll, but we can run some of the numbers on our own. As it...
by John | May 14, 2012 | Overseas commentary
IN 1989, I was a junior staffer at The New Republic, which was then, in the pre-internet age, the single weekly magazine of political opinion in Washington. The subject of what were then called “domestic partnerships” for gay couples came up. New York City...
by John | Apr 25, 2012 | Overseas commentary
For conservatives like Rick Santorum, the response to the question of whether gay marriage should be legal is simple. Santorum once declared: “Marriage is what marriage is. Marriage existed before there was a government. It’s like … saying this glass of water is...
by John | Apr 12, 2012 | Overseas commentary
Some transgender people are frustrated by the significant resources that our organizations devote to marriage equality efforts, but there’s reason to believe it will make a difference, writes Matt Wood. Marriage for same-sex couples can be a divisive issue – not just...
by John | Mar 16, 2012 | Overseas commentary
As the author GK Chesterton observed, if you leave a thing to itself, you are leaving it to wild and violent changes. In America this week, David Cameron will see a Republican Party expending a great deal of time and energy deciding how, precisely, it will lose the...
