Mark Smith has offered some excellent political and constitutional analysis of the same sex marriage debate before the Supreme Court (see here and here). But one of the most often heard arguments in favor of same sex marriage is its inevitability. As reported in NPR by Republican strategist (and same sex marriage supporter Ana Navarro): […]
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Same Sex Marriages: Are they inevitable?
29 Mar 2013
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Is Marriage a “Fundamental” Right?
27 Mar 2013
One of the matters lurking around the Supreme Court’s oral arguments this week is the degree to which marriage is a fundamental right. Gay marriage advocates argue that marriage’s fundamental nature demands that the state has an obligation to extend such a recognition to homosexual couples. Whenever a fundamental right is abridged, a strict scrutiny […]
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The Tyranny of Gay Marriage
26 Mar 2013
The Supreme Court’s latest attempt to destroy republican government comes, this week, under the guise of equality. Gay marriage advocates find themselves before the highest Court, seeking to use the bench to achieve what has eluded them politically. To be successful, they will encourage the Court to overturn the past and empower itself at the […]
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CNBC reports today that the Federal Reserve is increasingly considering income inequality as a consideration for monetary policy. The basic idea seems to be that monetary policy ought to be kept easy as long as those in the lower income groups are unable to gain jobs. As CNBC reports Some on the FOMC, they said, […]
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The institution of marriage is one of God’s great gifts to humanity, and it will certainly be under great debate over the next few weeks as the Supreme Court looks at challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act. Nevertheless, in today’s post, I simply want to point to the economic benefits of marriage, courtesy of […]
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Steve Horwitz has a great counter to the income inequality debate, see here: HT to Don Boudreaux over at Cafe Hayek. For Christian thinkers, is there a biblical justification for concern over income inequality per se? I’m not talking about the poor here; simply does the Bible have anything to say in a negative sense […]
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Arthur Brooks produced yet another masterpiece in today’s WSJ, The key is here: Conservatives are fighting a losing battle of moral arithmetic. They hand an argument with virtually 100% public support—care for the vulnerable—to progressives, and focus instead on materialistic concerns and minority moral viewpoints. The irony is maddening. America’s poor people have been saddled […]
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