The Isle of Perspicuity

So Perez Hilton asked Miss California what she thought about same-sex marriage, and the gay community (including, apparently, the Miss America Pageant Board of Directors) is all upset over her answer. While I don’t personally agree with her answer, I agree with her right to believe what she believes, and I respect her for being [...]

Often, in discussions I have had with otherwise intelligent individuals vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, when they are asked to explain how blatant discrimination based on homosexuality is somehow permissible and “OK” without falling back on traditional and religious beliefs - both of which are deeply personal and should have no bearing on laws meant [...]

I’ve posted a lot about gay marriage, and I’m likely to continue doing so from time to time, so I may as well set the record ’straight’, so to speak…
I happen to be bi, but I also happen to be married. That means that I have chosen to live my life with the woman I [...]

It seems to me that the issue isn’t about anything other than one’s perception of one’s status in society. If gays are allowed to call what they have marriage, then it somehow detracts or takes away from what straights have. The only way that could be is if what straights have is seen as a [...]