Category Archives: Open Questions

I Wonder if Maggie Gallagher Will Oppose Gay Marriage 20 Years from Now?

August 14, 2009 – 2:58 pm

Jonathan Rauch, a personal favorite, has a moving piece in the National Journal on the “Moral Crossroads” that Republicans face as gay marriage goes mainstream. When public opinion reaches critical mass in favor of civil marriage equality, as it most assuredly will, and bigotry towards homosexuals becomes as socially unacceptable as racism, what will Maggie Gallagher have to say for herself? 
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When will courting the “gay dollar” bypass homophobia?

March 8, 2009 – 9:43 am

Not anytime soon if the Atlantic Coast Conference has anything to do with it. There’s a story today titled “ACC Reluctant to Acknowledge Lesbian Fans” in the Greensboro News and Record:
On Friday, 13,599 fans watched UNC’s quarterfinal victory over Clemson. The crowd was a mix you’d never see at the more-exclusive ACC men’s tournament: children [...]

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UN asked to support decriminalizing homosexuality

December 18, 2008 – 7:50 pm

A coalition of 66 countries is asking the UN to affirm that states shouldn’t punish gay people as criminals, according to AFP.
“We urge states to take all the necessary measures, in particular legislative or administrative, to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties, in particular executions, [...]

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Crying over spilled MILK

December 3, 2008 – 6:44 pm

Would the Prop 8 fight have gone differently if MILK had been released two months earlier? Slate had some interesting thoughts:

It’s these small lingering touches that set Milk apart from your average message movie. Harvey might have wanted the film out earlier, but the opera queen in him, the natural-born showman who maintained that “politics [...]

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