Coulter vs. Stossel on Marriage

Ann Coulter appeared on John Stossel's show and discussed a variety of issues. I was super excited about her marriage related remarks. It takes a lot of courage to support traditional marriage these days, so I am really happy she did. She said several different things about marriage that I'd like to comment on.

1. Divorce. She mentioned that divorce should be harder, and she's absolutely correct. But, I would have liked to her elaborate as to WHY.

Just for reference: 30-40 years ago, divorce used to be fault based. In other words, the husband or the wife had to have done something really awful in order for a divorce to be granted. Not so any more. Now we have "no fault divorce," which really means unilateral divorce. Unilateral divorce means one person can terminate the marriage for any reason, or no reason. There is no other area of contract law where one party can terminate without cause. (Not that marriage is strictly a contract, because it is not. But you get the idea.)

Why are Biden's and Sebelius' Excommunications Meaningful for Non Catholics?

I thought I'd discuss the significance of Kathleen Sebelius and Joe Biden getting excommunicated. If you're not a Catholic or a Christian it might not seem like a big deal, but it really is - it's a HUGE deal. To be excommunicated means that you've demonstrated by your actions that you do not believe in the teachings of the Catholic Church, and are therefore told not to receive communion, or in extreme cases, are denied communion. Communion is the apex of the Catholic faith.

Russians for Romney

 So I wandered back to my beach chair and noticed two of my business cards under the seat. "What are these doing here?" I thought to myself. "I didn't bring any business cards with me and even if I had I haven't taken anything out of my bag yet." I picked them up and put them into my bag.

Within about five minutes a gal walks by. She's got a bright red ball cap on, saying CCCP. "Holy crap!" I thought to myself. "I have to talk to her! Is she advertising that she's communist or a socialist? Is she protesting communism or socialism? Why in the world is she wearing that hat?"

"Excuse me, ma'am?" She doesn't hear me. I speak a little louder and wave my hand to get her attention, "Excuse me! Can I talk to you?"

She stops, a little surprised.

"Hi. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you but I just had to ask you about your cap. It really grabbed my attention. Why are you wearing it?"

She smiles. "Do you know what it means?"

Obama's Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner

h/t The Onion via American Thinker

Gays Against Gay Marriage: Do They Exist? Do They Matter?

Recently I had an exchange on Facebook about redefining marriage to include gay couples. I mentioned something about conservative gays against gay marriage, and a friend replied to me, saying:

“I for one have never heard of a conservative gay … so that’s a new one on me.”

I wasn’t surprised when he said it, because I didn’t know that conservative gays existed either until the past couple years. Like him, I thought all gays were liberals.

But conservative gays do exist. There are gays who do not agree with the gay marriage issue.

I keep wondering why liberal gays get all the media attention. Why are liberal gays the only gays you see on TV with signs and banners? Why are they the ones who get interviews and publicity, and not the others? Isn’t the marriage issue a gay issue?

Romney Cheated! Oops, No He Didn't but He's Still a Liar

This piece by Bill Buck over at CBS is really upsetting. He starts with this headline:

Upon Further Review: Mitt Romney May Have Cheated to Win the Debate

..then takes 15 paragraphs to rant about how Romney cheated and lied to win the debate. He accuses Romney of looking at a note before the debate, which is against the rules.

After he's finished, he publishes an "update" at the bottom, in which he says basically Oops, it wasn't a note, it was a handkerchief.

And he just can't resist the ad hominem pot shot at Romney by saying,

GOP Women More Feminine than Dems, UCLA Study Claims

A study published by UCLA claims that conservative women have more feminine features than liberal women... in other words, they look more like women than their lib counterparts. Two quotes from the press release:

"Female politicians with stereotypically feminine facial features are more likely to be Republican than Democrat, and the correlation increases the more conservative the lawmaker's voting record."  

"The Democratic Party is associated with social liberal policies that aim to diminish gender disparities, whereas the Republican Party is associated with socially conservative policy issues that tend to bolster traditional sex roles.... These policy platforms are manifest in each party's image — apparently also in the physical characteristics exhibited by politicians."

Here's a Dem response:



h/t The People's Cube.