From a press release from Atheists United: The board of Atheists United unanimously passed a resolution in opposition to the California Attorney General’s proposed constitutional amendment titled “Limit on Marriage:” WHEREAS, the California Supreme Court has ruled that “the right to marry is not properly viewed simply as a benefit or privilege that a government may establish or abolish as it sees fit, but rather that the right constitutes a basic civil or human right of all people” (In re Marriage Cases S147999, May 15, 2008, footnote 41), WHEREAS, a proposed constitutional amendment to limit marriage, will be on the … Continue reading »
I don’t recall from what email list I received the hint to an article in Salon magazine. I am sure grateful to whoever forwarded it. The article is in the “dear Abby” style from Cary Tennis. A somewhat distraught and stressed doctoral candidate is being pressured by her boyfriend of 10-months to tie the knot. He doesn’t feel quite right to her but she thinks since she’s been running away from other boyfriends, maybe it’s time to change that behavior. Should she accept his offer or flee? The answer is just great, imo. Here is Cary’s call to embrace being … Continue reading »
I just sent the Obama campaign the following note: Did you know that the support from women for Obama is about 14-percentage points higher than that from men? Probably. Everybody is keenly aware of the gender gap. But did you know that the martial status gap is more than twice that gap? That’s right! Unmarried folks support Obama by a whopping 34-percentage points more than married folks. In fact, the marrieds prefer McCain. Yet, I am not hearing anything from the campaign that shows your support of this large and growing segment of the U.S. population. For more background and … Continue reading »
It might surprise you that I would ask people living in California to vote No on Prop 8. After all, I don’t exactly support marriage. And I think that fighting for marriage equality is the wrong approach. Yet, it is very important to defeat attempts of the religious wrong to get their religious nonsense into a state constitution. It doesn’t belong there no matter what I think of marriage. Plus a religiously motivated amendment threatens the separation of state and religion. So, I support the No on Prop 8 campaigns as a secular humanist even though I’d argue with anyone … Continue reading »
Women’s Voices. Women Vote. recently reported on the marriage gap among young women: Among 18-29 year old women, the marriage gap is an astonishing 36 points. (The marriage gap is the difference between the difference – compare the difference between Obama and McCain preference percentages for married and unmarried women). WVWV only reported the gap for young women. I was curious what it would be in the general population. Gallup provides data by marital status and by marital status and gender. Crunching the data, I get the following: Status Obama McCain Net Difference Marriage Gap Married 43% 50% -7% Unmarried … Continue reading »
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As I’ve pointed out before, there are lots of reasons to vote, actually I can’t really think of any reasons not to vote if you think democracy is a good idea. Edward Tabash eloquently argued that another reason sits on the Supreme Court: One of the justices is 88 years old! Now, you don’t have to be an actuary to figure out that his putting off retirement might be undermined by a biological process… Okay, so what, you might say, the next President will appoint someone to the Supreme Court. That’s been the fear-mongering of the left for a long … Continue reading »
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