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...While many proponents of same-sex marriage would ridicule Cloud’s indictment of Obama’s supposed bigotry, he is not the only one spouting this slanderous illogic. To claim that opposition to same-sex marriage makes one a foe of gay equality is to essentially argue, as Cloud does, that all same-sex marriage opponents are bigots, for bigotry is marked by hostility toward the fundamental principle of equality for all. However, while homophobia unquestionably impels many to oppose same-sex marriage, it is not a prerequisite for that stance. While I am personally a proponent...
...Open the doors” does not mean “approve,” “encourage,” or “support.” Nor does it in any way legitimize pedophilia and bestiality (as many conservative commentators have attempted to claim), for the stipulation of mutual consent is supported by near-universal consensus. However, incest and polyamory were not always taboo. Ancient Egypt’s Pharaonic pedigree was rife with incest, for example, and polygamy was once the status...
...Goss, who was the only other Representative at the same briefing as Pelosi in 2002. Goss, who went on to head the CIA, said in an Op-Ed in the Washington Post that they had been told about the EITs. "Today, I am slack-jawed to read that members claim to have not understood that the techniques on which they were briefed were to actually be employed; or that specific techniques such as 'waterboarding' were never mentioned," Goss wrote...
...surprising part of Pelosi's statements wasn't her claim to have been misled - Dems have accused the Bush Administration of misleading them on everything from evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to funding for No Child Left Behind - it was that she was blaming the CIA itself. Even through the WMD contortions, Dems only ever accused the Administration of manipulating CIA intelligence to its own ends. Pelosi is effectively accusing the agency of a dangerous bias - an indictment it cannot directly answer without revealing secret information...
...professed desire to look forward rather than backwards, the President has spurned the calls of congressional Democrats for a "truth commission" to air the Bush Administration's dirty laundry. He and his aides know that letting these issues fester - as they did Thursday over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA had lied to her about the use of waterboarding - will consume all the political oxygen he needs for his own agenda...