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...refused for certain people based merely on the gender of their partner. Unfortunately, many arguments mounted against same-sex marriage appeal implicitly to a morality that exists beyond the scope of law. This lack of concrete rationale explains some of the baffling arguments that have been made in favor of Proposition 8. Its proponents in California’s Voter Information Guide, for example, invoke “human history” and utilize scare tactics as a defense of traditional marriage. “If the gay marriage ruling is not overturned,” they claim...
...cannot occur. Yet both candidates have shown far greater affinity to science than the sitting President and a willingness to follow scientific advice. Whichever party wins the White House tomorrow, the next President owes the American people an immediate and lasting commitment to science and a promise never to favor partisan interests above scientific fact. Otherwise, it may soon be hunting season again—with America in the crosshairs...
...they exhibit a determined brand of optimism that is characteristic of those who toil in the labor of love. They’ll spend the day trekking door-to-door to the homes of mostly elderly undecideded voters, hoping to mobilize the more conservative ones to come out in favor of McCain...
...Having discarded the model of the “folksy firebrand” Republican in favor of a more academic image, HRC members now hope they have re-branded conservatism in a way Democrats will find more compelling in the times ahead...
...house.' We see a 'handsome' house, an 'ugly' house, or a 'pretentious' house ... We sometimes delude ourselves that we proceed in a rational manner and weigh all the pros and cons of the various alternatives. But this is probably seldom the actual case. Quite often 'I decided in favor of X' is no more than 'I like X.'" Most of us pick what we like, Zajonc said, and then we justify it later...