Rights and why they matter

I have found descriptions of this blog and myself on the Internet where I am labelled a defender of gay rights. That is only superficially true. I am no less a defender of gay rights than I am a defender of straight rights. It is the same fight.
That said, here is a piece I’ve written [...]

Thought of the day

I have an utter rage about me at the moment. The Oppressors want to deny citizens of my fair state their equal protections on the law. This is a denial of marriage as a right at all; should the Oppressors achieve their moral imposition, they shall have succeeded in making a marriage a privilege. They [...]

My recent Thomas Jefferson kick…

…continues.
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
This must apply to same-sex marriage. What arguments have been presented which counter [...]

Jefferson, the Supreme Court, and Rights

There are some key points which need to be considered in deciding the need to legally allow – and protect – marital rights for particular groups. I want to focus on what Thomas Jefferson wrote, what the Supreme Court has said in cases which can be extended by principle to same-sex rights, and what are [...]

The Founding Fathers

These men operated on principles. When John Adams asked Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence, he was seeking a document that declared the rights of the colonists as Englishmen. That isn’t to say that Adams wanted anything to do with the British. He just had a narrow view of what was necessary to declare [...]

Atheist group wins lawsuit in Kentucky

If you recall, an atheist group sued in Kentucky over a stupid law requiring Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to stress “dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the commonwealth.”
They won.
State Rep. Tom Riner, D-Louisville, a Southern Baptist minister, placed the “Almighty God” language into a homeland security bill without much [...]