Tag Archives: Prop 8

Democracy is Oppression

This article was originally published in Arizona State University’s The State Press: Three weeks ago, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the gay marriage ban in California as an unconstitutional law. Proposition 8 was a response to a previous California … Continue reading

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Reaching OUT for Liberty, Property, and Petition

In December, Pepperdine University, a Church-of-Christ school, denied official recognition to a gay-straight alliance for the fourth time.  Recognition would have allowed the group, Reach OUT, to meet in classrooms, advertise on campus, hold events, and utilize funds from the … Continue reading

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Marriage and the Law, 1967 and 2011

The following piece by David Boaz was posted on the Encyclopedia Britannica Blog on June 13th, 2011. David Boaz is the Vice President of the Cato Institute. The current debate in the courts and many state legislatures over same-sex marriage … Continue reading

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States Don’t Have Rights, People Do

I was recently invited to start contributing to the DC Examiner’s Opinion Zone blog, and on Friday my first post went live.  You click here to link to the original article, but I wanted to go ahead and repost it … Continue reading

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