McCain, Clinton and the FMA
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Professional bigot Maggie Gallagher actually makes a remarkably lucid point in her most recent screed:
And make no mistake about it: there is no rational worldview for the McCain-Clinton position on the Federal Marriage Amendment. You either advocate bigotry cloaked in mob rule or you don't. There is no principled distinction between constitutionalizing bigotry at the federal level and at the state level. The bromide of "it should be left up to the states" is wholly invalid when the "it" is itself unconstitutional (not to mention spiteful, mean-spirited and fundamentally un-American). The only truthful basis for the McCain-Clinton position is classic split-the-baby political positioning, and not a reflection of any core values. It is an insolent contradiction in terms — which is precisely why politicians like McCain and Clinton are so eager to embrace it.
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The rest of the Gallagher screed is her typical mediocre bigot gobbledygook: will of the majority, activist judges, persecuted Christians, the Others Who Are Ruining America™, etc. Blah, blah, blah. Read at you own risk (i.e., of getting a headache).
My previous McCain posts here; Clinton posts here. Gallagher posts in the chain below.
By opposing the Marriage Protection Amendment, McCain leaves himself with a position on gay marriage that is virtually indistinguishable from Hillary Clinton's.Well of course it does, since McCain is "virtually indistinguishable" from Clinton. Both are pathetic, decrepit hack politicians who have shown time and time again that there is no principle they won't sacrifice in order to garner votes. What's the puny little difference of "R" v. "D" after their names compared to that?
And make no mistake about it: there is no rational worldview for the McCain-Clinton position on the Federal Marriage Amendment. You either advocate bigotry cloaked in mob rule or you don't. There is no principled distinction between constitutionalizing bigotry at the federal level and at the state level. The bromide of "it should be left up to the states" is wholly invalid when the "it" is itself unconstitutional (not to mention spiteful, mean-spirited and fundamentally un-American). The only truthful basis for the McCain-Clinton position is classic split-the-baby political positioning, and not a reflection of any core values. It is an insolent contradiction in terms — which is precisely why politicians like McCain and Clinton are so eager to embrace it.
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The rest of the Gallagher screed is her typical mediocre bigot gobbledygook: will of the majority, activist judges, persecuted Christians, the Others Who Are Ruining America™, etc. Blah, blah, blah. Read at you own risk (i.e., of getting a headache).
My previous McCain posts here; Clinton posts here. Gallagher posts in the chain below.
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24 May 2006
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