Clarifying the law of the land. The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2015 is constitutionally infirm and legally troublesome. The circuitous constitutional route that brought about this statute began in 1990 when the Supreme Court ruled that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment may not be used as a defense to violating the ... MORE
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Showing posts with label gay rights. Show all posts
Andrew Napolitano: Indiana And The Constitution
Clarifying the law of the land. The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2015 is constitutionally infirm and legally troublesome. The circuitous constitutional route that brought about this statute began in 1990 when the Supreme Court ruled that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment may not be used as a defense to violating the ... MOREThe Beginning Of The End Of The War On Drugs
by Ryan Cooper. 50 years of failure is enough. One of the many depressing aspects of the 2004 election was the crushing defeat of pro-gay marriage forces. Republican operatives, cynically stoking turnout with outright lies, put gay marriage bans on the ballot in 11 states, every one one of which was passed overwhelmingly. So it's jarring that gay ... MORETim Dunkin: Bake Us A Cake Or We'll Murder Your Children
Modern liberalism is fundamentally illiberal. The evidences for this can be clearly seen all around us. There are hardly any basic areas of the liberty of the individual which today's progressives – in both parties – haven't trampled in their on-going efforts to destroy America That Was and replace it with a progressive utopian version in which individual ... MOREBob Livingston: Tyranny And America's Moral Decline
Pushing the collective agenda. Whenever government establishes special “rights” or “privileges” for a perceived aggrieved class (also called a minority class), it does so at the expense of the rights of others. It inevitably leads to law, logic and reason being tied into undecipherable knots, contributes to the power and collectivism of government, ... MORENullification, Now Coming To The Supreme Court?
by David A. Graham. When the Tea Party wave arrived in 2010, it swept away much of the
Republican Party's existing structure, and instituted a more populist
approach. But as waves tend to do, it left some even older debris in its
wake. "Nullification,"
the theory that states can invalidate federal laws that they deem
unconstitutional, had its ... MOREKoch Brothers Are Not As Conservative As You Might Think
by Cliff Kincaid. What they really think. Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham acted surprised that David
Koch would give an interview to Barbara Walters and talk about his
radical “libertarian” views. Koch appeared in Walters’ ABC special
program on “The 10 Most Fascinating People Of 2014.” The interview was featured in various stories ... MOREAndy Fiala: Time To Reconnect With Liberterian Ideals
A libertarian wave is sweeping parts of the country. The rising tide of liberty includes the legalization of gay marriage, marijuana, and physician assisted suicide. Libertarians think that freedom should only be restricted in order to secure more extensive liberty or to prevent harm to others. Apart from obvious harms such as rape or ... MOREWalter E Williams: Things I Don't Understand
There are things that really puzzle me. Some life insurance companies charge lower premiums if you haven't made a life-shortening lifestyle choice. Being a nonsmoker is one of them. Actuarially, that makes sense because the life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers. Insurance company policies ... MOREJohn Stossel: Important Slow News
On perspective. Wars, plane crashes, mass murder — it's easy to report news that happens suddenly. Reporters do a good job covering that. But we do a bad job telling you about what's really changing in the world, because we miss the stories that happen slowly. These are usually the more important stories. Recently, President Barack Obama ... MORECalifornia Moves To Ban Judges Affiliated With Boy Scouts
by Patrick Howley. Politicians say Scouts lack morality. California is proposing to ban members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) from serving as judges because the Boy Scouts do not allow gay troop leaders, The Daily Caller has learned. In a move with major legal implications, The California Supreme Court Advisory Committee on The Code of ... MOREJacob Sullum: Real Rights Vs. Fake Rights
Free birth control and unfree photographers. According to
The New York Times, a case the Supreme Court
heard on Tuesday, involving a challenge to Obamacare's
requirement that businesses pay for their employees'
contraceptives, "pits religious liberty against women's rights."
Similarly, last month's
controversy over an Arizona bill ... MORE
'Beaten Into Submission' by Political Correctness
by Tyler O'Neil. The Left's focus on "political correctness" prevents Americans from speaking common sense about political issues, Dr. Ben Carson, former pediatric neurosurgery director at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center who shot to fame last year when he gave a politically incorrect speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, declared In a ... MORE
Should Bigots Be Allowed To Exclude Gays And Blacks?
by Sheldon Richman. We can oppose bigotry without politicians. Should the government coercively sanction business owners who, out of apparent religious conviction, refuse to serve particular customers? While such behavior is repugnant, the refusal to serve someone because of his or her race, ethnicity, or sexual ... MORE
J. Robert Smith: Crush Phil Robertson, Crush Free Speech
Should political correctness trump individual rights? Poor Phil Robertson, "Duck Dynasty" star. He had the temerity to express opinions to GQ about homosexuality that landed him crosswise the nation's gay jackboots. Out came the truncheons, whacking not just Phil over the head, but anyone, anywhere, who has anything to do ... MOREA Guide To The World's Most Libertarian Countries
by Alasdair Baverstock. As Uruguay, a country which has never criminalised cannabis for personal use, turns to legalising its cultivation and distribution, we look at other trailblazing, libertarian countries. In 2001, Portugal became the first European country to decriminalise possession of all drugs for personal use. The country introduced ... MORE
Let's Divorce Marriage From The Government
by Steve Chapman. As a kid, I remember watching a rerun of the 1952 I Love Lucy Show episode in which Lucy finds her marriage license while cleaning out a closet. She discovers, to her horror, a typo that refers to husband Ricky’s last name as Bacardi rather than Ricardo, which causes her to question the legality of her marriage. The ensuing hijinks ... MOREMichael Barone: Americans Becoming More Libertarian
The evidence is abundant. Are Americans becoming more libertarian on cultural issues? I see evidence that they are, in poll findings and election results on three unrelated issues -- marijuana legalization, same-sex marriage and gun rights. Start with pot. Last November voters in the states of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana, ... MORE‘Held Hostage By The Tyranny Of Political Correctness’
RGIII speaks out. Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III took to Twitter on Tuesday to complain about the “tyranny of political correctness” he believes is holding American culture “hostage.” “In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political
correctness,” the NFL player wrote on his official Twitter account. ... MORE
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