Archive for domestic partnerships
Reading the Maine Marriage Equality Setback
Let’s face it; this loss in Maine is tough to swallow. Here’s a comment from a despondent reader:
I know after some rest I’ll even out and get back to the business of living, but right now I feel very done with the ballot box, and donating, and phone-banking, and talking myself blue in the face, [...]
Obama’s (Mini) Down Payment on Gay Rights: Federal Domestic Partner Benefits
The issue of causation confounds philosophers and scientists alike, but allow me to identify one instance of clear cause-and-effect that few would dispute: The furor over the DOJ’s filing of the motion to dismiss in the DOMA case — not to mention the hemorrhaging of financial support for the upcoming DNC fund-raiser — led directly [...]
Dignity: Who Has It, and Why Do We Care (or, Dignity, Schmignity?)
How much would I care about my dignity if no else had any, either?
The question scarcely makes any sense, because dignity is valued only in relation to others, of course. It’s closely related to “esteem,” a regard in which most of us want to be held; I’d rather be the “estimable me” than not.
The matter [...]