February 26th, 2014
With NOM collapsing like a crumbling tenement, the main political force opposing same-sex marriage seems to the Heritage Foundation, working through its resident expert Ryan T. Anderson, a co-author on Robert George’s egregious What is Marriage?
Ryan, of course, is a big supporter of Turn-Away-the-Gay bills. Yesterday, in quick succession, he issued a series of tweets explaining why, in language that made me laugh out loud.
Liberty protects the rights of citizens even to do things we might personally disagree with. http://t.co/svqMn5QaND via @Heritage
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 25, 2014
Freedom is two way street. Requires allowing others to do or not do things that we might choose differently
http://t.co/UDNPgmQLjj @Heritage— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 25, 2014
Liberty isn’t about acting only in ways that the New York Times approves of.http://t.co/gwZlDj540Y via @Heritage
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 25, 2014
Let’s keep these handy for when he turns his attention back to banning same-sex marriage. But wait, he doesn’t do that, because there are no bans on same sex marriage. From the day before:
of course there are no “bans”, only laws defining marriage for gov purposes, not “banning” anything. NYT and Holder don’t know difference
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanT_Anderson) February 24, 2014
Of course, because laws that only allowed men to vote didn’t ban women voters, and that only allowed Christians to hold office didn’t ban Jewish office-holders, and that only allowed men to be King of Gondor didn’t ban orcs from ascending the throne.
Sorry about that last one. For a moment there I suffered a bout of Ryan-itis: the inability to distinguish fact from my fantasy.
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Hyhybt
February 26th, 2014
Do they even listen to themselves?
Lindoro Almaviva
February 26th, 2014
I find the fact that they can say stuff like that without a sense of irony incredibly delicious.
Ben In Oakland
February 26th, 2014
Lindoro– to have a sense of irony, they would have to have some sense?
The Lauderdale
February 26th, 2014
“and that only allowed men to be King of Gondor didn’t ban orcs from ascending the throne.”
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You are awesome.
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