Ethics

Dumbass Quote of the Day

By Ed Brayton

Whenever a court rules in favor of something the religious right doesn't like, we hear about the horrors of "unelected judges" imposing their will on our duly elected representatives. So what happens when duly elected representatives vote for something the religious right doesn't like? Well sorry, but that's not enough either. If you don't let them vote on every policy they feel strongly about directly, you've violated their right to vote. So says the National Organization of Marriage after the Washington DC city council voted overwhelmingly in favor of same-sex marriage:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 20, 2009 (boomark / email).