Tag Archives: supreme court

What Next for Gay Marriage?

by: Kenneth W. Krause
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Voters here in Wisconsin passed a ban on same-sex marriage in the fall of 2006. The following morning, I thoughtlessly tried to console a lesbian coworker by predicting a universal right to marry within a decade. “That’s fine,” she replied

Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
Tagged constitution, family values, gay marriage, homosexuality, lgbt, marriage, National Organization for Marriage, romer v. evans, supreme court | Leave a comment

Chipping Away at the Bench

Subtitle: How we failed the judiciary in Iowa
by: Amanda Knief
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Voter anger took a new form as the results of Iowa’s November 2010 midterm elections were revealed. In a real-life twist that would make any screenwriter envious, three of the seven Iowa Supreme Court justices—who in 2009 unanimously upheld a

Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
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The National Day of Prayer Decision: A Victory to Savor

by: Annie Laurie Gaylor
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“He described himself in the media as ‘a man of the Lord.’ He acted persecuted. He attacked us, and I wanted to sue him very badly.”

Published in the November / December 2010 Humanist
Tagged christian right, church, church and state, church/state, day of prayer, FFRF, law, prayer, proclamation, state, supreme court | Leave a comment

No Agenda? A Humanist View of Justice Scalia

by: David Niose
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At first glance Joan Biskupic appears almost ideally qualified to author a biography of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s most vocal and controversial justice. An experienced reporter with legal credentials, Biskupic has covered the Supreme Court for two decades and