Rick Perry’s claims notwithstanding, not all Christians think LGBTs should be discriminated against. Yesterday’s Minneapolis Star-Tribune carried a powerful pro-equality voice: retired ELCA Presiding Bishop Herbert Chilstrom.

The tide is turning, both inside the church and beyond. And it’s not moving in favor of bigotry, homophobia, exclusion, and hate.

So, last night: 1. The “unholy alliance” of dirty fucking hippies unions and the middle class sent Pundit/Governor John Kasich down to crushing defeat in Ohio…overwhelmingly. “It’s clear the people have spoken,” the humbled Republican leader said from the Statehouse… ” And as a result of that, it requires me to take a deep breath [...]

Starting at midnight EST, the first official same-sex marriages will take place in New York.

The legalization of gay marriage in New York has inevitably doomed gay marriage in New York and is a devastating defeat for liberal gay rights activists. If you failed to grasp this truth through intuitive ratiocination that is because you lack the clear-eyed perspicacity and flashing insight displayed by Townhall columnists. Townhall has quite an [...]

You just knew after the historic events in New York on Friday night that there would be some truly deliciously unhinged wingnuttery coming from William F. Buckley’s old place. After all, under Buckley, the National Review was objectively pro-Jim Crow in the ’50s and ’60s.

Bad weekend for opponents of human rights…in various forms.

I’m not ashamed of my hometown: you grow up working class, and you understand working, and class, and if you can keep your eyes open, that’s a gift.

So my beloved home state, New York, looks poised to become the 6th state to allow gays to marry. Which is perfectly shocking. I mean, whoever would have thought we’d be less gay than frickin’ Iowa? But anyhow, hey, it’s a win! To be sure, it’s not a done deal yet, and the legislation will [...]

Last month, a Gallup poll showed that, for the first time, a majority of Americans were in favor of giving gays the legal right to marry. And last night, given the choice between lining up behind the majority of the fellow citizens and a deeply unpopular, failed president, the Republican presidential candidates chose the latter.

Last night’s Republican debate — far less eloquent than Mike Emrich.