Matthew Schmitz at First Things elucidates fundamental changes occurring before and after the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. His insights are clear and in no way comprehensive regarding the fallout on this assault on the most essential of institutions. Nor does Schmitz make such a claim because it would take far more than a single article to cover such an issue.
HOW GAY MARRIAGE CHANGED AMERICA
In November 2022, the ACLU’s deputy director for transgender justice came out against gay marriage. “I find it disappointing how much time and resources went into fighting for inclusion in the deeply flawed and fundamentally violent institution of civil marriage,” Chase Strangio wrote on Instagram. Two months later, Taylor Silverman, a female skateboarder who gained prominence after objecting to the inclusion of biological males in women’s athletic competitions, criticized gay marriage from the opposite direction: “I used to think gay marriage was ok until all of the things that conservatives warned us would happen next actually happened. Now it seems it really was the beginning of the dangerous slippery slope.” With the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022, the legal status of same-sex marriage has never been more secure. Public opinion is strongly in its favor, even as, not so long ago, it was overwhelmingly opposed. Yet the ideological case for same-sex marriage seems strangely fragile, subject to challenge on both the left and the right.
The movement to legalize same-sex marriage gave birth to many ugly things, one of which was the hideous practice of canceling individuals by pitching them onto the 21st century equivalent of witch burning fires.
Gay marriage was the first great triumph of cancel culture. Sasha Issenberg, a historian of gay marriage, has observed that by deploying the novel weapons of “shaming and shunning,” activists “changed the economic terrain on which cultural conflict was waged.” One of the early breakthroughs occurred when eightmaps.com appeared online. The site used information gathered under financial disclosure laws to list the names and locations of people who had donated to California’s Proposition 8, a referendum that stated marriage could take place only between a man and a woman. Suddenly American citizens came under pressure for their political views—not just from their friends and families, but potentially from anyone with an internet connection. Some reported receiving envelopes with powder and death threats.
plus this,
When rainbow colors were projected onto the White House, the symbolism was broader than the celebration of any one Supreme Court decision. It was a sign that something fundamental had changed about the country, that an older order, symbolized by the stars and stripes, had given way to a new one that marched under the rainbow banner. This regime rejects neutrality as it seeks to inscribe its political priorities in American law. Religious freedom, due process, and equal treatment before the law must all yield before the imperative of inclusion. If the expression of certain views makes members of protected groups uncomfortable, those views must be silenced. If legal norms cause an insufficient number of cases of sexual harrassment or rape to result in conviction, the norms must be abandoned. Christianity famously introduced a distinction between the sacred and secular realm, differentiating the things that belong to God from those that belong to Caesar. The new American regime has collapsed this distinction, creating a system in which full citizenship is closely tied to right belief.
Still good. All these years later.
Real Country.
#50 – Has NOT changed much!
Mebbe the ‘cheese cutter’ center guard rail…….*shudder*
That’s because you’re going to end up in Dallas.
But Dr Phil’s cats do.
My cats don’t care about AM radio either.
49 Shannon
If El Gordo wants to listen only to AM radio but doesn’t care whether anyone else has or listens to AM radio, then pretty soon there won’t be any AM radio. You gotta support the system because they don’t run it for one person.
Just in case you missed the earlier video.
#46 – Katfish… you are so correct about that stretch of road, although I imagine it’s changed a bit since the last time I drove it, just before moving to Houston in 1980 – it wasn’t even an interstate back then
The few weirdos that I know that do have electric cars are generally the NPR types, and I do not care whether their cars have AM radios or not. Neither do my cats. In fact, I don’t really care who has or does not have AM radios. I listen exclusively to AM radio, but I’m the only one who cares… Read more »
My #30 – I said that I don’t care if electric cars don’t have AM radios. I don’t have an electric car and have no plans to get one. The few weirdos that I know that do have electric cars are generally the NPR types, and I do not care whether their cars have AM radios or not. Neither do… Read more »
I usually either listen to AM radio (OTA or via cell phone), or put on a Fr. Ripperger talk on that drive between Houston and Dallas. On the way up.
For some reason, when I leave Dallas to head back home, I usually spend several hours of silence before putting on any noise.
#36 & TP @ 8:38 – BUZZZZZZZZZZZ *wrong* !
I-27 Lubbock to Amarillo (or back) is boring to the point of freakin hypnosis!
We pray for you Texmo and think about you more than you’d believe.
36 Shannon
Of course, when you cross “Woman Hollering Creek” on I-10, you know you’re almost to San Antonio.
It always makes me laugh.
Either TexMo has to get better or I’m going to have to come down there and have a Come-to-Hippocrates meeting with his medical staff.
I-10 from Mobile to Jacksonville is pretty bad.
Thanks for the update Katfish we’re keeping TexMo in our prayers.
36 Shannon Although, the most brutally boring stretch of Interstate that I travel with any regularity is between Houston and San Antonio. Wrong. The most boring, mentally tortuous drive in Texas is I-45 between Houston and Dallas. I’ve made both drives a thousand times and I’ll take Houston-San Antonio over Houston-Dallas any day of the week. Even San Antonio to… Read more »
Thanks Katfish. Prayers TexMo.
Brief *Update a la TxMo* (from this afternoon)
The original. The man who wrote it. I loved him and still do. Call Me The Breeze.
So if you’re the breeze, are you related to Mariah?
https://youtu.be/fm3nlM9piHk
The AM dial (almost) saved America!
AM radio was a blessing those long hours on the road in the oilfield. Skip ruled man.
/shivers
Although, the most brutally boring stretch of Interstate that I travel with any regularity is between Houston and San Antonio.
It is a blessing to zone out completely and “wake up” in Seguin .
🙂
I doubt my Dad ever turned on a car radio in his entire life.
I bet. 🙂
Truthfully, I have found myself doing that more and more. Another sign of dementia.
Once I was up on the Guadalupe River outside Kerrville at Pleasure Hill nursing an abcessed tooth and wondering where I could find an all night dentist to pull that tooth in the middle of the Hill Country. I had taken pain killers, but I couldn’t sleep so I was listening to the radio. There were no FM stations out… Read more »
The only FM station I listen to is KSBJ, Christian music. Otherwise, it’s AM, the one podcast I subscribe to (from the cell phone), the KSBJ app ((from the cell phone), or I just turn everything off and enjoy the silence. Well, car noise, but I don’t have to be stimulated all the time. I can drive for hours living… Read more »
I’m amazed at how far I can pick up an AM signal from Houston. I can see why it’s important for emergencies.
If the EV vehicles create issues for my AM channels, it’s one more reason to resist the EV.
On more on top of a whole lot of other reasons.
I’ve listened to pretty much nothing but AM radio in my vehicles for thirty years. All the way back to Alvin Van Black.
I think having AM radio is important to a lot of people.
And it’s free.
Who could possibly care if electric cars have AM radios. I remember when we hung those little transistor radios from the rear view mirror to listen to the radio as they were an expensive option on cars. Of course the government want to move everyone to a digital currency. Then they can tract every last thing you waste their money… Read more »
Watching Tucker Carlson haranguing suggesting to his audience that we better raise hell about the coming government controlled digital currency. It is coming. Oh wait some people do not want to hear this apocalyptic nonsense. Wait a minute it did not come form me a prophecy student. It came form Tucker Carlson. Oh yeah I forgot, I should not harsh… Read more »
They still need to leave the AM radio in the vehicle even if it does have interference running down the road. They will need something to listen to while the vehicle is charging.
It’s nauseating just to read this. Just one member of Silicon Valley Bank’s board of directors had a career in investment banking, while the others were major Democratic donors, it has been revealed. Tom King, 63, was appointed to the board in September after previously serving as the CEO of investment banking at Barclay’s. He has had 35 years of… Read more »
Well, I put my car in the shop for state inspection and checkup for anything they notice that needs work a.k.a. “fixin’”…
Had a basic lunch and now ready for a nap. Check y’all later.
Back from a short nap. It’s still cool, so a cup of hot coffee seemed in order, and it was good too.
Some electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are scrapping the AM radio from their cars, claiming safety concerns. Although conservative talk radio dominates AM radio ratings, it is also considered a critical safety tool, as it is one of the primary ways that federal, state, and local officials communicate with the public during natural disasters and other emergencies. Automakers such as Ford… Read more »
I did not kilt the blog. . . . . It’s just napping after a big lunch.
Hopefully those who produce our food will simply say “NOT NO BUT HELL NO, I’M NOT FALLING FOR THIS BS AGAIN”
16 Tedtam Our parents were pharmacists and one thing they didn’t do was pump us full of antibiotics and other drugs when were kids. They were actually very conservative about what we took. We also lived in the dirt, on Rummel Creek, Buffalo Bayou and the woods around south Britt Moore Road. So did all the other kids. There wasn’t… Read more »
Just a quick Drive-By as I’m busy but I thought you might enjoy the latest case of RACISM in this mean ole white country.
Angela Bassett Reaction Goes Viral After Losing Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis.
😀
I heard this on the radio this morning: This morning, Florida’s Department of Business Regulation filed a complaint seeking to revoke the Miami Hyatt’s liquor license for hosting an all-ages Christmas drag show, after being formally warned in late December: DeSantis actually has teeth in his legislation, and is chomping down on the perverts that want to steal our kids’… Read more »
And on that note, about the J6ers and their treatment in jail: The Washington Times ran a story Friday headlined, “GOP Lawmakers Ask D.C. Mayor to Let Lawmakers See Jail Conditions for Jan. 6 Detainees.” On Thursday, the new House Oversight Committee sent a strongly-worded letter to Washington DC mayor Muriel “the” Bowser. https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1633980945572286469 Among other things, the letter explained… Read more »
J6 is the next topic, especially Jacob Chansley, the shaman guy: As best I can tell, a federal judge approved releasing some of the video that was played to Jacob Chansley’s jury during his sentencing. But due to some kind of mixup, the journalists only received the sealed video this week. Get ready, it’s going to make you mad again:… Read more »
Next up, Glenn Beck interviewed DeSantis, who describes the intense pressure on governors in 2020 to lock everyone down. DeSantis asked Birx the whys and wherefores of such actions. Birx replied that it was basically a science experiment in real time, in real life. Sounds about right. DeSantis then explained that it was the George Floyd riots that triggered his… Read more »
First up, banks: The corporate media took the day off from reporting on the financial apocalypse yesterday, toned down the overwrought rhetoric, and ran stories encouraging folks to take a broader view of the woke banking sector’s historic incompetence. /snip … three major papers …replaced bank failure news with optimistic cover stories about the government’s happy report about inflation. ..the… Read more »
The C&C for today has finally dropped. Let’s see what’s on for today: NEW NARRATIVES ☙ Tuesday, March 14, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS Good afternoon or good morning, C&C, depending on whether you’re here with me on the West coast today, or back home in the East. The West coasters are finally experiencing what it’s like to have to wait… Read more »
Texpat – I’ve been concerned for a long time about the overuse and abuse of antibiotics. In people, it’s common for people to insist on an antibiotic even when they have a virus, ignorant of or ignoring the fact that antibiotics do nothing for a viral infection. When Handsome Son was experiencing ear infection after ear infection when he was… Read more »