Not only were the Kleins fined $135,000 for the “emotional distress” they caused a lesbian couple when the Kleins declined to bake a cake, when the Kleins expressed their opinion on the case in an interview, Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian ordered them to “cease and desist” from ever talking about not providing same-sex weddings cakes. Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian finalized a preliminary ruling today ordering Aaron and Melissa
same-sex marrage
July 3, 2015
YOU WILL BE MADE TO CARE: Oregon couple ordered to shut up about same-sex wedding cakes [Darleen Click]
July 1, 2015
Oh, look, some Libertarians are having a few second thoughts about the goals of gay activists post-Obergefell [Darleen Click]
And it is not like they haven’t been warned … In the 40-some-odd years since the Libertarian Party took such positions, we’ve seen the end of sodomy laws, the end of officially sanctioned government discrimination against gay employees, both civilian and military—and with Obergefell v. Hodges, the end of government bans on same-sex marriage recognition. We’ve seen the end of just about every government policy that treats gay and lesbian
April 6, 2015
“I thought people just wanted to be left alone. I was wrong.” [Darleen Click]
Mea Culpa For years, I have argued that the state should remove itself from the business of sanctifying marriages. Contract law would cover the legalities of a relationship, and benefits would not accrue to citizens based upon whom they choose to offer monogamy. And for years, I have argued with conservatives on air – trying to convince them that the limited government philosophy can support this position. As you might
February 22, 2015
Sally Kohn and Lesbian Privilege [Darleen Click]
“I’m gay. And I want my kid to be gay, too” I live in the liberal bubble of Park Slope, Brooklyn, where no yuppie would ever admit to wanting their kid to be anything in particular, other than happy. But more often than not, we define happiness as some variation on our own lives, or at least the lives of our expectations. If we went to college, we want our
October 11, 2012
Diversity is the new conformity [Darleen Click]
Gallaudet University puts its chief diverisity officer, Dr. Angela McCaskill, on administrative leave for … wait for it … … signing a petition to put same-sex marriage in Maryland up for a vote by the people. “Dr. McCaskill has participated in a legislative initiative that some feel is inappropriate for an individual serving as Chief Diversity Officer,” Gallaudet University President T. Alan Hurwitz said in a statement. “However, other individuals