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Judge rules Indiana’s marriage discrimination law violates Constitutional rights

June 25, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

These couples, when gender and sexual orientation are taken away, are in all respects like the family down the street. The Constitution demands that we treat them as such. With that clear statement, US District Court judge Richard Young struck…

Indiana Senate declines to re-insert second sentence in HJR-3

February 13, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

Earlier today, reporters noted that Senator Mike Delph (R-Carmel) and Senator Dennis Kruse (R-Auburn) planned to introduce amendments to Indiana’s marriage discrimination amendment, HJR-3. They planned to re-insert the controversial second sentence, which read: A legal status identical or substantially…

Senate Committee Hears Marriage Discrimination Amendment

February 13, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

On Monday afternoon, the Indiana Senate’s Rules and Legislative Procedures committee held a hearing for HJR-3. Senator Kruse presented the amendment as passed by the House. By my count, 19 people testified in favor of HJR-3, while 18 testified against…

Hermeneutics & HJR-3

February 11, 2014 · by Brian · in Faith

I’m working on a post to recap what was said during yesterday’s Senate Rules Committee hearing on HJR-3, which would enshrine discrimination against LGBT Hoosiers in our state’s constitution. But I wanted to comment on a specific religious idea that…

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The marginally-less-discriminatory amendment

January 28, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

Last night, the Indiana House voted 52-43 to amend HJR 3, the proposed anti-LGBT constitutional amendment. That vote strips the second sentence from the amendment, which read: A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried…

Moving forward on Indiana’s constitutional amendment

January 23, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

Last night, the Elections and Apportionment Committee voted to approve HJR 3, the anti-LGBT constitutional amendment, along with its companion “explainer” bill. All 9 Republicans on the committee voted in favor of the bills, and asked few — if any…

Juxtaposition: Christians in the Capital

January 9, 2013 · by Brian · in Politics

Yesterday, the inaugural committee announced that Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, would be giving the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration ceremony on January 21. Less attention was given to the selection of conservative megachurch pastor Louie Giglio, who will…

Juxtaposition: NOM’s anti-gay strategy revealed

March 28, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

Here’s a quick compare and contrast exercise for you. First, an excerpt from a slobberingly fawning profile of Brian Brown, Executive Director of the National Organization for Marriage. Second, highlights from the newly-unsealed internal NOM strategy documents, marked confidential. Note…

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