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Written by Angela Keaton
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:41 |
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Libertarian publisher and author James Peron takes a mirror to bigots and hypocrites in When Bigotry Is a Mirror.
Billy James Hargis led a major "anti-communist crusade for Christ" and founded an ultra-right-wing college. He denounced liberals, homosexuals, and the civil rights movement, backed up with the singing group from his college, "The All-American Kids." Hargis, it seems, seduced several male members of the choir, along with one female.
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"...that gays have to beg to be given rights which should be theirs in the first place." |
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Written by Angela Keaton
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:06 |
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Excellent article by Alex McHugh, campus coordinator for Students for Liberty. McHugh wades into privileging and pinkwashing by the Obama Regime.
The danger is that in order to be excited about this, you have to come from the perspective that it’s acceptable for gays to be granted incrementally more rights in proportion to their normalization to “acceptable” lifestyles. Gay people were not acceptable in an older society, mostly because it was thought they didn’t live in committed relationships or want to marry. Now that it’s been “proven” they can conform and act in “acceptable” ways, they can have rights. The issue is that this reaffirms problematic assumptions about how one ought to live.
Read the rest of No Thank You, Mr. President at http://studentsforliberty.org/. |
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A black transgender woman faces prison for killing her attacker. |
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Written by Angela Keaton
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:55 |
Painful article but necessary reading for those who demand dignity for transpeople. Please read "No Justice for CeCe"
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Written by Penny Burbank
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:16 |
by Fred Moulton
The issue of same sex marriage has been a topic of increasing focus during the past few years. Numerous court rulings, legislative initiatives and ballot initiatives have been put forward. What I want to focus on is not the particulars of any proposed law or ballot proposition but rather some general points concerning the discussion of marriage.
Historically humans have formed different marriage arrangements. If for a moment we consider just heterosexual marriages we find many arrangements including some that are not common such as:
- Polyandry consists of one woman and more than one man
- Polygyny consists of one man and more than one woman
- Group marriage consists of more than one man and more than woman
- Line marriage is a term often used to refer to a group marriage designed to continue by adding new members over time
Anthropologists have studied and detailed the variety of marriage traditions in many cultures. The details on any specific marriage tradition are beyond our scope here but what is important is to remember that when someone refers to "traditional marriage" that does not really denote a specific form. This term is often used by persons in political discourse to make a false implication that monogamy is "the only" marriage tradition. Same sex marriage is another area which has become the focus for increasing historical study. As this is studied we should expect an even broader and richer documentation of marriage traditions.
Different marriage traditions become common in various areas or amongst groups for a variety of reasons. For example a couple of the reasons given for the prevalence of polyandry in certain areas of the Himalaya mountains is due to the limited amount of fertile agricultural areas and also as a way to limit population. Having fewer offspring tends to keep family agriculture holdings unified. However the institutions which might have developed historically in a pre-historical society may or may not be relevant to the needs of individuals in a modern mobile society.
Some of the changes seen is modern societies are in part leading to a reconsideration of marriage options. Both men and women are moving into roles which they had not held historically and which may lead to new situations. Some of the issues include:
The decision of couples to remain childless. For couples such as these arguments based on the "what is best for the children" are not relevant.
The definition of and relationships between work and non-work time and place are changing. Long term travel or extended onsite work shifts or different residences are factors which can lead to a desire for considering various marriage options.
The desire of couples for relationships which are for some time frame other than live long or which might involve some arrangement other than just two adults in the relationship.
The legal and social restrictions on the LGBT community are begining to be eliminated. This is a long overdue and still incomplete process however we are hopeful for the future.
Both historically and currently religious institutions have been involved with marriage and often this religious involvement has been done with government sanction. The ability of religious institutions to co-opt the coercive power of the government gives them the ability to maintain a role in the social fabric and to force their world view. Thus we should not be surprised that some (but not all) religions are in the forefront of the efforts to put restrictions on marriage and sexual expression.
From a libertarian feminist perspective the role of government is ideally one of getting out of the way. There is no rational reason for government to be deciding for adults which people they can marry based on the number of participants or their gender. As long as it is adults freely agreeing then there is no legitimate government role. At best government involvement will be a needless distraction and at worst an impediment to both happiness of the individuals involved and the general evolution of social institutions. |
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Flaming Freedom’s Bigger Gayer Dance Party! |
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Written by Angela Keaton
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 12:27 |
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Friday, June 22nd, 2012 from 3pm to 6pm
This year’s dance party at the Porcupine Freedom Festival will be bigger AND gayer than ever with a larger venue and shows by Super-Gay Dre and his elite team of drag queens led by the legendary Violencia herself!
Prizes given out for the gayest costume, best drag queen, and best drag king, as well as a raffle for various prizes still to be announced. Your admission includes one raffle ticket but you can purchase additional raffle tickets below.
Proceeds will support Flaming Freedom in our efforts to get the liberty message out to the LGBT audience.
**ATTENTION: When reserving more than one admission ticket, be sure to list the names in the “Note to Seller” on the PayPal site.
Don’t like Paypal? Alternate methods coming soon!
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