Rod St. Aubyn: Politics And The Judiciary Are Not Separate Now
The writers of our Constitution and its amendments were generally very wise to ensure necessary checks and balances between the...
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John Andrist: This Former North Dakota Lawmaker Regrets Vote Against Gay Marriage
So often somebody refers to our president as the most powerful person on earth. But we were reminded again this...
Republican Lawmaker Calls Homosexuals "Mentally Ill" After Supreme Court Ruling
This week was a week of controversial rulings from the Supreme Court, and not surprisingly those rulings elicited a lot of...
I'm Glad Gay Marriage Is Legal, But I Wish It Hadn't Happened Through The Courts
A momentous, landmark decision from the Supreme Court today. In a 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges the Supreme Court found that state bans...
James Kerian: The State Belongs "In The Marriage Business"
Roughly half of the country is hoping the US Supreme Court will rule later this month that the US Constitution requires that every...
American Opposition To Homosexuality Falls, But Not Opposition To Abortion
Gallup has a poll out comparing America's shifting views on social issues. According to the overall findings, Gallup is claiming...
The Real Missed Opportunity: ND Lawmakers Should Have Repealed Gay Marriage Ban
Earlier this year when lawmakers declined to pass SB2279, an anti-discrimination bill, Governor Jack Dalrymple said they'd "missed an opportunity."...
John Andrist: Love Shouldn't Need Laws
There is a bill in the senate, SB2279, that has a special interest for me. It’s a gay rights bill....
Idaho City Forces Wedding Chapel To Host Gay Marriages
I'm a supporter of gay marriage. As a proponent of limited government, I think it's high time we deregulated marriage...
Losing Your Right To Say No
A new Pew poll looking at the intersection of religion and politics found that a plurality of Americans - 49...
