I think this is more than a tidbit, so I’m giving it its own moment in the sun.
Todd and Mark Wathen, a same-sex couple in central Illinois, wanted a civil union ceremony somewhere quaint. They contacted a couple of Bed & Breakfasts, and were rebuffed. One rebuff in particular was pretty explicit: Continue reading “SSM vs. B&B”
[12/25/11. I can’t believe I wrote this a scant 3 months ago. That issue of Touchtone did a real Huey Long on me, I guess. I leave it here as standing proof that I’m sensitively dependent on initial conditions. Tipsy]
Having announced my withdrawal from the Culture Wars 18 months ago (I actually dropped out before I blogged it), I’m now on the brink of repenting and dropping back in.
What has shaken me up is a feature in Touchstone Magazine‘s 25th anniversary edition, The French Connection, which likens America today not to 1916 Tsarist Russia, but to pre-1789 France. Continue reading “Dropping back into the Culture Wars”
