Marriage Equality Not Lie Abortion? Really?

One of the most controversial issues in modern day politics is whether gay marriage should be made legal and even more so if it is unconstitutional to forbid it. The article "Marriage Equality Not Like Abortion" written by Tim Holbrock contrasts the issue to that of abortion by stating that the issue of legalizing gay marriage is so much simpler because there are not numerous factors contributing to the dispute. For example,when questioning the constitutionality of abortion, the rights of both the mother and the "prospect of human life" must be taken into account whereas the authors states that gay marriage does not affect heterosexual couples at all. This article serves primarily as a devises to persuade readers to become proponents of gay marriage specifically the judges that will be making the decision.

Choosing to talk about marriage equality is always risky business and always brings up a mass of different arguments. I find the article to be persuasive, and it definitely accomplishes its goal; however, those firmly grounded in their beliefs would not change their minds because of one article.

Personally, I find that Holbrock makes many valid points, but his article was saturated with propaganda and his personal views that I did not enjoy reading it whatsoever. After reading the article, I began to look up facts as to how gay marriage would affect the rest of the population, and the only arguments I could find were made on religious websites. However, the only things they said were same sex marriage would affect their personal beliefs on the institution of marriage. In this blog I am not joining either side of the argument, but looking at it from a purely constitutional stand point. It seems to me that just like what religion one aligns himself with, whether it is Catholicism, Islam, or even sadism, is very similar to his personal beliefs on marriage.

C-Span Article Outrage

This blog is in the reaction to the C-Span article. Although I was not present when the "reporter", Ms. Colias was interviewing my fellow students,  it is the general consensus that her portrayals of the students were completely inaccurate, and she almost seemed to put words into her interviewee's mouths.  I was not impressed by this article or the journal’s defense of its journalist. The editor admitted to having a heavy hand while editing, yet he also claimed that he gives his journalist—I quote—“almost complete freedom.” From my point of view these two comments are completely contrary to each other and cannot both be true at the same time. “Mr. Pancake”, as a cleaver blogger coined him, had some valid points, but he also tried to weasel out of talking about many pressing questions that we had. In conclusion, the C-Span article is, in my opinion, a poor representation of the skill of journalism and fulfills the stereotype of sleaziness that often can be associated with the press.