Some of you have wondered whether Ed Asner was joking when he said he wanted to play Stalin, and regarded the mass-murderer and tyrant as misunderstood. Nuh-huh. The guy really does have a soft spot for Stalinism.
UNIONS VERSUS KIDS: It’s an old story, but this new twist is truly depressing.
FRC RESPONDS: The Family Research Council, a lobby group for the religious right, has answered the questions I posed in my WSJ piece last week. I’m grateful for their candor. The bottom line is that they oppose any civil benefits for gay couples of any kind. That’s why their FMA not only bans same-sex marriage but also bans any benefits for gay couples, whether through legislative or judicial means, whether in the form of “domestic partnerships” or “civil unions.” Their positive policy on homosexual citizens is that gays should simply stop being homosexual. That’s it – straight out of the 1950s. The question is whether there are any social conservatives prepared to take a less absolutist position. Still silence from almost all of them. No enemies to the right, as usual.
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