The strange turn-around in the matter of same-sex marriage. The issue that once divided Democrats is now dividing Republicans. My take on how Bush can keep his coalition together.
THE ISLAMIST-LEFT ALLIANCE: More troubling signs that some nutters on the far left are toying with sharia. Meanwhile, some strains in the alliance show up in Australia. I love this sane Muslim’s response:
“I couldn’t believe it. I was sitting there with my son and he comes out with comments as if the Koran says it’s OK to attack homosexuals,” Mr Demiri said. “He told us they should have their heads chopped off. My son asked me if what the Imam said was true and I said ‘No, it’s not’. Then, he wanted to know if the Imam was lying and I couldn’t give him an answer that would make any sense. We go there to pray, not to listen to that kind of rubbish. There were a lot of intelligent people there who were offended by it. He (Imam Idrizi) needs to be taken to task for it, because it gives Muslims a bad name.”
Er, yes, it does.
SONTAG AWARD NOMINEE: “I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness. But there is a large, seething majority out there against what Bush is doing to this country. This administration is as fundamentalist as the Islamics”. – Graydon Carter, editor with the important hair, at Vanity Fair. The “Islamics”? Who exactly is he talking about? Or is this a relevant question? (Hat tip: Belgravia Despatch.
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