Oh, and Britney just got married again. Yes, it’s recognized in Louisiana. 1,049 legal protections are now automatically hers – 1,049 now barred for any committed gay couple.
THE FUTURE OF THE RIGHT: Profound shifts in political life often happen by accident, or because of the vagaries of an election campaign. This campaign may well be settled by John Kerry’s faults rather than by George W. Bush’s virtues. But the result could be a majority party bent on a radical redefinition of conservatism: the party of natural right fused with evangelical Christianity. John Coumarianos points to a new essay in the Public Interest that suggests the coming election may be a profound one. I suspect he’s right.