Comments on: Sample Ballot http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/ www.ToryAnarchist.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:24:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: McCain pride in Ancestry v. Immigration Replacement « Old Atlantic Lighthouse http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-57389 McCain pride in Ancestry v. Immigration Replacement « Old Atlantic Lighthouse Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:40:18 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-57389 [...] Like Harry Reid Posted by W. James Antle III on March 17, 2008 Webb enjoyed the support of many paleo bloggers familiar to readers of this webzine. The leading paleo magazines discussed his candidacy [...] [...] Like Harry Reid Posted by W. James Antle III on March 17, 2008 Webb enjoyed the support of many paleo bloggers familiar to readers of this webzine. The leading paleo magazines discussed his candidacy [...]

]]> By: Eunomia · The Wrong Lessons http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1519 Eunomia · The Wrong Lessons Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:53:52 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1519 [...] Arizona was among the few states that opposed a ban on gay marriage, and Arizona is, well, Arizona.  Meanwhile, in Virginia, a remarkable amendment was put to the vote that could plausibly be read to also deny cohabiting heterosexual couples any legal protections in addition to denying all such protections to homosexual couples–and it passed 57 to 43%.  The amendment would prohibit the Commonwealth or any of its subdivisions from recognising “another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.” (Hat tip: Dan McCarthy)  This Virginia marriage amendment is perhaps one of the most powerful social conservative victories in referendum votes in the last 10 years. [...] [...] Arizona was among the few states that opposed a ban on gay marriage, and Arizona is, well, Arizona.  Meanwhile, in Virginia, a remarkable amendment was put to the vote that could plausibly be read to also deny cohabiting heterosexual couples any legal protections in addition to denying all such protections to homosexual couples–and it passed 57 to 43%.  The amendment would prohibit the Commonwealth or any of its subdivisions from recognising “another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.” (Hat tip: Dan McCarthy)  This Virginia marriage amendment is perhaps one of the most powerful social conservative victories in referendum votes in the last 10 years. [...]

]]> By: Steve http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1451 Steve Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:49:33 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1451 You should read the wording on question 1 very carefully. It's worded so that it not just allows localities to not recognize gay marriage, but it completely prevents them from recognizing marriages other than those between a man and a woman. Furthermore, it prevents them from recognizing any other union partnership or other legal status that resemble those of marriage. This is forcing all localities to recognize only one type of marriage and furthermore jeopardizes potential legal arrangements (ie contracts, power of attorney, etc) between unmarried couples whether gay or straight. This is hardly an ammendment a true libertarian would go for. It is forcing a uniform code on all localities in Virginia rather than allowing them to make their own decisions. You should read the wording on question 1 very carefully. It’s worded so that it not just allows localities to not recognize gay marriage, but it completely prevents them from recognizing marriages other than those between a man and a woman. Furthermore, it prevents them from recognizing any other union partnership or other legal status that resemble those of marriage. This is forcing all localities to recognize only one type of marriage and furthermore jeopardizes potential legal arrangements (ie contracts, power of attorney, etc) between unmarried couples whether gay or straight. This is hardly an ammendment a true libertarian would go for. It is forcing a uniform code on all localities in Virginia rather than allowing them to make their own decisions.

]]> By: James Kabala http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1447 James Kabala Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:26:34 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1447 I had no idea that Virginia's long-standing ban on the incorporation of churches was on the brink of repeal. This is a tradition going back to Jefferson and is in force only in Virginia and the spinoff state of West Virginia. Please keep us posted as to whether the measure wins or loses. I had no idea that Virginia’s long-standing ban on the incorporation of churches was on the brink of repeal. This is a tradition going back to Jefferson and is in force only in Virginia and the spinoff state of West Virginia. Please keep us posted as to whether the measure wins or loses.

]]> By: Jeremy Lott http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1443 Jeremy Lott Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:17:24 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1443 I didn't know anarchists were allowed to vote. I didn’t know anarchists were allowed to vote.

]]> By: John Lowell http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1441 John Lowell Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:49:27 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1441 With sincere respect for the viewpoint of everyone here concerning their rationale for the choices they've made for the election, yet again I'm sitting this one out. Hope though I may that somehow the system might be rendered reformable, the truth persists: It will not. One finds it hard to forget that a significant number of the Democrats now running favored the aggression in Iraq and still buy the Bushian conception of their being a "war on terror" or a "war on Islamofascism" that requires "standing firm", and this without referrence to their penchant for child killing. I won't even get into why it is that the Republicans won't get my vote. It seems to me that the present circumstances highlight an on-going dilema for Catholics, the desire to see in so far as it is possible at the political level the realization of the human person for what it truly is, an immediate creation of a God whose very being is Love and Truth, and the reality of the utterly sordid that so regularly asserts itself there. I no longer think as once I did that participation has any meaning and see a greater and exclusive priority in diminuative acts of love done privately and secretly. Politics is a cross Catholics need not bear as abstention, always an option, is a vital act of civic duty. Here's one Catholic who will never be missed by the job and self-seekers selling their wares most intensely these days. They can't even spell Catholic. John Lowell With sincere respect for the viewpoint of everyone here concerning their rationale for the choices they’ve made for the election, yet again I’m sitting this one out. Hope though I may that somehow the system might be rendered reformable, the truth persists: It will not. One finds it hard to forget that a significant number of the Democrats now running favored the aggression in Iraq and still buy the Bushian conception of their being a “war on terror” or a “war on Islamofascism” that requires “standing firm”, and this without referrence to their penchant for child killing. I won’t even get into why it is that the Republicans won’t get my vote.

It seems to me that the present circumstances highlight an on-going dilema for Catholics, the desire to see in so far as it is possible at the political level the realization of the human person for what it truly is, an immediate creation of a God whose very being is Love and Truth, and the reality of the utterly sordid that so regularly asserts itself there. I no longer think as once I did that participation has any meaning and see a greater and exclusive priority in diminuative acts of love done privately and secretly. Politics is a cross Catholics need not bear as abstention, always an option, is a vital act of civic duty. Here’s one Catholic who will never be missed by the job and self-seekers selling their wares most intensely these days. They can’t even spell Catholic.

John Lowell

]]> By: Bob http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1439 Bob Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:47:51 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1439 I'm going with Webb all the way, regardless of his Roe stance. Webb is a proven leader who can get the job done, particularly in Iraq. While he is pro-Roe, he is pro-life when it come to supporting life already here and now, in terms of job, taxes, education, social equality... and that what we need, Not another sloganeer without any solutions! I’m going with Webb all the way, regardless of his Roe stance. Webb is a proven leader who can get the job done, particularly in Iraq. While he is pro-Roe, he is pro-life when it come to supporting life already here and now, in terms of job, taxes, education, social equality… and that what we need, Not another sloganeer without any solutions!

]]> By: Ashish George http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1438 Ashish George Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:10:15 +0000 http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/sample-ballot/#comment-1438 Mr. McCarthy-- Radley Balko made the case against the Virginia marriage amendment pretty well. http://www.theagitator.com/archives/027176.php#027176 Mr. McCarthy–
Radley Balko made the case against the Virginia marriage amendment pretty well.

http://www.theagitator.com/archives/027176.php#027176

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