http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/26/fidelity-pledges/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 16:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/26/fidelity-pledges/comment-page-1/#comment-19193 Rv. Agnos Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:00:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1130#comment-19193 Yeah, Oxblog already has 33 definite "no"s and some of his "unknowns" voted against the DoMA. This is going to be like the flag-burning amendment -- the most important political issue on everyone's mind right up until the moment that everyone forgot about it. Yeah, Oxblog already has 33 definite “no”s and some of his “unknowns” voted against the DoMA. This is going to be like the flag-burning amendment—the most important political issue on everyone’s mind right up until the moment that everyone forgot about it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/26/fidelity-pledges/comment-page-1/#comment-19192 harry Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:13:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1130#comment-19192 No Russell -- I know you don't; my post was meant to refer to the wording of the proposed pledge (which has 'Supporter of the FMA' in it). Sorry, should have been more careful. No Russell—I know you don’t; my post was meant to refer to the wording of the proposed pledge (which has ‘Supporter of the FMA’ in it). Sorry, should have been more careful.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/26/fidelity-pledges/comment-page-1/#comment-19191 Russell Arben Fox Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:55:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1130#comment-19191 Just for the record, Harry, I don't support the FMA. (As one conservative blogger put it--and on this issue, I agree with pretty much everything in his post (here: http://gideonsblog.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_gideonsblog_archive.html#107766694970283117)--the FMA "is more a cry of anguish than a proper piece of legislation.") No, it's the idea of public examples and declarations of fidelity that I like. Just for the record, Harry, I don’t support the FMA. (As one conservative blogger put it—and on this issue, I agree with pretty much everything in his post (here: http://gideonsblog.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_gideonsblog_archive.html#107766694970283117)—the FMA “is more a cry of anguish than a proper piece of legislation.”) No, it’s the idea of public examples and declarations of fidelity that I like.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/26/fidelity-pledges/comment-page-1/#comment-19190 harry Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:25:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1130#comment-19190 Well, apart from the bit about supporting the FMA. Well, apart from the bit about supporting the FMA.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/26/fidelity-pledges/comment-page-1/#comment-19189 harry Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:23:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1130#comment-19189 I agree with Russell (as so often). And imagine, if we did, what the Senators who refused to sign it would look like! I agree with Russell (as so often). And imagine, if we did, what the Senators who refused to sign it would look like!

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/26/fidelity-pledges/comment-page-1/#comment-19188 Russell Arben Fox Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:29:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1130#comment-19188 I actually kind of think that in a way this is the sort of thing every married person should sign, completely aside from the FMA. But maybe that's just me. I actually kind of think that in a way this is the sort of thing every married person should sign, completely aside from the FMA. But maybe that’s just me.

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