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Insanity & Doom Update LXV
Item The Future of American Sexuality and Family: Five Key Trends How many Americans have entered into civil same-sex marriages? It's hard to say, since same-sex households themselves have never…
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This Week In Doom: Bad Science Edition
3 out of 4 scientists agree The bagatelle about how more than half of published research is wrong---a fact well known to regular readers---is garnering comment hither and yon. Joanne…
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He Did What?
Coming Soon! I've started a series called "What This-or-That Technique Really Is". First up is regression. It would have shown today, but---can you guess?---it isn't finished. I made the mistake…
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The Regnerus Controversy: Children In Traditional Families Do Better Than Those Raised In Non-Traditional Settings
Originally published 24 July 2012. No changes have been made, though I'm sorely tempted to comment on the weeds descending from Regnerus's chin. Doubtless the nastiest phenomenon in nature is…
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Supreme Court And Proposition 8: A Few Thoughts
One of the more curious tidbits to arise out of yesterday's oral arguments (pdf) over California's Prop 8 was that that state's constitution has been amended some 500 times. Those…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
The Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage, Part IV (Final)
Part III Question 5 I have heard you say that homosexuals do not choose their "orientation" and that everybody has a right to be happy and thus has the right…
