If you want to know why the American "conservative" movement is about to die an ignominious death, read this hysterical piece by John Hawkins. It's bad enough when your arguments are thin to begin with, but when you can't even frame a question sensibly, you've got a real problem. Take the one on DOMA:
In 2004, you said that you opposed the Defense of Marriage Act, which is designed to keep gay marriage from being imposed on the country by judicial fiat. Do you think the American people and their representatives should have a right to decide whether or not they want gay marriage in their states? If the answer is "yes," how can you possibly square that with your opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act?
Hmmm -- well, first off, the only aspect of DOMA that impacts the states at all is the superfluous provision that states do not have to recognize same-sex marriages from other states, which they didn't have to do to begin with. It doesn't stop states from enacting their own marriage laws, so -- if you'll pardon the expression, where's the beef?
In fact, that question applies to the whole litany.
(I was just looking over the columnists gallery at Townhall. snicker)
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