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Friday, June 5, 2015

There's Something About Marriage



 
People react as Ireland votes in favor of allowing same-sex marriage in a referendum, in Dublin May 23, 2015. There's Something About Marriage
Why the Vote in Ireland Was Bad for Same-Sex Rights
By Omar G. Encarnación
There is something unseemly about a nation putting the civil rights of a historically oppressed minority to a popular vote. Most civilized nations would never conceive of putting the rights of racial and ethnic minorities to a vote, so why should sexual minorities endure that indignity?https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ireland/2015-05-31/theres-something-about-marriage?cid=nlc-twofa-20150604&sp_mid=48808222&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2

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