Comments on: Updated: Conservatives Add Another Blond To The Brain Trust https://barelyablog.com/another-idiot-added-to-conservative-brain-trust/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Roger Chaillet https://barelyablog.com/another-idiot-added-to-conservative-brain-trust/comment-page-1/#comment-5699 Sat, 02 May 2009 16:35:35 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=7761#comment-5699 Who was Michael Musto talking about?

The beauty pageant winner?

Or the First Lady?

]]> By: Myron Pauli https://barelyablog.com/another-idiot-added-to-conservative-brain-trust/comment-page-1/#comment-5695 Sat, 02 May 2009 05:46:36 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=7761#comment-5695 Ilana: (1) You correctly recognize that while adults are entitled to a right to contract, there is no right to state-defined “benefits”. (2) Neither the IL-liberal gays nor the Christian Right seem secure enough to let people enjoy their own beliefs without forcing their beliefs on others. (3) If gays have an inherent right to marriage since it is merely an economic contract, does that also apply to my daughter and I when she turns 18 since (a) we would save $ 5,000/year by filing to the IRS under a “joint return”, (b) we would avoid inheritance taxes and probate should I die, and (c) she gets spousal pension / Social Security benefits when I die. (4) I would challenge anyone claiming a fundamental right to state-codified marriage among gays to explain why incestuous marriage should be DISALLOWED if homosexual marriage is allowed. Certainly a father and a son cannot produce deformed children and my adopted daughter surely does not share my DNA – nor do many marriages produce children in any case…. – BONUS QUESTION – Why have gay men judging “beauty pageants” – that is as sensible as me choosing the next pope!

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