Matthew Franck teaches in the Political Science department at Radford University, and is also the author of two books on the Supreme Court: Hopeful advocates of same-sex marriage should be disappointed in the president’s political cowardice. Opponents should be disgusted with his partisan legal tactics, but take heart from the fact that Mr. Obama is […]

“It is more likely that Obama’s long-professed opposition to same-sex marriage was a political deception. His behavior indicates that he was never committed to defending marriage. But he wants to run for reelection. So he’s resolved that dilemma by punting the issue to the courts.” (source)

Noted scholar Gerard V. Bradley, Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, a think tank on the campus of Stanford University, writes that “President Obama has dropped the defense of marriage out of political convenience rather than reasonable opposition.” [Continue reading]

Andrew does his typical thing, responding to Maggie Gallagher’s Fox News interview by accusing her of bad faith: “lies and propaganda.”