This is the blog for History 128, Claremont McKenna College, spring 2015. It is open only to students enrolled in the class. Please use this blog to post articles and links related to the themes of the course. You can also post comments or questions on our readings, reflections on outside events that you attend, and notices of upcoming events of interest to the class. To generate discussion, please also read and comment on other postings. Check back regularly for updates!
"Scalia meant something different -- and his levity serves to underscore why, for supporters of gay marriage, the protester in the courtroom actually performed a great if unintended favor."
This struck me in context of our discussions about the anti-gay movement's shift away from blatant anti-gay animus to more subtle arguments about the family and "religious freedom." The fact that this moment was not validated, but rather turned into one of levity, and even ridicule of the protester by Scalia of all people illustrates the extend to which the protester's position no longer holds the same water it did twenty years ago...
"Scalia meant something different -- and his levity serves to underscore why, for supporters of gay marriage, the protester in the courtroom actually performed a great if unintended favor."
ReplyDeleteThis struck me in context of our discussions about the anti-gay movement's shift away from blatant anti-gay animus to more subtle arguments about the family and "religious freedom." The fact that this moment was not validated, but rather turned into one of levity, and even ridicule of the protester by Scalia of all people illustrates the extend to which the protester's position no longer holds the same water it did twenty years ago...