While the public debate surrounding homosexual marriage rights rages in California, Washington D.C., and even here at Vanderbilt, Unitarian clergy are being shuffled off for booking in New York for marrying gay couples while mayors and county clerks in other cities grant marriage licenses without fear of pilice reprisal.
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For the largest third party in America, the Libertarian Party never quite manages to make it to the big time. To say that the Libertarians generally fail to make an impressive showing would be a vast understatement, but why exactly has a party which is built around people who agree on a clear, consistent set of driving principles failed to garner more than a few thousand votes in its three-decade history? The answer lies partly in the politics of the party and partly in the American electorate.
Our blog has moved to its new home and taken on a good, solid, sturdy name: Vandy Right. We look forward to offering a whole lot more content in the New Year!For almost a year, we've been pussyfooting around with moving over to WordPress, and finally, Christmas break 2008 has afforded me the opportunity to do so. So, here we are now, at Vandy Right. With this post, we formally bid auf wiedersehen to Right-Wing Vitriol, the fine title we operated under for almost a year, in favor of something a little more sturdy and traditional. We are, after all, conservatives.
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