On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, in Annapolis, at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at American University, testified as requested.
At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?"
Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."
The room erupted with applause.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Friday, March 17, 2006
Interesting Personality Test
Well, as is usually the case, my friend Julie posted an online test on her blog and I had to run off and try it.
I actually really enjoyed the test, all 10 pages of it. This is the little color bar of my results:
There are definitely some aspects of this that were right on. It helps to read the Glossary of Traits so you are on the same page as the test when interpreting the graph. It's easy to fall back on preconceived definitions. In particular here is the definition for the Trait Authoritarianism - Your adherence to the social order and how much you favor obedience. This is not the same as an Authoritarianism in the political sense: describes a form of government characterized by strict obedience to the authority of the state, which often maintains and enforces social control through the use of oppressive measures.
You can read the full breakdown here.
And if you're interested, you can take the test yourself here.
I actually really enjoyed the test, all 10 pages of it. This is the little color bar of my results:
There are definitely some aspects of this that were right on. It helps to read the Glossary of Traits so you are on the same page as the test when interpreting the graph. It's easy to fall back on preconceived definitions. In particular here is the definition for the Trait Authoritarianism - Your adherence to the social order and how much you favor obedience. This is not the same as an Authoritarianism in the political sense: describes a form of government characterized by strict obedience to the authority of the state, which often maintains and enforces social control through the use of oppressive measures.
You can read the full breakdown here.
And if you're interested, you can take the test yourself here.
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