Comments on: President Bush isn’t elite, and neither is Senator Kerry

By: lucia

lucia — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Previously, Maggie Gallagher, a white educated elite woman, compained that it was the “white educated elites” who were promoting gay marriage. She was criticized in this post, . Daniel Henry, who, based on his post, appears to be a black attorney, didn’t think he needed Maggie Gallagher to tell him what he think should about civil rights struggles.

The white SSM opponents seem to have dropped the “white and educated” out of their repetoire.

By: Trey

Trey — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

it always struck me as strange every time SSM opponents speak of the ‘white elite’ when nearly every one who spoke were part of that group.

By: Jake Squid

Jake Squid — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You seem to be missing the modern definition of “elite.” If I understand correctly, “elite” is a synonym for “liberal” or “progressive” or “left wing” or “immoral” or “communist” or “anti-American.”

Please stop using the outdated “definition” of “elite.”

Thank you,

The Common Folk

By: Aaron V.

Aaron V. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I saw most of the people lining up outside the Multnomah County Office Building in March for marriage licenses, and they struck me as, well, representative of Portland. Especially the lesbians in their Columbia Sportswear jackets.

When it comes to same-sex marriage, it shouldn’t matter what percentage of people oppose it, since it’s a constitutional right - I’m sure most people opposed interracial marriage and school desegregation when those decisions came down, but fundamental rights don’t subject themselves to referenda…

By: Julian Elson

Julian Elson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

One of the great rhetorical triumphs of the right has been to turn “élite” from meaning “Donald Trump” to meaning “some obscure deconstructionist English prof or government regulator.” It isn’t Sam Walton who’s a member of the elite! He’s just an American businessman, hands dirty in the real world, in the old traditions of American enterprise. No, it’s those meddling Washington bureaucrats who want to raise the minimum wage without working in the real world for a day in their lives! (the government, except the military, and academia are excluded from the “real world” right-speak.)

By: Raznor (posting from Dresden)

Raznor (posting from Dresden) — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

That’s Sean Hannity, not Hannerty. Good post though.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

One thing, Amp: the Institute is not, in fact, an anti-gay marriage think tank. While David and some of the scholars affiliated with the Institute oppose SSM, there are other folks at the Institute who support it. My understanding is that the Institute itself does not take an official stance, that actually, the Institute rarely takes sides on specific policy debates (I believe one noteworthy recent exception is the Institute’s support for the President’s Healthy Marriage Initiative). The Family Scholars blog is not meant to reflect any sort of Institute policy, really, but is a space for discussion; as I’m sure you’ve noticed David, Elizabeth and Mr. Sylvester don’t always agree on everything, including gay marriage.

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Point well taken, Sara. I’ve edited the post to correct the error.

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Oh, and thanks for the spellcheck, Raznor - I’ve corrected that too.

By: Raznor (still in Dresden)

Raznor (still in Dresden) — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Eh, I do what I can.

By: alsis38

alsis38 — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi. Nice site. I just stopped by to plug my brand-new book. It’s called “How To Be Part of the Elite On Only 25K A Year Before Taxes.” I know you’ll all love it. Kisses.

P.S.– Don’t take Wellbutrin. It sent me to the Emergency Room with horrific splitting headaches and several other unpleasant symptoms unsuitable for discussion on such a wholesome, un-elite, family values-type blog.

Thank You, and have a great Halloween. :p