“The modern world has seen many revolutions, from the French Revolution to the Russian, but the bloodiest of all of them has been the sexual revolution” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 141).
Counter-Intuitive
“The worst thing about pragmatic accommodations is that they don’t work, and the best thing about principled lost-cause stands is that they do” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 139).
Or So It Would Seem
“Call me old fashioned, but I still maintain there is a critical difference between climbing out of stupid and climbing into it” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 139).
Oh, We Didn’t Mean Our Morality . . .
“If we can’t impose a particular morality on people who don’t share that morality, then why did you impose your morality on the bigoted restaurant owner? This is not a difficult question to understand, and I am willing to wait for an answer” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 137).
The Headwaters of Our Confusion
“Because we tried to eliminate the sin of racial prejudice in public spaces without grasping that central distinction [between a sin and a crime], we have ended up mandating the commission of sin in public spaces. Essaying to stamp out one sin, we have made another sin, one that is far worse than racial prejudice, …
Back When We Could Carry a Tune
“It is now avant-garde jazz played with the fists, but America used to play its songs in C Major” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 134).
Or Mayo
“So, for the present, now that we are no longer in the grip of ‘anti-gay h8,’ water is commanded to flow uphill, by order of the Supreme Court, and triangles must have four sides, by order of Congress. On top of that, the president has recently signed an executive order determining that ham and cheese …
Meum & Tuum
“We . . . live in a time when the social justice gimme, gimme graspers have a poorer understanding of property rights than a dog with a chew toy does” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 129).
Dialing Way Back
“Because there is absolutely no way to get in with the cool kids so long as you remain in any way in clear opposition to the sexual revolution, they have begun the process of dialing everything way back” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 128).
Veterans or Deserters
“When it comes to the culture wars, distinguish between those who are tired from being on the right side, and those who are tired of being on the right side” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 126).