EM = 'Equal' Marriage = Delicious Doublespeak
EM = 'Equal' Marriage = Delicious Doublespeak
By Lisa Severine Nolland, PhD
ANGLICAN MAINSTREAM
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/
May 21st, 2013
This bill, which claims to be about 'equality', is actually anything but 'equal'. In fact, in a stroke of genius à la Orwell, terms are deployed to manipulate public opinion and ensure certain outcomes. The process is rushed and truncated, with those with other views ridiculed and marginalized. Winning is what counts. On closer inspection, however, the terms used mean either something rather different or the complete opposite. 'Equal' marriage is the one thing SSM is not.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Lisa Severine Nolland, PhD
ANGLICAN MAINSTREAM
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/
May 21st, 2013
This bill, which claims to be about 'equality', is actually anything but 'equal'. In fact, in a stroke of genius à la Orwell, terms are deployed to manipulate public opinion and ensure certain outcomes. The process is rushed and truncated, with those with other views ridiculed and marginalized. Winning is what counts. On closer inspection, however, the terms used mean either something rather different or the complete opposite. 'Equal' marriage is the one thing SSM is not.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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