<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Robert George]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=15939Author <![CDATA[Bomber's Release Demands Answers]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Gay Marriage, Democracy & the Courts]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 We are in the midst of a showdown over the legal definition of marriage. Though some state courts have interfered, the battle is mainly being fought in referenda around the country, where “same-sex marriage” has uniformly been rejected, and in legislatures, where some states have adopted it. It’s a raucous battle, but democracy is working.

Now the fight may head to the U.S. Supreme Court. Following California’s Proposition 8, which restored the historic definition of marriage in that state as the union of husband and wife, a federal lawsuit has been filed to invalidate traditional marriage laws.

It would be disastrous for the justices to do so. They...]]> <![CDATA[Obama and His Pro-Life Apologists]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Note: Three months into President Obama’s first term, one of his most prominent pro-life opponents, Robert P. George, engaged in a debate with one of his most prominent pro-life supporters, Douglas W. Kmiec. The article below is adopted from George's remarks, which called for candid speech on Obama's abortion record.

One does not treat an interlocutor with respect if one refuses to speak plainly. Candor, far from being the enemy of civility, is one of its preconditions. And so I will speak candidly of the points where I, as someone dedicated to the principle that every member of the human family possesses profound, inherent, and equal dignity, find myself at...]]> <![CDATA[The Year of Living Scandalously]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600 VIEW SLIDESHOW

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December 20, 2008
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December 20, 2008

It was an historic moment in the nation's history - a year when old barriers fell.

It was a year when one word filled the air - change.

It was a year Democrats came to believe in the audacity of hope.

Or maybe just plain audacity.

One governor was caught with his pants (but not his socks) off, hooking up with an aspiring singer who preferred cash payments and called customers by their numbers. Another was...]]> <![CDATA[Obama and Infanticide]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Obama's Abortion Extremism]]> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 According to the standard argument for the distinction between these labels, nobody is pro-abortion. Everybody would prefer a world without abortions. After all, what woman would deliberately get pregnant just to have an abortion? But given the world as it is, sometimes women find themselves with unplanned pregnancies at times in their lives when having a baby would present significant problems for them. So even if abortion is not medically required, it should be permitted, made as widely available as possible and, when necessary, paid for with taxpayers' money.

The defect in this argument can easily be brought into focus if we shift to the moral question that vexed an...]]>