![]() In many ways, this parallels the current divide in our country over the ability for homosexuals to marry. It is somewhat ironic, then, that I have seen Lincoln quoted today by both proponents and critics of gay marriage. ![]() ![]() The country was in a state of increasing turmoil over the issue of slavery, with people deeply divided by strongly held convictions. These lines come from a speech Lincoln gave on September 16 & 17 in Kansas & Ohio, during his first presidential campaign. And it has the added virtue of being correctly attributed to our 16th president, unlike so many other Abraham Lincoln “quotes”. I happen to applaud and agree with this quote. One meme in particular stuck out to me today, posted to the Facebook page of Congressman Jim Bridenstine (R-OK): Along with the plethora of opinions (of which everyone has one, though I’ll be keeping mine to myself for the time being) have come the predictable quote memes on the Facebook news feeds, thanks to our collective love of appealing to authority. Many words have been spilled about today’s SCOTUS ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act.
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