And writers who don’t know about sports should probably avoid sports metaphors.  But like the belligerent bitch feminist of the “you so ugly” variety, I’ll push on like I have a right. 

The LA Times has asked me back to Dust-Up to write all week about Governor Palin and the death knell of the common sense definition of what a feminist is.  (Much of the mainstream media appears to think a feminist is any woman who have ever been paid to do work.  This is in contrast to what feminists think a feminist is, as well as the dictionary, which is someone—-male or female—-who supports women’s full equality.)  Last time, they put me up against Katha Pollitt, which meant two things: 1) I was outclassed* and 2) we agreed a lot. It was nice, but this time, it looks more like fireworks, because I’m up against Katherine Mangu-Ward, a libertarian and an editor for Reason.

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Perhaps the worst thing that Chris Matthews has done to the media is to give everyone the idea that the point of political reporting is to find an analogy, any analogy, for whatever you’re talking about - no matter how forced or pointless.

[UPDATE: I have added the NY news that Gov. Paterson has instructed all state agencies to recognize all out-of-state same sex marriages. It’s below the fold. ]

I’m serious—if this is the best foot the opponents of marriage equality can put forward, they are going nowhere fast. The flailing of this guest on The O’Reilly Factor, as they discuss the ruling in California is incredible. Billo actually rakes this loser over the coals for the poor anti-marriage equality argument presented.

Via the BradBlog:

OREILLY: “You’ve got to go beyond religion if you want to win the fight against gay marriage. You’ve got to go into a reason why this is not good for the state of California. Now what would that reason be?”

Family Law Attorney Don Schweitzer seem to get a handle on what eats at him about marriage equality (he even doesn’t bother with articulating the whole penis-in-vagina dealie), but O’Reilly actually pushes at Schweitzer to come up with something that isn’t insane. The dude just can’t come up with anything other than the “definition” of the word is in jeopardy. It’s hilarious.

SCHWEITZER (on why it’s bad): “It’s like summer and winter…it’s two different things.”

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NY Gov: agencies must recognize all out-of-state same sex marriages

A giant step forward, courtesy of Empire State Governor David Paterson. He has instruct state agencies to fully recognize legal same sex unions from elsewhere based on the Feb. 1 ruling that New York must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other countries (I blogged that here).  More below the fold.

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