It took me only a few months to size up Andrew Sullivan. The man has a Ph.D. degree from Harvard University, but he prefers to manipulate rather than persuade. What a waste! He is the Brian Leiter of the right: a raw, quivering emotion, with no intellectual discipline and no sense of either epistemic or social responsibility. And why, exactly, is Sullivan of the right? No conservative can support homosexual "marriage," for marriage is a bedrock social institution. Should we demolish the Notre Dame Cathedral and try to do better? What hubris! Everything changed for Sullivan when President Bush came out in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Before that, Sullivan loved him. After that, Sullivan hated him. Sullivan is many things, but he is first and foremost a homosexual. How sad, to define oneself in terms of one's sexual proclivities. I'm glad to see that Hugh Hewitt, whom I admire, has come around. See here.
Hewitt on Sullivan
Posted at 8:43 PM CT on Friday, 4 August 2006
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James R. Ament (mail) (www):"How sad, to define oneself in terms of one's sexual proclivities." Oh, yes... as if such matters prescribed one's personhood. I used to find Sullivan entertaining but it got old fast. I now read Christopher Hitchens for entertainment and stimulation... not sure how long that will last.
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