Subject: Spectator Editorial Column in Favor of the Marriage and Civil Union Ban Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:20:32 -0500 Message-ID: <BDD0A3EABE40F04A8C7200805EDE5A6A0488D5AC@PEPSI.uwec.edu> From: "Nowlan, Robert A." <RANOWLAN@uwec.edu>
In case you aren't already aware of it, today's issue of _The
Spectator_, published twice-weekly on the UWEC campus, and distributed
for free on campus and throughout the community, includes an editorial
column arguing in favor of the constitutional amendment for a marriage
and civil union ban in Wisconsin. Although it's not well-argued, as
it's grossly inaccurate and overtly, albeit unintentionally (?),
ignorant, bigoted, and even hypocritical, it is prominently featured and
does repeat what many (still far too many) do firmly believe. It will
be important to respond to this, and use its publication as an
opportunity to make a strong argument in the opposite direction, through
_The Spectator_. Although I know a number of faculty and staff
colleagues of mine don't read _The Spectator_ all that often, or all
that closely, and also tend to be routinely dismissive of its quality,
the paper is nonetheless still widely read by many, especially students,
at UWEC--as well as by quite a few other people, surprisingly or not,
beyond our campus. It would be a mistake to ignore the publication of
this editorial. And it would be a mistake as well to underestimate the
potential political power of inaccurate, ignorant, bigoted, and
hypocritical argumentation over controversial issues in the midst of a
close election season.
Bob Nowlan
Here's a link to the editorial in question:
Marriage amendment clarifies law
http://www.spectatornews.com/news/2006/09/11/Editorialopinion/Marriage.A
mendment.Clarifies.Law-2264796.shtml
<http://www.spectatornews.com/news/2006/09/11/Editorialopinion/Marriage.
Amendment.Clarifies.Law-2264796.shtml>