Love is in the air - and crosshairs. Today, Brooke and Jake take a dive into the mailbag, and then discuss Dobson's hateful and unhinged 2004 book "Marriage Under Fire". It's bad, y'all. It is bigoted, dumb, and full of a surprising amount of WWII references for some reason. To quote Lana Ja'Rae, at this point all you can do is laugh.
References:
Canada Bill C-16 (2016): https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/c-16/royal-assent
Canada Bill C-250 (2004): https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/37-3/bill/C-250/royal-assent
Etymology of Homophobia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia#Etymology
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/19-123
Lawrence v. Texas: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2002/02-102
LGBT Adoption Laws in the US: https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/foster_and_adoption_laws
Matthew Shephard Foundation: https://www.matthewshepard.org/
Norway & the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index: https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/norway/
Norway's parental benefits: https://www.norden.org/en/info-norden/parental-benefit-and-parental-leave-norway
Obergefell v. Hodges: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-556
Sheerin, J. (2018). Matthew Shephard: The murder that changed America. BBC.com. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45968606
Yurcaba & Sopelsa (2025): Lawmakers in 9 states propose measures to undermine same-sex marriage rights. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/lawmakers-9-states-propose-measures-undermine-sex-marriage-rights-rcna193743
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