By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--April 2, 2013
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“Men and women are inherently different, but blacks and whites (and yellows and browns) are inherently the same. Therefore, any imposed separation by race can never be moral or even rational; on the other hand, separation by sex can be both morally desirable and rational. Separate bathrooms for men and women is moral and rational; separate bathrooms for blacks and whites is not.”Had Obeidallah taken a bit of time to find opposing views to his chorus of co-hosts that lean left on the issue he may have found this argument of interest. But since Obeidallah and CNN didn’t invite conservative voices onto the new podcast these ideas were excluded from the discussion. Oddly, Obeidallah tried to have it both ways on the question saying that being against gay marriage is certainly bigoted, but that those that are against the policy aren’t bigoted “today.” “If someone is against marriage equality now, they’re still a bigot, but with an asterisk. They’re not a bigot today. Today they have time, there’s still a window where you can evolve and not be a bigot,” Obeidallah said. So if you are for protecting marriage and the family today, you “have time” to “evolve” toward agreement with Obeidallah before he’s ready to call you a bigot outright. But if you don’t agree with his ideas about the world, you are a bigot regardless. There’s an argument that invites persuasion. During the rest of the podcast, Obeidallah attacked U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann–calling her stupid–and wondered why “political zombies” such as Republican Mark Sandford are now allowed to come back for another try at office even after “killing” their career with scandals.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.