Take care,

Neerav

But worse for would be supporters of same sex-marriage and opponents of school choice.

Let’s see. Opponents of same-sex marriage argue that denying marriage rights isn’t discrimination because a gay man is entitled to marry any woman of his choice – the exact same right that a straight man has. Construed technically there is no discrimination here.

The logical reply is that they gay man does not want the right to marry a woman, but instead the right to marry the person of his choice – the person that he loves.

Well let’s go to the public school system. A low-income parent in Washington D.C., has the same rights as a wealthy parent in D.C. to send their kids to one of D.C.’s awful public schools – however, the wealthy parent doesn’t want this right, so he or she bypasses it and moves into a wealthy community in Bethesda or puts the child in a private school. Both parents had the same *right* given by the state, but no one could argue that the de facto impact was to provide something less attractive an rather worthless (a crappy education) to the poor family.

School choice is less marriage and more divorce. You want to take shots at progressives for not embraching school choice and charter schools. What you fail to understand is that the majority of Americans want to see their public schools repaired not scrapped. They may check out the cute little blonde in the corner (what’s happening now charter school), but at the end of the day most choose to head home and make their marriage work. This is consistent with their values.

Speaking of values– charter schools make neat idea factories for disgruntled Gen Xers, but they make for horrible football teams. You should spend less time thinking about gay marriage and more time reflecting on football–the real secret to school reform.