Bulletheads Against Bush - Lots of press this past week for the good geeks at the American Anthropology Association, who took on the president's claim that monogamous straight marriage is the cornerstone of civilization. The board of the group issued a formal statement disputing that point, and they also had an op-ed in the WaPo. The Washington Blade also had an in-depth article.

Yeah, yeah, I realize these folks stand little chance of actually moving the policy debate on the FMA. But for those of us with a brain, it is interesting to learn about how recent a development the non-arranged, love-based marriage really is - basically only arising after the Industrial Revolution. And frankly, extending that concept to same-sex couples is precisely consistent with the direction marriage has been moving in those last 200 years. So spare me the anachronistic projections of 1950s life into ancient biblical times, W.