30 Years of China's One Child Policy - 20 Months of Prop 8

Two items that may be of interest to readers of this blog were posted today at my namesake blog.

Hannah Beech wrote in Time about the effects of China's "one child" policy, which has been in place for thirty years.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimates that by 2020 there will be at least 24 million "bare branches" - men destined to stay single because there are not enough wives to go around. As more of those boys become bachelors, China risks all sorts of social plagues - from criminal gangs to greater trafficking in women.

So what's the solution going to be? Guys taking foreign wives or leaving China? Polyandry? Killing off some of the men?

Read more.

Also, California's Proposition 8 was approved by voters over 20 months ago and immediately enacted. And what has happened?

And gosh, despite the dire warnings of the marriage neutering advocates, it is still illegal to discriminate in housing and employment based on sexual orientation (or race, ethnicity, etc.); it is still illegal to stalk or assault people who identify as gay or engage in homosexual behavior; it is still illegal to vandalize their property. There have been no reports of Mormons breaking into the homes of same-sex couples. There are no separate drinking fountains, no internment camps. Same-sex couples can still live together, have ceremonies, and get domestic partnerships. There is no effort gaining any traction to change these things. California has not been destroyed by natural disasters.