A blogger who falls through the cracks -- but shouldn't

I have my usual daily regimen of blog reading, but there are several bloggers who fall through the cracks because I just don't have the time to get to everything I want to read (or I forget). One is Mark D. Roberts, who has more wisdom in his little toe than I'll ever have, total.

Another is Joe Carter at Evangelical Outpost. He wrote a great piece last month about the debate over civil unions in Colorado, which includes a proposal endorsed by James Dobson that would create reciprocal-beneficiary contracts and streamline arrangements which are already allowed under Colorado law:

Some conservatives and libertarians may see no need for the government to expand the definition of civil unions in any manner. But the political reality is that the change is inevitable. The issue is no longer when civil unions will be recognized but what form they will take. (The Colorado bill is competing with a domestic partnership proposal from Democratic lawmakers.) By desexualizing the issue we preserve the government’s purpose (a social institution that brings stability to our society) without endorsing behavior that many of us consider immoral.

And then a couple of days ago, he had a funny, insightful (even if mostly obvious) response to a man who couldn't decide between his "soul mate" (who was married to another man) and his fiancé (of whom he says, "I love her but I don't necessarily feel 'in love' with her"). The best quote comes near the end:

The key to choosing who to love is to narrow the circle of choices down until you find the right one. A good place to start is by excluding married women. You don't get involved with another man's wife for the same reason you don't buy underwear at Goodwill – such an intimate relationship was never meant to be passed on to another man.

He ends with this wise observation:

If the married woman is your “soul mate” and she stays with her husband, then you are out of luck. If she leaves her husband to be with you, then she can't be trusted to be faithful. Either way, everyone loses. As for your fiancé, if you love her you should cut the girl loose and let her go find her own “soul mate” who, hopefully, will also be a Manly Man.

I gotta find the time to read Joe more often.