When it comes to questions of marriage, reason and religion seem polar opposites. Same-sex “marriage” (SSM) proponents like to posture their opposition as motivated only by religion. They have good strategic reasons to do that. If the reasons to oppose to SSM are purely religious, then as the First Amendment is currently being interpreted, lawmakers …
Series: SSM, Reason, and Religion
I am continuing my extended answer to the charge, “there are no non-religious reasons to oppose same-sex marriage.” The following comes from a two–part tour de force by Anthony Esolen in Touchstone Magazine in 2010. I wish I could direct all of you to the original articles, but they are available only to subscribers. It’s …
President Obama declared his affirmation of same-sex “marriage” yesterday. His opinion changes nothing except the legal and political environment. More specifically, it has no effect on what marriage actually is, because the meaning of marriage is not up to anyone to decide—not even the President. What I mean is that marriage has its own enduring …
I expect that this, the final post in this series, may also be the most controversial. In these articles I’ve been trying to do two things: Demonstrate that there are non-religious reasons to reject same-sex “marriage,” and Answer the question, “If rejecting SSM isn’t all about religion, then why are SSM’s opponents so overwhelmingly members …