Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

Elizabeth Marquardt, of the Family Scholars Blog, responds to two posts of mine, here and here. I’ll respond in turn to at least one of these sometime later this week..

A few weeks ago on MarraigeMovement.org – a blog owned by The Institute for American Values – David Blankenhorn wrote: What about the idea that marriage, by bringing together into enduring sexual union the male and female of the species, … Continue reading →

(You know, any reader who isn’t interested in the same-sex marriage debate is probably going to be driven off my blog this week. Sorry, folks.) (Please note, as you read this post, that I am not accusing Elizabeth of being … Continue reading →

In the comments to an earlier post, an Alas reader asks, in essence, what is the purpose of marriage? In my opinion, the purpose of marriage is to allow people to form new families, and to have our new families … Continue reading →

Although opponents of equal rights for gays claim to be concerned with the best environment for raising children, their policy goals in practice only harm children. There is no legitimate evidence that children are harmed by being raised in a … Continue reading →

Over on the MarriageDebate blog, Eve writes: WHAT DO THE STUDIES SAY ABOUT SAME-SEX PARENTING? Hey, look, you can get a nice review of literature here. However, the link Eve provides is to an anti-gay-equality site, which – surprise, surprise … Continue reading →

Here’s the best passage from an otherwise forgettable Jonah Goldberg column on same-sex marriage: Until now, the White House has largely taken a do-nothing policy toward gay marriage and a moderately pro-gay stance – by conservative standards – in other … Continue reading →

Over on the Family Scholars Blog, David Blankenhorn “can’t let go of Katha Pollitt’s argument” for same-sex marriage. Like many same-sex marriage adovcates, Pollitt argues that we don’t require straights to be able to reproduce in order to have legal … Continue reading →

It’s not a huge surprise, but a Pew Research Center poll on gay marriage shows that opponants of same-sex marriage are motivated far more by religion than by a desire to protect children. (In contrast, the conservative intelligentsia tend to … Continue reading →

In the comments to one of Amp’s posts there seems to be a bit of polite back and forth between some of the liberal and libertarian Alas readers. I have to say, I’ll probably disagree with libertarians to the bitter … Continue reading →