For folks who are interested (and, admittedly, so I don’t lose the links), here are a handful of other responses to Robert George’s argument on same-sex marriage that can be read for free on the interwebs. (There were a couple of law journal articles I wanted to read, but that aren’t available online — I so miss having lexis/nexis access!) Most of these responses were written before “What Is Marriage” came out; but George and his various co-writers has been making essentially the same argument for many years (haven’t we all been!), so older rebuttals are still relevant.
The most comprehensive response I read was from Andrew Koppelman, whose response is split among several different pieces, the first two quite long, the last two quite short: “The Decline And Fall Of The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage” (pdf link), “Careful With That Gun,” “Koppelman vs George on Same-Sex Marriage,” and “What Marriage Isn’t.”
A response from almost exactly a year ago by Andrew Sullivan.
Kenji Yoshimo responds in Slate.
“Robert George’s Reality,” by John Corvino.
“Polygamy and Principles: A Reply to George,” also by Corvino.
The final three paragraphs of “New Attacks on Gay Marriage,” by Paul Varnell.
“George vs. Rauch on polygamy (Round 2)” by Dale Carpenter.
“Some practical differences between same-sex and multiple-partner marriages,” by David Link.
