In the middle of the Clinton era, the public's view of gay marriage was clear. As he began his second term, same-sex marriage met with the approval of only 27% of the population. Today, that number stands at 42%.Wait, I thought it a majority supported marriage neutering, according to earlier poll dancing.
In the last year, gay marriage advocates have rolled out ads that emphasize love, partnership and care, which Third Way researchers partially credit for an uptick in support.
All of which are possible without a state marriage license.
Gotta love how the Los Angeles Times and other media cover this matter with bias. I also love how recognizing that marriage unites the sexes - which has been the core of marriage for all of human history - is somehow anti-gay. Then the lesbians I know who believe the same thing are anti-gay? Every great moral and civil rights leader in history understood marriage as something uniting the sexes.
Momentum is on the side of the marriage neutering crowd, we're told. And yet most states have recently passed laws or constitutional amendments reaffirming the bride+groom core. Aside from the economy being at the forefront of the public discussion, this is a reason why marriage defense isn't as big of an issue now; most states have already voted on it. "But the polls!" Yeah, well, the polls count support for domestic partnerships as support for neutering marriage. Most people do not support the neutering of marriage; even more so when they understand the possible consequences. And yeah, younger people have been bamboozled by the activists. But guess what? Younger people get older. And when they get married and have their own kids, they will see the difference between a brideless or a groomless pairing and marriage.
You bring up the point of one of the more insidious arguments of those who press for same sex marriage. It's the "inevitability" argument that plays on peoples' natural apathy. As a historian, I find that nothing is "inevitable," least of all the success of neutered marriage. It might become "legal" but it can never succeed precisely because it is a farce of the institution of marriage.
ReplyDeleteIf it ever truley passes and becomes the law of the it will fail socialy because of its own internal contradictions.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I will write another post detailing that the "inevitability" argument is really an old Marxist noustrum called "histroricism" thats the real way to understand how the left thinks and why it spreads.
If it ever truley passes and becomes the law of the it will fail socialy because of its own internal contradictions.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I will write another post detailing that the "inevitability" argument is really an old Marxist noustrum called "histroricism" thats the real way to understand how the left thinks and why it spreads.
Yup, definitely no momentum at all.
ReplyDeleteYup,definitely no momentum at all.
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