Legal Decay Follows Cultural Decay in Marriage
Alliance Defense Fund has highlighted an article by Jeffrey Rosen articulating why he thinks same-sex marriage laws will eventually change.
Alliance Defense Fund has highlighted an article by Jeffrey Rosen articulating why he thinks same-sex marriage laws will eventually change.
A recent column by Angela Morabito in the College Conservative asserted that it is possible to support “marriage equality”—allowing same-sex couples to marry—without supporting same-sex marriage. This assertion was made on the grounds that Americans should be able to give people liberty without supporting what they do with that liberty.
We propose that the author’s arguments, however, are shortsighted for one reason: There is a proper role for government in society, and defining marriage falls right into the middle of it.
“Two Democrats running for congressional office in Arkansas say they supported gay marriage long before President Barack Obama endorsed the idea last week. But most of the Democrats seeking U.S. House seats in the state say the president’s position isn’t changing their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman,” reports the Little River News.