THE FUTURE OF GAY MARRIAGE: Maggie Gallagher

From my syndicated column, here:

Human beings are free to adopt self-destructive ideas, but we are not free to make them work. Many good things, from a culture of civility to minority rights to greater respect for the unique contributions of women, may be rescued from the self-destructive impulses of--what shall we call this beast, postmodern secularism? Meanwhile every tribe or group that adopts its sex code, from Europe to mainline Protestanism, is dwindling

The future belongs to those people and culture that deeply commit to ideas grounded in human nature: Men and women are not interchangeable units, sex has a meaning beyond immediate pleasure, society needs babies, children need mothers and fathers, marriage is a word for the way we join men and women to make the future happen.

posted by maggie at 8:57 AM VOTE

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