IS THIS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY? Mark Barton replies to David Barnes

David Barnes makes me realize I have been unclear. When I said, "There are three main camps in this debate," I intended, and should have said, the gay rights debate in general. And I agree there is no necessary connection between my categories "liberal" and "libertarian" and views on
SSM in particular. On the other hand, based on talking to a lot of people about the issue, I continue to think that there is a significant correlation, and that the discrepancy between polls on gay rights generally and SSM generally is mostly due to the split that I
identified among the "libertarians." I'm sure there are some "liberals" with respect to gay relationships who oppose SSM for the sorts of reasons that Maggie and Eve put forth, but I continue to doubt it's common. My impression is that across the debate as a whole, most "liberal" arguments against SSM are actually being put by people who are merely trying to argue from a
"liberal" point of view for (legitimate) tactical reasons (to better convince liberals).
posted by Eve at 6:06 PM VOTE

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