ARE YOU A BIGOT?: Mark Miller replies to Maggie Gallagher

Of course, there are some same-sex marriage advocates who resort to simplifying the issue by referring to all foes as 'bigots'.

But the comments in your article are not much different when it comes to fairness or understanding of the real issue.

The debate is not about whether there is a difference between the sexes, in terms of 'intimacy' and raising children. Of course there are. The debate is whether those differences are relevant. There are numerous analogies:

Children are better off being raised by two opposite-sex parents. Right? Then why not legally prevent (or at least discourage) any other result? There are cases where a single parent is left to raise children. Do you feel that the government should take those children away and give them to a married couple? If not, then your argument that 'children should live with mothers and fathers' is not very consistent. It seems to appear only when 'gays' are involved.

The law currently recognizes children of single parents as a form of 'family'. Do you support changing that? If not, why not? Because if you do not, that is more evidence of the arbitrary use of the 'mothers and fathers' argument.

I know the drill--if gay relationships, which are biologically prevented from creating offspring, are legitimized then that will further lead to world where marriage and procreation are not linked--and therefore, illegitimacy rates will increase. But, in addition to not seeing a causal relationship between gay relationships and illegitimacy (as opposed to the obvious relationship between divorce and illegitimacy), I have not seen any statistical proof of this fear. The illegitimacy rate has been increasing despite any legitimacy of gay relationships in this country.

While it is true that many same-sex advocates use the 'b-word' unfairly, your commentary, which seems to suggest that anyone who supports the legitimization of same-sex relationships must have been raised by wolves, is every bit as simplistic, exaggerated and wholly unfair.
posted by Eve at 9:54 AM VOTE

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