LOTS OF GOOD STUFF AT THE FAMILY SCHOLARS BLOG.

Just go there and scroll.

Highlights reel: Tom Sylvester: "If legalizing same-sex marriage precluded people from arguing that children need mothers and fathers, I'd oppose it, too. But legalizing same-sex marriage doesn't take away free speech. It doesn't require us to burn the thousands of pages of research that indicate that kids benefit from growing up with their own mothers and fathers."

More Tom: "Earlier this year, my constitutional law professor suggested at the end of one class that perhaps all marriage laws violate the separation of church and state. At his office hours, I made the case that there is clearly a rational, purely secular argument for the state's interest in marriage: stability and the well-being of children. He then agreed and admitted that he went too far. Obviously, he didn't retract his earlier position because of any unique argument on my part--it's just that he didn't think about the institution of marriage beyond legal disputes over religious freedom and equal protection. This view of marriage as little more than a narrow legal category (and one that's probably improperly religious, too) is far too common in law schools today."

David Blankenhorn on "our marriage laws impose religion": "Let's follow the logic. The marriage amendment would violate church-state separation by imposing a particular religious view of marriage. Since that view is also the exact view of all current marriage law in the nation, it must be true that those laws, too, violate the constitution. Meanwhile, some religions favor same-sex marriage. Some people want to change current law in favor of new laws that legalize SSM. This change, in the view of the author of this article, would be a very good thing. That is, it would be a very good thing to replace one 'religious' view of marriage (and 'religious' definitions of marriage, remember, violate the constitution) with ... another 'religious' view of marriage. Does that clear everything up?"
posted by Eve at 9:42 AM VOTE

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