Women and Children First: Why "Gay" Marriage Bad For Kids
Eve Tushnet manages to articulate in the nexus between the value of family and the value that a society places on marriage. At the end of the day women and children need to come first.
"The same-sex marriage debate has focused on the question of what marriage is. But perhaps it’s better to begin from a different angle: Why does society give marriage special honor?
Because it's this honor that activists are really seeking. If homosexual couples could cobble together all the bureaucratic oddities and benefits (and penalties) that attend marriage but the law still refused to call their unions "marriages," no one can pretend the activists would be satisfied. ...
And finally, unlike easy divorce, same-sex marriage would change the fundamental ideal of marriage. Even the most ardent defenders of divorce today view it as a necessary evil, a response to the tragedy of marriage failure. Same-sex marriage, by contrast, would say that the ideal marriage is gender neutral -- not a way for boys to become men by marrying and pledging to care for women. It would say that the ideal marriage includes children only when they have been specially planned and chosen -- children would become optional extras rather than the natural fruit and symbol of the spouses' union. It would say that the ideal family need not include a father -- a message that is especially pernicious in a country where one-third of births in 2000 were to unwed mothers."
"The same-sex marriage debate has focused on the question of what marriage is. But perhaps it’s better to begin from a different angle: Why does society give marriage special honor?
Because it's this honor that activists are really seeking. If homosexual couples could cobble together all the bureaucratic oddities and benefits (and penalties) that attend marriage but the law still refused to call their unions "marriages," no one can pretend the activists would be satisfied. ...
And finally, unlike easy divorce, same-sex marriage would change the fundamental ideal of marriage. Even the most ardent defenders of divorce today view it as a necessary evil, a response to the tragedy of marriage failure. Same-sex marriage, by contrast, would say that the ideal marriage is gender neutral -- not a way for boys to become men by marrying and pledging to care for women. It would say that the ideal marriage includes children only when they have been specially planned and chosen -- children would become optional extras rather than the natural fruit and symbol of the spouses' union. It would say that the ideal family need not include a father -- a message that is especially pernicious in a country where one-third of births in 2000 were to unwed mothers."
Posted by elvisnixon.com at 4/10/2010 10:45 AM 
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Categories: obama, politics, culture
Tags: marriage institute marriage public policy.imapp gay nambla easy divorce cal 8 senator leno intolerance harmful gays havey milk leno hate ab 2363 ellen degenerate hate dirkhising hate crime liberal legislators cfc proposition eight nambla sen leno stupidity child abuse gays nambla gay marriage children homosexual rape dirkhising senator leno hate prop 8 family gay pederasts barney frank proposition 8 civil marriage gay rape nambla pederasts sb 906 assault jesse dirkhising gays single parent california 8 californiafamily cal democrats liberals no fault divorce single moms jesse dirkhising selfish gays preist pedophiles matthew shepard dirkhising mendoza hate prop eight nambla dirkhising california senate bill 906 childrens rights leno d sf selfish homosexuals eve tushnet california family council ellen rosie o donnell
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