John Kirkwood at ClashDaily.com He covers the disingenuous tactics used by folks ranging from pro-change-the-definition zealots to ho-humlive-and-let-live types to Christians who don't want to be labeled bigots. Several razor-sharp zingers here.
Claire Spark on the nuanced considerations that aren't getting an airing in the way this culture battle is framed.
Mona Charen at NRO. She succinctly lists the five main reasons why conservatives are losing this battle:
Champions of same-sex marriage are carrying the day for a number of reasons. (1) The advocacy embedded in popular entertainment such as Modern Family andBrokeback Mountain has been funny, touching, and disarming. (2) Proponents of same-sex marriage appear to be asking for simple justice. (3) Americans would rather stick pins in their eyes than willingly hurt anyone’s feelings. (4) Proponents seem to be embracing the conservative value of marriage.Beyond all of those factors, though, the most potent argument in the SSM quiver is the race analogy. During oral argument at the Supreme Court, advocates argued (as they have elsewhere) that impairing the right of homosexuals to marry is analogous to proscribing interracial marriage. If that’s true, it’s game, set, and match. If SSM is like interracial marriage, then the only possible motive for opposing it is bigotry.
I'm fairly confident I'll run across more such essays worthy of adding to this roundup as the day unfolds. Check back.
Well, there is always the oh well humorous approach, such as a talk show host's statement that it is beginning to appear that the only opponents of gay marriage will be gay married men.
ReplyDeleteIn great humor there is always a kernel of truth.
ReplyDeleteThe interracial argument falls short when looked at from an anatomical point of view. A man and a woman, regardless of race, fit together, and two men or two women of any color don't.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Tenth-grade geometry will tell you that.
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