Liberals and conservatives can agree to oppose gay marriage? (updated)
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Fri, 01/18/2008 - 9:19pm
Absolutely! No, this is not a trick.
I propose that "gay marriage" only merits strength from a subjective appeal, but when it comes down to examining the facts and socio-political context of such a proposal in our society, we find both sides actually agree to other alternatives outside of gay marriage.
This first essay on this is written by Charles Johnson, a thinking anarchist (yep, they do exist). His stance is that the "marriage" portion in "Gay marriage" is something of a cultural ball and chain (if you'll pardon the pun), left over from a patriarchal-religious tradition that we need to shake off entirely. Truly a fascinating article, as I found the writer to be refreshingly honest about his intentions as a leftist.
The other article is written by David Usher, who brilliantly makes the case for both the social conservative and the constitutionalist without playing the "God says so" card!
NOTE: As of 6/17, updated addendums to this can be found here and here.
So in the end, this isn't as difficult an issue as some would like you to believe.
As always, you're welcome to discuss. I'll pop in and out from time to time and promise to keep the content of the thread based on one or the other link.
-PJ
I propose that "gay marriage" only merits strength from a subjective appeal, but when it comes down to examining the facts and socio-political context of such a proposal in our society, we find both sides actually agree to other alternatives outside of gay marriage.
This first essay on this is written by Charles Johnson, a thinking anarchist (yep, they do exist). His stance is that the "marriage" portion in "Gay marriage" is something of a cultural ball and chain (if you'll pardon the pun), left over from a patriarchal-religious tradition that we need to shake off entirely. Truly a fascinating article, as I found the writer to be refreshingly honest about his intentions as a leftist.
The other article is written by David Usher, who brilliantly makes the case for both the social conservative and the constitutionalist without playing the "God says so" card!
NOTE: As of 6/17, updated addendums to this can be found here and here.
So in the end, this isn't as difficult an issue as some would like you to believe.
As always, you're welcome to discuss. I'll pop in and out from time to time and promise to keep the content of the thread based on one or the other link.
-PJ
