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I haven’t blogged about anything in too long a time, I suppose. I was reading a story today that I thought I would share; it’s about the importance of family, and how powerful an effect reminding others of it can have. I’ll be quoting the story here. The setting is that several years ago, Craig … Read more
What is Marriage Part Eight, A Cruel Bargain? Part Seven This is part 8 of 8 of my series on marriage, based on Girgis’ What is Marriage? Marriage is a comprehensive union. The state has excellent reasons to recognize it and enact the correct view of it. These reasons are not rooted in some obscure … Read more
What is Marriage Part Seven, Justice and Equality Part Six Part Eight Revisionists raise objections to the conjugal view: that it is inconsistent in recognizing infertile marriages, and at odds with the principle of equal access to marriage. Here I’ll show that both objections fail. First, infertility. … Read more
What is Marriage Part Six, Threatening Moral and Religious Freedom Part 5 Part 7 The harms of redefining civil marriage would extend beyond the couple and their children, to include anyone who holds the conjugal view. Americans are not particularly patient with those we think are … Read more
What is Marriage Part Five, What’s the Harm? Part Four Part Six So, then, what is the harm? To pick up right where we left off, as a revisionist might put it, “how would gay marriage affect your lives, liberties, or opportunities, or your own marriages?” … Read more