Stanley Kurtz has written a clever (and thorough) article about gay marriage. We're all tired of hearing about it, but the debate is probably just heating up. Excerpt:
The traditional family is losing its monopoly, as new forms of living, like parents without a formal marriage, single parents, and same-sex partnerships, appear and spread. It would be a reactionary mistake to attempt to recuperate the old notion of family, which is just not a picture of reality anymore.
. . . Gay marriage undermines marriage. You see, it turns out that this decidedly conservative observation is entirely consistent with the views of some of the most influential sociologists in Europe (and their followers here in America). I've been quoting and paraphrasing these prominent sociologists to show that I'm far from the only one who connects same-sex marriage with the decline of traditional marriage.
