Hmmm. Didn't Sullivan write for National Review? Oh well.
Homosexual marriage is wrong as well as being an oxymoron. That said, the way heterosexuals have treated the institution of marriage is also wrong and the homosexual marriage fiasco is but the latest in a series of attacks against marriage and the family. The left has long recognized that denigrating the institution of marriage and its religious significance would be an important step towards their brave new socialist world.
Culturally, we also need to stand tougher against shacking up, divorce and adultery.
A constitutional amendment may be ham fisted, yet I wonder: conservatives out of their love for smaller government tend to refrain from taking that route. However, liberals do not hesitate to go that route because they enjoy so much success with it. Perhaps the big spanking is long overdue. Since that is all they seem to understand, maybe conservatives should just go for it. Then we can see how inclined they'll be to back us into a wall with their pathetic socio-political cultural agenda.
I'm sure we'll be treated to a lot of primetime spectacles on TV like Designing Women during the Clarence Thomas nomination.
Culturally, we also need to stand tougher against shacking up, divorce and adultery. There's one way to do this, and it would be consistent with steps that have already been taken.
The answer: covenant marriage.
Covenant marriage is already the law of the land in three states. It goes back to having grounds for divorce, so a woman cannot just simply deprive a man of his house and kids on a mere whim, and calls for allowing marital property settlements to be influenced by marital misconduct.
Why not have covenant marriage for the people who want to marry for the purpose of raising families, and regular marriage for everyone else, including gays? It might be possible to benefit covenant marriages in some ways, most states have an income tax, and perhaps a larger standard deduction could be given for covenant marriages.
I'm still not sure what we could do about the shacking up, though.