[WFTR]

In spite her hand-wringing about the "big bad conservatives" this writer fails to defend her primary claim. Nowhere does she say how the defense of marriage acts or amendments will roll back the clock and force everyone into the kind of marriages that we once had. Undoubtedly, our society has changed, and social institutions have changed as well. The evidence doesn't prove that all of the changes have been positive. Some people may feel less trapped in bad marriages, but others have used their freedom to be even more irresponsible. The more-or-less traditional family is the basis for almost every stable, healthy society, and a return to some older practices around marriage is not a bad thing.

Defining Personal Responsibility
Bill

[little jeremiah]

I agree, and also her premise that women never were property owners and were considered property themselves is rather specious. At many times in history (including this country) women were indeed property owners and business owners.

Leftist academics like this present assumptions as a given, as though "eveyrone knows this" even there is plenty of evidence to the contrary, or to at least nullify their general blanket statements. And if one tries to bring up relevent proof that doesn't agree with their position, one is immediately labeled as "backward", "hater" or some other insulting perjorative, so that nothing one says can be taken seriously.

Leftistism is a mental illness. But there is a cure. I used to be one, and I got cured.

[TOUGH STOUGH]

"The more-or-less traditional family is the basis for almost every stable, healthy society, and a return to some older practices around marriage is not a bad thing."

Agreed.

Keep in mind that though there are a few conservative Sociologists, most Sociologists are extreme leftists and many are Marxists. The author of this article falls under one of the latter two categories.