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The Liberal Case Against Gay Marriage
The Public Interest ^ | Summer 2004 | Susan M. Shell

Posted on 06/28/2004 4:12:04 PM PDT by nosofar

The issue of gay marriage brings to a head, like few other issues of our time, a central conflict between two moral positions that interact like seismic plates beneath the surface of contemporary American political life. It is commonly thought that the issue of gay marriage pits secular liberals against religious conservatives. While this understanding is accurate up to a point, it is also seriously misleading. The most stubborn and intransigent opponents in the conflict are both in their way sectarian.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: against; case; gay; homosexualagenda; liberal; liberals; marriage; samesexmarriage; shell; susan
Very long, but a good analysis of same-sex marriage.
1 posted on 06/28/2004 4:12:10 PM PDT by nosofar
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Yes, I agree. It is well written and thought out in a convoluted way. Many words for a few ideas, but, then, that is what liberals are all about.


2 posted on 06/28/2004 4:43:18 PM PDT by shrinkermd
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