[Yardstick]

Prager does a good job of presenting some of the downstream effects and unintended consequences of redefining marriage — things that don’t immediately come to mind. It is quite disturbing. The European countries that now allow gay marriage provide provide something of a test of his predictions. Do they present gay marriage as just another choice on par with hetero marriage in their public school text books? Do their wedding ring sellers show his & his and her & her rings in their advertising? Would be interesting to hear what FReepers who travel to Europe (I think these are mostly Scandinavian countries) have seen.

[Bernard Marx]

I think it's good to critically examine Prager's predictions. But one should keep in mind that American law and the American way of doing things differs quite a bit from Europe. I believe polygamists and those who believe in polyandry may be watching this legal snowball start to roll. With same sex marriage as a legal precedent, and black-robed "lawmakers" eager to prove how "open minded" they are, it's hard for me to predict just where this stuff will end.

For anyone interested, here's a fairly current listing of same sex marriage laws in Europe European Marriage Laws