A secular case against homosexual marriage?
I’m not going to write too much about this, except to say, this is a good read for anyone interested i a progressive view of gay rights. The linked blog comment is attached to an actual blog entry which attempts to paint a secular case against Marriage Equality. I don’t think very successfully, but it is a helpful step in understanding a conservative position. An appreciation of “conservatism” is useful, as the Republican Party continues it implosion/redefinition. Part of the argument against a re-branding of the Republican Party can be traced t these same ideas. Don’t mess with the status quo, while the other perspective is just one of trying to force the party more to the religious right and keep the party from moving towards a moderation which really supports a big tent mentality.
Conservatism, and the Radical Religious Right, are not one in the same, although the conservative movement has been run by those on the religious right for long enough, it can be hard to see a dividing line. So, in the case of the associated blog linked below, the argument that same-sex marriage is “against nature” is one illustration how these two are so well intermingled, while the argument that since heterosexual marriage has been the norm for a long time, it shouldn’t be messed with is more purely conservative, and quite secular.
A secular case against homosexual marriage?.
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