Katherine Kersten wrote an excellent op-ed making the case for the MN Marriage Protection Amendment that was published in today’s edition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Here’s an excerpt:
“The idea that men and women are interchangeable — fungible — is the unspoken axiom on which the argument for same-sex marriage is based. This idea has profound implications for the way we view the world, the family and human relationships. If same-sex marriage becomes law, all Americans will be required to adopt or conform to this view.
But this will be hard to engineer, because the notion of a unisex reality contradicts both our daily experience and the testimony of human history. That’s why — if same-sex marriage makes its way into law — the strong arm of the state will be required to impose this counterintuitive vision on society.”
Kersten’s full op-ed can be found here and is well-worth reading!
I enjoyed the article by Ms. Kersten but was disheartened by all the negative comments it got. Do you have thoughts or other recommended reading to address the issues brought up by the left, such as it being a contracdiction for marriage to be about the children when there are people past the age of childbearing and people who don’t intend to have children that are allowed to marry?
Yep! If you download this paper by Robert George and read it it addresses those objections and more and makes the best secular argument for keeping marriage between one man and one woman. You can also e-mail me any time at mpblissenbach (at) gmail.com and I’d be happy to help in any way I can! Thank you for your courage! http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1722155