Friday, June 14, 2013

The impact of gay "marriage" on the institution of marriage.

Here's an interesting piece by Mark Regnerus on the impact of gay "marriage" on the institution of marriage.  Here's his concluding paragraph.
Many libertarians and conservatives, including Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, assert that marriage is a conservative institution—which is true—one that will therefore function as such for those who enter it, whether gay or straight. While certainly the case for some, that claim is an unlikely future for many, not because gay or lesbian couples are liberal but because those in the driver’s seat of the contemporary mating market—men—are permissive. This, I predict, will be same-sex marriage’s signature effect on the institution—the institutionalization of monogamish as an acceptable marital trait. No, gay men can’t cause straight men to cheat. Instead, the legitimacy newly accorded their marital unions spells opportunity for men everywhere to bend the boundaries. Dan Savage will be proud.
Monogamish is not the same thing as monogamy.  We are entering the "Brave New World" of the sexual revolution which began decades ago.

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