Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2003
Publication Information
26 Fellowship Cath. Scholars Q., no. 2 & 3, Fall 2003, at 12.
Abstract
The question of the day is, Why should the law limit marriage to heterosexual couples? That is the question posed by the coming debate over the FMA.
No answer fits neatly into our cultural practices. Marriage is already in a very confused state. The way that many married couples live is, in fact scarcely distinguishable from the way some homosexual partners do. Where marriage means to so many heterosexuals: share a bed, share a checkbook and maybe, some day, share parental duties, why exactly is it that two men may not marry? Saying that two men cannot marry appears, from this angle, to be arbitrary and maybe mean-spirited.
The fact is, the "gay marriage" movement is symptom, not cause, of a cultural collapse around marriage. That is why so many people view the movement sympathetically. Even many steadfast opponents of "gay marriage" cannot give a coherent account of their opposition. But that does not mean that there is no coherent answer.
Recommended Citation
Gerard V. Bradley,
Against Same-sex Marriage,
26 Fellowship Cath. Scholars Q., no. 2 & 3, Fall 2003, at 12..
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/1797