The Case Against “Equality”
Townhall – Frank Turek – 2/28/2013
What if the word “equality”
is being misused? What if that kind of equality will have the unintended
consequence of hurting children, individuals and the nation? And what if
everyone already has true equality?
True equality does not
conflate people and behavior. People are equal but their behaviors are not.
Conservatives realize that
for any long-term happiness to be possible, we must adjust our desired behavior
to fit the unchanging laws of nature. Liberals mistakenly think we can adjust
the unchanging laws of nature to fit our desired behavior.
It is not about whether
people with homosexual attractions are equal citizens who deserve to be treated
with dignity and respect. All human beings should be treated with equal dignity
and respect. But while all people are equal, all ideas and behaviors are not
Here is my thesis: Marriage
between a man and a woman is the foundation of civilized society and should be
the only sexual relationship promoted by the government. That is the essence of
the Marriage Protection Amendment, and its passage in no way violates anyone’s
civil rights.
In order to see this, we
need to ask, “For what primary purpose is the government involved in marriage
at all?” It’s not because two people love one another or to make individuals
“happy.” The main reason most governments promote the union of a man and woman
exclusivelyis because only the committed union of a man and a woman perpetuates
and stabilizes society. I’ll call this union “natural marriage” because of the
natural biological compatibility of male and female bodies and to differentiate
it from same-sex marriage.
1. Natural Marriage
procreates and provides the most stable, balanced and nurturing environment for
children. While not every marriage results in children, the only marriages than
can procreate are those between a man and a woman. And statistically, children
and the country do best when kids are brought up in a biological two-parent
home. Children from intact natural marriage homes are:
a. Seven times less likely
to live in poverty
b. Six times less likely to
commit suicide
c. Less than half as likely
to commit crime
d. Less than half as likely
to become pregnant out of wedlock
e. Develop better
academically and socially
f. Are healthier physically
and emotionally when they reach adulthood
2. Natural Marriage
civilizes men and focuses them on productive pursuits such as procreating and
caring for their family. Studies invariably show that marriage reduces crime.
3. Natural Marriage protects
women from being used and abandoned by uncommitted men. Women often postpone or
give up their careers to have children, and Natural Marriage protects them and
their children from deadbeat dads.
3. Natural Marriage protects
women from being used and abandoned by uncommitted men. Women often postpone or
give up their careers to have children, and Natural Marriage protects them and
their children from deadbeat dads.
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