Answers to Chicago Tribune Columnist
on effects of same-sex faux “marriage”
Illinois Family Institute –
Laurie Higgins – 11/20/2013
In preparation for today’s column on same-sex ”marriage,” Mr. Zorn
emailed me this question: “What if any practical, difference will
this make to those of us who are happily married mothers and fathers? I can’t
think of any, but given the animation of groups like yours I thought you
surely can.”
Here is my response:
Hi Eric,
With all due respect, the
question, “How will the legalization of same-sex ‘marriage’ affect any
particular existing marriage” is a silly question. Of course, the legalization
of same-sex marriage will not affect my marriage. Similarly, the legalization
of plural marriages or marriages between close blood relatives would not affect
my marriage.
Some of us have concerns
about the radical redefinition of marriage that go beyond the personal and
parochial. We’re concerned about the rights of all children, the rights of
parents five, ten, or twenty years in the future. And we’re concerned about
religious liberty for our children and our children’s children. What “animates”
us—to use your term—is far greater than our immediate self-interests.
Please click the link above
for a very thoughtful discussion on marriage and why the re-definition of marriage
to include homosexuals does not move society or culture forward, but does just
the opposite.
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