http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/02/04/marriage-and-the-generation-of-society/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/02/04/marriage-and-the-generation-of-society/comment-page-1/#comment-97359 ThePolitic - Canadian Political Weblog » Progressive Nincompoopism Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:44:40 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/02/04/marriage-and-the-generation-of-society/#comment-97359 [...] I don’t mean to imply anything other than what kind of ideology requires the state to take over the very handing-down of traditions, usages, and ideas, from civil society institutions that include family. For those of you new to this blog wondering about the connection I draw between their statist views about “intergenerational” contracts and marriage, see this. [...] [...] I don’t mean to imply anything other than what kind of ideology requires the state to take over the very handing-down of traditions, usages, and ideas, from civil society institutions that include family. For those of you new to this blog wondering about the connection I draw between their statist views about “intergenerational” contracts and marriage, see this. [...]

]]> http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/02/04/marriage-and-the-generation-of-society/comment-page-1/#comment-74965 ThePolitic - Canadian Political Weblog » Polygamy and SSM: Quid Pro Quo? Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:17:09 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/02/04/marriage-and-the-generation-of-society/#comment-74965 [...] But I think Rauch, who wants to promote SSM while rejecting polygamy, is on shaky ground if he wants to identify a certain form of marriage with liberal democracy. All the great liberal writers, from Locke to Mill at any rate, identified male/female marriage as essential for extending society from one generation to the next. For Locke, domestic society is for comfort and for procreation. Remove procreation, then it’s unclear what’s distinctive about marriage and why a liberal democracy should protect it. Locke’s argument actually fits more with Bailey and her ilk: IF you remove procreation - and by extension the primary means by which society perpetuates itself - then marriage is meaningless. All of which I’ve argued before. [...] [...] But I think Rauch, who wants to promote SSM while rejecting polygamy, is on shaky ground if he wants to identify a certain form of marriage with liberal democracy. All the great liberal writers, from Locke to Mill at any rate, identified male/female marriage as essential for extending society from one generation to the next. For Locke, domestic society is for comfort and for procreation. Remove procreation, then it’s unclear what’s distinctive about marriage and why a liberal democracy should protect it. Locke’s argument actually fits more with Bailey and her ilk: IF you remove procreation – and by extension the primary means by which society perpetuates itself – then marriage is meaningless. All of which I’ve argued before. [...]

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