http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/07/28/10-non-religious-arguments-against-same-sex-marriage-parts-1-2/ 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/2006/07/28/10-non-religious-arguments-against-same-sex-marriage-parts-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-130445 Anonymous Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:13:40 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/07/28/10-non-religious-arguments-against-same-sex-marriage-parts-1-2/#comment-130445 Are you against or for contraception and homosexual marriage? Are you against or for contraception and homosexual marriage?

]]> http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/07/28/10-non-religious-arguments-against-same-sex-marriage-parts-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-118789 10 Non-Religious Arguments Against SSM: Parts 3-4 at ThePolitic.com Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:16:51 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/07/28/10-non-religious-arguments-against-same-sex-marriage-parts-1-2/#comment-118789 [...] While careless readers might argue that these arguments have little to do with SSM, I think Esolen’s critique is broader, against broader ideology that sets up the ideal of what Harvey Mansfield calls the gender-neutral society. Gender neutrality means that people are simply free-floating self-contained Gnostic selves questing for “personal fulfulment.” Such is the import of Esolen’s argument that homosexual chastity is meaningless because the self defines itself by its action. Or as Machiavelli would put it, the identity is found in the “effectual truth” of the matter. That broader ideological context makes things like SSM possible. Put another way, that broader ideological context makes marriage meaningless. Here are Esolen’s arguments 1 & 2 and our comments on those. [...] [...] While careless readers might argue that these arguments have little to do with SSM, I think Esolen’s critique is broader, against broader ideology that sets up the ideal of what Harvey Mansfield calls the gender-neutral society. Gender neutrality means that people are simply free-floating self-contained Gnostic selves questing for “personal fulfulment.” Such is the import of Esolen’s argument that homosexual chastity is meaningless because the self defines itself by its action. Or as Machiavelli would put it, the identity is found in the “effectual truth” of the matter. That broader ideological context makes things like SSM possible. Put another way, that broader ideological context makes marriage meaningless. Here are Esolen’s arguments 1 & 2 and our comments on those. [...]

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