\nWell, I supposed you don't get to be a senior managing editor for nothing.\n<\/p>\n
\nA good article indeed by Mark Galli<\/a>. Better put than my 2 entries on Proposition 8 (1)<\/a> (2)<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nFavorite Quotes:\n<\/p>\n \n"The thrust of the pro-gay-marriage argument rests on the assumption \n"Thus, the exaltation of worship in which the personal experience of the \n"I'm not arguing for or against contraception here, only pointing to the \n"We cannot very well argue for the sanctity of marriage as a crucial \n"In short, we have been perfect hypocrites on this issue. Until we admit Well, I supposed you don't get to be a senior managing editor for nothing. A good article indeed by Mark Galli. Better put than my 2 entries on Proposition 8 (1) (2). Favorite Quotes: "The thrust of the pro-gay-marriage argument … Continue reading
\nthat the happiness of the individual is paramount, and that the state's
\nresponsibility is to protect the rights of individuals to pursue
\nwhatever they think will make them happy, as long as no one gets hurt.
\nThe irony of radical individualism is that it will eventually hurt
\nsomebody.<\/em>"\n<\/p>\n
\nworshiper so often becomes more important than the object of worship.
\nThus, the continual proliferation of churches, parachurches, and
\nmovements because the group we belong to just doesn't do it the way we
\nthink "the Lord is leading me<\/em>" to do it.<\/em>"\n<\/p>\n
\nreality that contraception has separated sex from procreation. That, in
\nturn, has prompted most couples, evangelicals included, to think that
\nsex is first and foremost a fulfilling psychological and physical
\nexperience, that a couple has a right to enjoy themselves for a few
\nyears before they settle down to family life.<\/em>"\n<\/p>\n
\nsocial institution while we blithely go about divorcing and approving
\nof remarriage at a rate that destabilizes marriage. We cannot say that
\nan institution, like the state, has a perfect right to insist on
\ncertain values and behavior from its citizens while we refuse to submit
\nto denominational or local church authority. We cannot tell gay couples
\nthat marriage is about something much larger than self-fulfillment when
\nwe, like the rest of heterosexual culture, delay marriage until we can
\nexperience life, and delay having children until we can enjoy each
\nother for a few years.<\/em>"\n<\/p>\n
\nthat, and take steps to amend our ways, our cries of alarm about gay
\nmarriage will echo off into oblivion.<\/em>"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"