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 rests on the assumption
that the happiness of the individual is paramount, and that the state's
responsibility is to protect the rights of individuals to pursue
whatever they think will make them happy, as long as no one gets hurt.
The irony of radical individualism is that it will eventually hurt
somebody."
"Thus, the exaltation of worship in which the personal experience of the
worshiper so often becomes more important than the object of worship.
Thus, the continual proliferation of churches, parachurches, and
movements because the group we belong to just doesn't do it the way we
think "the Lord is leading me" to do it."
"I'm not arguing for or against contraception here, only pointing to the
reality that contraception has separated sex from procreation. That, in
turn, has prompted most couples, evangelicals included, to think that
sex is first and foremost a fulfilling psychological and physical
experience, that a couple has a right to enjoy themselves for a few
years before they settle down to family life."
"We cannot very well argue for the sanctity of marriage as a crucial
social institution while we blithely go about divorcing and approving
of remarriage at a rate that destabilizes marriage. We cannot say that
an institution, like the state, has a perfect right to insist on
certain values and behavior from its citizens while we refuse to submit
to denominational or local church authority. We cannot tell gay couples
that marriage is about something much larger than self-fulfillment when
we, like the rest of heterosexual culture, delay marriage until we can
experience life, and delay having children until we can enjoy each
other for a few years."
"In short, we have been perfect hypocrites on this issue. Until we admit
that, and take steps to amend our ways, our cries of alarm about gay
marriage will echo off into oblivion."