David Brooks, a fair-minded conservative who's now a columnist for the New York Times, penned this op-ed on The Power of Marriage. Taking a swipe at fellow conservatives, Brooks admonishes:
The conservative course is not to banish gay people from making such commitments. It is to expect that they make such commitments. We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity.
And, taking a swipe at liberals, he declares:
When liberals argue for gay marriage, they make it sound like a really good employee benefits plan. Or they frame it as a civil rights issue, like extending the right to vote. Marriage is not voting.
Straight conservatives who support gay marriage -- now that's a force to be reckoned with!
Liberals for Undermining Traditional Marriage?
On the other hand, do we really benefit from arguments like Sociologist Says Gay Marriage Does Threaten Established Order, and That's Good?
Meanwhile, in a show of support for heterosexual marriage, both
Menendez brothers have now gotten
married while in prison for killing their parents.
--Stephen H. Miller