This article describes the author's attempts to get leading opponents of gay marriage to make predictions about the societal upheaval to be expected in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire now that those states allow gays to wed.
Not surprisingly, he got three strikes for three pitches.
So what's your take? Will allowing gay marriage in the six states have any major impact on the rest of society, positive or negative? This is a "think outside the box" exercise.
Not surprisingly, he got three strikes for three pitches.
Supporters, on the other hand, had no problem declaring a lack of impact. I think they're wrong, in that I think there will be some major long-term positive impacts. I'll explain why later, after others have weighed in.I contacted three serious conservative thinkers who have written extensively about the dangers of allowing gay marriage and asked them to make simple, concrete predictions about measurable social indicators—marriage rates, divorce, out-of-wedlock births, child poverty, you name it.
You would think they would react like Albert Pujols when presented with a hanging curveball. Yet none was prepared to forecast what would happen in same-sex marriage states versus other states.
So what's your take? Will allowing gay marriage in the six states have any major impact on the rest of society, positive or negative? This is a "think outside the box" exercise.