‘Always and Everywhere’...Again
Independent Gay Forum Sep 16 09
by John CorvinoFirst published at 365gay.com on September 14, 2009
Last week I wrote about marriage-equality opponents' "Always and Everywhere" argument—the claim that since marriage has "always" been heterosexual, we ought not to tinker with it now.
In response, a prominent same-sex marriage opponent e-mailed me to explain what was "logically and philosophically wrong" with my critique. In particular, she argued that my claim that "each new same-sex marriage is a living counterexample to it" fails, because it misunderstands the rationale behind "always and everywhere. Full story...
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