Love and Marriage

Collected on this page are the posts I have put up about the issue of same-sex marriages, both from a secular and a religious point of view. As a California attorney, I have taken a special interest in the issues surrounding the Supreme Court's rulings and Proposition 8, passed in November 2008, which added the following fourteen words as section 7.5 of article I of the California Constitution:

Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

Just as I contend that gay-rights activists have gone down the wrong path when they argue that gays and lesbians have an "equal right" to be consecrated bishops in the Church, so do I demonstrate in the first few posts below how it is a mistake to speak of a "right to marry". Other posts deal with the Biblical arguments relating to marriage, and with the accumulating arguments and evidence against the soundness of the proposition that marriage as traditionally defined discriminates against those who claim it does.

Love and MarriageThe Church of Enablers

The Unvarnished Truth

California Supreme Court to Consider the Constitutionality of Proposition 8

Supreme Court Hears Cases on Prop. 8 Tomorrow

A Dangerous Slope: Arguments on Proposition 8

A Tale of Three Hyperlinks

How to Be Irrelevant - Just Watch

Does the Truth Change with Time?

The Birth of a Meme

Do Prop. 8's Proponents Have Standing to Appeal?

Prop. 8: What Should the Proponents Do Next?

An Important New Paper on Marriage

Aristotle Never Conceived of "Same-Sex Marriage" -- for Good Reason

On Today's Supreme Court Decisions

An Uplifting Tale of Love and Determination