Tag Archive 'Marriage'

For once, it really is about the children

Bookworm on Jun 04 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Britain, England, Europe, Gay marriage, Uncategorized

(This is the first in what I hope will be a series of very civil essays examining marriage.  Suek got me started with this idea based on a comment she wrote saying that, well, we need to figure out what marriage is all about.  Planned future essays will involve separating the religious aspect of marriage [...]

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Marriage is not an individual right

Bookworm on May 23 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Gay marriage, John McCain, Judges, Judicial activism

Marriage is not, and never has been, a personal right.  In Western society, it operates at two levels.  First, it functions at a religious level.  This is a deeply personal level, because in every religion, marriage is, or is equivalent to, a sacrament.  In America, you have the Constitutional right to be married in the [...]

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