Ross responds to Serwer's objections, by citing the celibate lesbian Catholic, Eve Tushnet. It's a long and complicated post but it boils down to the need especially to regulate heterosexuality by providing a procreative life-long ideal that is unique to them. The strongest point, I think, is this:
If you have a unisex model of marriage, which is what gay marriage requires, you are no longer able to talk about marriage as regulating heterosexuality and therefore you're not able to say: Look...
Published on August 12, 2010 13:42