Ethics

The Amazing Power of The Gay

By Ed Brayton

Another breathtaking example of the anti-gay right attributing astonishing powers to The Gay, this time from Maggie Gallagher at the National Review. Noting that out of wedlock births have begun to rise in the US after being flat for the last few years, she writes:

Is it mere coincidence that this resurgence in illegitimacy happened during the five years in which gay marriage has become (not thanks to me or my choice) the most prominent marriage issue in America -- and the one marriage idea endorsed by the tastemakers to the young in particular?

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).