It is an odd fact about American culture and the gay marriage debate that while conservatives are winning (at least for the moment) the public opinion battle, they are losing the intellectual war. While I have hope that this will be reversed, Jonathan Chait's article offers a devestatingly accurate characterization of many conservative politicians' arguments against gay marriage. But no wonder. Arguing against gay marriage is not simply difficult: it requires challenging the legal and political assumptions of both the left and the right.*
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