Professor David Forte published a Letter to the Editor in First Things: ?A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life. ?In the letter, published?in response to the article ?Religion, Reason, and Same-Sex Marriage,? by Matthew J. Franck (First Things, May 2011), Forte praised Dr. Franck?s defense of the moral legitimacy of those argue against same-sex marriage. ?He disagrees, however, with Franck?s conclusion that the tactics of same-sex marriage advocates will be self-defeating. ?He writes that contrary to Franck?s position that opponents of same-sex marriage will win in the end because the majority of Americans agree with them, the sentiments of the majority may be changing. ?As evidence for this assertion Forte notes that the popularity of marriage in the general population has decreased dramatically, divorce rates are up, and people who divorce often do not seek to remarry as they used to. ?Instead, they tend to co-habit with a new partner. ?As such, they see marriage as a lifestyle choice. ?Because they are co-habiting themselves, he argues, people do not seem to see same-sex marriage as a threat to the lifestyle they are trying to build. ?In fact, he writes that same-sex marriage advocates may attempt to take the moral high ground, arguing that in a world where many are choosing less committed relationships, same-sex marriage advocates are arguing for the most committed relationship. ?Therefore, they can argue that it is they who hold marriage in the highest esteem. ?Forte concludes, ?The attack on marriage, therefore, is deontological, political, and social. On the one hand, some, knowing that the strongest argument for marriage arises out of natural law, wish to ?de-nature? marriage, as one visiting scholar stated at my university. The political attack on marriage comes through the courts, as we have seen. But the social attack comes from the new habits and sensibilities of the American people, who when asked, speak of holding marriage in high esteem, but when put to the test of practice, are more and more preferring forms of less committed relationships.?
You may read the full text of the letter at
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