Rauch on Kurtz on Marriage

For a while now, Stanley Kurtz has been making a career out of arguing that greater and greater legal recognition of same-sex couples in Europe has caused a decline in marriage as an institution as a whole. Jonathan Rauch has been patiently tackling these arguments, and we’ve come, I’d say, to a pivotal moment. I think Kurtz’s arguments have essentially collapsed. But make your own mind up.