Even the conservative intellectuals who oppose marriage rights for all have now disowned the theories of Stanley Kurtz. David Blankenhorn is the latest to do so. Money quote:
"Neither Kurtz nor anyone else can scientifically prove that allowing gay marriage causes the institution of marriage to get weaker."
Still, Blankenhorn soldiers on, trying to argue that there is a self-reinforcing correlation between support for marriage equality and opposition to traditional marriage. Dale Carpenter carefully pulls apart that much weaker attempt at problematizing gay marriage here.
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