THE NEXT GENERATION: Maggie Gallagher

Ah! The exquisite moral wisdom of the young! Perhaps it is true the next generation is morally more intelligent and perceptive than everyone else, integrating gay marriage into a conservative moral framework.

Time will tell. But the point I was making was rather different: Twenty years ago, everyone claimed that the trends towards universal acceptance of sexual liberation, abortion, the genderless family ideal, the death of the homemaker, etc. were inevitable, because young people supported them. The future belonged to the sexual liberationist. Remember when we were told divorce was a good thing for children and that social science had exploded those old traditionalist myths about marital permanence?

Instead it turns out, contrary to the progressive myth, the future is not fixed it is undiscovered territory.

Here is my only point. It is a response to the myth of inevitability Andrew among others is trying to create as a replacement for argument: Simply because today's young people, who are relentlessly propogandized on this question, especially in the academy, are more supportive of gay marriage, doesn't mean this trend will continue.


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