IS MARRIAGE A RIGHT? Mark Tardiff replies to Matt Taylor

Matt Taylor prefers natural law to the Constitution as a source of an authority
approach to morality. I agree; in fact, my suggestion was motived more by the fact that natural law reasoning is questioned in many quarters. I also agree with his formulation of the problem with the Goodridge decision.

With regard to the question of atheism and morality, I acknowledge that many people live by a secular code of morality. I accept that people can deny the existence of God and still have a strong moral sense. My point was more
subtle: the philosophical defense of the moral sense. However, I think that an extended
discussion of this would take us too far from our present topic so I will let it drop. Here I will note only that my prior contention does not prevent me from acknowledging that an individual atheist could affirm the traditional understanding of marriage.
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