A MOCKERY OF MARRIAGE: Deroy Murdock and James Taranto

Deroy Murdock writes: "...Exhibit A is musical product Britney Spears's micromarriage to hometown pal Jason Allen Alexander. ...

"Whatever objections they otherwise may generate, gay couples who desire marriage at least hope to stay hitched. ...

"On the other hand, 49 percent of couples break up, according to Divorce magazine. The Federal Administration for Children and Families calculated in 2002 that deadbeat parents nationwide owed their kids $92.3 billion in unpaid child support. In 2000, 33.2 percent of children were born outside marriage. Among blacks, that figure was 68.5 percent. A 1998 National Institute of Justice survey found that 1.5 million women suffer domestic violence annually, as do 835,000 men. So-called 'reality' TV shows like Fox's Married by America and its forthcoming My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance turn wedding vows into punch lines. In nearly every instance, heterosexuals--not homosexuals--perpetrated these social ills."

James Taranto replies (scroll down): "...Of course, one could just as easily turn this around and ask why activists of same-sex marriage, who according to Murdock 'at least hope to stay hitched,' don't prove it by devoting their time to combating divorce, illegitimacy and so forth. Doesn't their eagerness to get a piece of such a deeply flawed institution as marriage is today belie their claims to be seeking stability and commitment?

"Well, no, of course it doesn't. They are dealing with the world as it exists, as are social conservatives. From the latter's standpoint, same-sex marriage, which has now been imposed in one state by judicial fiat, is a clear and present danger to what sanctity marriage has left. ..."
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