MORE SLOPING: Tom Sylvester replies to Eugene Volokh

Law professor Eugene Volokh makes the the point I tried to make earlier, but he does so much more clearly:

"The gay rights movement has succeeded, both legally and in many situations politically, because of a confluence of reasons. Homosexuals are only about 2-3% of the population; but they also have many more nonhomosexual friends, family members, and colleagues. They have the natural political sympathy of much of the liberal movement, that tends to take a broadly egalitarian and sexually libertarian view.

"Homosexuals are generally not very socially insular, at least by choice; while there are some mostly homosexual organizations and social circles, homosexuals tend to work, play, and socialize with heterosexuals. This means that, once there's enough tolerance for homosexuality that homosexuals are willing to identify themselves, many people -- even many conservatives -- find that quite a few of the people they like are homosexual. And this has been especially so in elite circles that have a disproportional impact on law, policy, culture, and even public opinion."

He goes on to write that possible supporters of polygamy--Mormons and Muslims--are far more insular and don't have support on the left. While that's true, he overlooks "polyamorists" who appear to be hippie lefty types, as well as support for polyamory among Unitarians and radical left-wing legal scholars such as Judith Stacey, Martha Ertman, and Martha Fineman.

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