Get me to the church on time
The Bush administration's marriage-guidance counsellor and the charms of neo-paternalism
HERE we go again. In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on Texas v Lawrence—better known as the sodomy decision—America's culture warriors are busy recycling their talking points about gay marriage. Liberals think that the ruling proves that gays should be given the same rights as everybody else, including marriage. Aghast, conservatives retort that gay marriage will undermine the foundations of society.
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