Y'think?!

Perhaps Mona Charon should change her name to "Captain Obvious."

She writes:

Surveys in countries that have legalized gay marriage have found comparatively small numbers of homosexuals seeking marriage (between 2 and 5 percent in Belgium, and between 2 and 6 percent in Holland). It's quite possible that legalizing same-sex marriage is sought mostly for symbolic reasons -- as a sort of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval on homosexuality.

It's also no particular secret that at least among male homosexuals, "marriage" carries with it no necessarily expectation of more than relative monogamy. This fact is not even particularly controversial; gays candidly acknowledge it, and  books are written examining the reasons for thia generally-recognized phenomenon. To precisely the extent that a sub-culture which does not particularly value marital monogamy takes advantage of the legal status which marriage affords, marriage as an institution is weakened.

It's always seemed to me that the impact of that fact on marriage generally would be an excellent counter to the "equal protection" argument. We are all hurt by gay "marriage," because marriage as an institution is hurt by it. And that is something which we, as a society, can little afford.

But it does gain homosexuality that coveted "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval-" which, if it not the whole point, is a very large part of it.

Gay "marriage" is not about civil rights for gays; comparatively few gay couples are even interested.

Gay "marriage" is about mainstreaming homosexuality.

HT: Real Clear Politics