A conservative changes his mind on marriage equality

[deborahjross]

Thanks to a link from jaylake, here's an editorial in which conservative commentator David Frum admits that his fears about gay marriage have been shown to be unfounded. Since marriage equality has become the law in certain states, the dire predictions of threats to traditional marriages have not come true, plat least as shown by the divorce rates.

If people like me had been right, we should have seen the American family become radically more unstable over the subsequent decade and a half.

Instead -- while American family stability has continued to deteriorate -- it has deteriorated much more slowly than it did in the 1970s and 1980s before same-sex marriage was ever seriously thought of.

True, there has been an increase in unmarried parents, but How would it even work that a 15-year-old girl in Van Nuys, California, becomes more likely to have a baby because two men in Des Moines, Iowa, can marry?

Good for you, David Frum, for allowing the truth to influence your opinion!

Comments

Looking for Signs of Hope # 18: A conservative changes his mind on marriage equality

[pingback-bot.livejournal.com]

User kerkevik referenced to your post from Looking for Signs of Hope # 18: A conservative changes his mind on marriage equality (http://kerkevik.livejournal.com/100010.html) saying: [...] Willow & Tara's spell,   Ray. http://deborahjross.livejournal.com/186260.html [...]