Marriage Equality: Ten Years Later, Civilization Still Stands – Why the Warnings Failed
Why, after a decade of marriage equality, do we still hear the echoes of warnings that it would lead to societal collapse? The simple answer, it seems, is that some people just don’t like it when the world doesn’t conform to their narrow worldview. They predicted the end of days, a descent into chaos, the breakdown of all that is good and holy. Yet, here we are, still standing, still functioning, and still, for the most part, the same civilization we were before.
The arguments themselves were often absurd, filled with hyperbolic claims about the future of marriage, family, and the very fabric of society.… Continue reading