Advocates for gay marriage have persuaded
tens of millions of North Americans that gay marriage is the same as straight
marriage. That uniformity now appears incontestable to our society, compelling law
societies, educators, social ethicists, clergy and religious leaders and
politicians to conclude that the institution of marriage is not compromised if
gays are permitted to marry. In fact, the syllogism suggests that the
definition of marriage must be expanded because gays deserve the right to marry.
So the definition has been stretched. After all, there are no negative
consequences for society, so the argument goes and this persuasion has prospered
within a very short period of years.
