A disappointing but understandable surrender

[Friends, this is disturbing and revealing.  A  brave thinker was viciously attacked and now wants to retreat from the front lines.  I understand his retreat, but cannot applaud it. Maggie Gallagher’s commentary below is poignant and important.]

“We’ve been fighting about gay marriage for what, 15-20 years now. Is there any evidence that fighting gay marriage is contributing to a greater appreciation among the broad society of the marital institution? Is there any evidence that the re-institutionalization of marriage is happening as a result of opposing gay marriage? And the best answer I can give to that is ‘no.’” – David Blankenhorn.

With that quote Mark Oppenheimer, the Beliefs columnist of the New York Times, begins his transcript of a new documentary, “David Blankenhorn and the Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage,” which was released on Friday along with an op-ed by Blankenhorn in the New York Times entitled “How My View on Gay Marriage Changed.”

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/06/5759?utm_source=RTA+Gallagher+Blankenhorn&utm_campaign=email&utm_medium=email