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Some time ago, I got into a dispute about covenant marriage<\/a> with my friend Stephen, who blogs at The Last Delta-T<\/a>. \u00a0I\u2019m defending my position in a series of posts, both because I have problems with a subset of anti-marriage rhetoric that is sometimes used by people on the left (particularly my friends!) and because I think my views on marriage are a decent intro to some of my virtue ethics beliefs generally.<\/p>\n

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  1. What We Talk About When We Talk About Marriage<\/a> \u2013 an intro to our disagreements<\/li>\n
  2. Covenant Marriage: What About Women?<\/a> \u2013 Responding to the most common criticism of covenant marriage<\/li>\n
  3. Covenant Marriage isn\u2019t Suited to Christians<\/a> \u2013 \u00a0I\u2019m making the pitch for covenant marriage to atheists and other non-Christians. \u00a0For Christians, it doesn\u2019t make much sense.<\/li>\n
  4. What Marriage is Not<\/a> \u2013 A recent NYT<\/em>-featured couple\u00a0typified some of the problems with the idea of marriage as a \u00a0purely legal institution<\/li>\n
  5. Evolution is Not Destiny<\/a> \u2013 A reply to critiques of marriage rooted in evolutionary psychology<\/li>\n
  6. Exercising Self Control<\/a> \u2013 Trying to do morality on my own<\/li>\n
  7. Submitting to Others<\/a> \u2013 Letting other people police your actions and character<\/li>\n
  8. Whaddya Wanna Get Married For?<\/a> \u2013 Crossposted from my gay marriage debate with Matt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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