http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/28/1502 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:49:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/28/1502/comment-page-1#comment-7031 Suricou Raven Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:32:40 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/28/1502#comment-7031 Predictably, the anti-gay lobby is responding by changing the definition of marriage yet again. They used to argue it was a religious institution, but that argument doesn't work for this. They tried arguing it was a reproductive institution, but kept getting awkward questions about infertile couples. So now they are arguing its a 'social' institution, and as such changing even the name will cause the collapse of civilisation. Predictably, the anti-gay lobby is responding by changing the definition of marriage yet again. They used to argue it was a religious institution, but that argument doesn’t work for this. They tried arguing it was a reproductive institution, but kept getting awkward questions about infertile couples. So now they are arguing its a ’social’ institution, and as such changing even the name will cause the collapse of civilisation.

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