Dreher On Gay Marriage

So Rod Dreher wrote on the need for mutual empathy on the issue of Gay Marriage in the Dallas Morning News last week. Considering my thoughts on the issue, clearly I agree.

I want to stress, as Dreher does, that this isn’t an endorsement of opposition to gay marriage or legitimizing some of the more questionable claims. However, it does highlight where opponents are coming from and that understanding is key to identifying impenetrable constituencies and softer ones. Sorting messages with a chance of success from those that don’t.

Frankly, Dreher is completely correct when he says,

It is rather to say that with gay marriage proponents racking up loss after loss in state balloting, they would do well to quit falling back on the self-serving “bigotry” excuse and do what they (quite justifiably) ask of their opponents: imagine what this issue looks like through the eyes of people not like themselves.

I have friends that work very hard to fight for marriage equality so I wouldn’t call them lazy. I would describe the overall approach, however, as uninspired at best and rooted in self-flattery at worst.

~ by Kyle on November 10, 2009.