The Blue Jihad
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Gaborn said:
Look, I support gay marriage but this isn't how you argue for it. You need to avoid using phrases like "dignity of marriage." "_______ of marriage" is why people were able to punch so many holes in the Republican anti-gay marriage propaganda. Because on the national, visible, large scale, there is no sanctity of marriage, and there is no dignity of marriage.
We have continually televised bitter divorce proceedings. McCain even divorced his first wife, even after she'd waited for him for years. John Edwards cheated on his wife. Palin's daughter getting married because of the pregnancy cheapens the notion of marriage.
What you need to be arguing from is the "separate but equal" platform. That's your strongest case for this, because this is a matter of civil rights. Just as "separate but equal" was deemed unconstitutional previously, it can be deemed unconstitutional now under largely the same argument.
And further, the parallels are extraordinary. The same argument being made to invalidate gay marriage was the same argument made to invalidate interracial marriages earlier in the 20th century.
Ignore the notion of "_______ of marriage." It's a nebulous phrase that means nothing and it's incredibly difficult to draw real-world examples for it.
Paralleling the civil rights movement or African-Americans, on the other hand? It's a historical basis. It's a concrete comparison. It's a relevant comparison. And it's a clear comparison.
