Religion and Politics

Opposing Gay Marriage Is Rational, Not Religious

At First Things, Leroy Huizenga disputes the claim that opposing gay marriage “is a matter of religion alone.” Even though “our culture assumes a fundamental split between faith and reason,” Huizenga argues that the “broader Christian tradition has seen faith and reason operating in harmony.” Huizenga writes, “[W]e will continue to make arguments in the public square about the public goods of marriage, for no society or person can long thrive kicking against the goads of reason and nature.”

Read at First Things

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