ISSUES '96: FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE?

AS THE DEBATE HEATS UP OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST

IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN. --Paul, I Corinthians 7:9

The funny thing is, on the issue of same-sex marriage, both sides agree with Paul. In fact, advocates of same-sex marriage and their opponents concur that it is better to marry than almost anything else. They both embrace the idea that marriage is the bedrock of a stable society, and that it is the ideal method of civilizing wayward and wanton males, something every society must do. In short, hooray for till-death-us-do-part. The only problem is that both sides disagree vehemently on who should be allowed to take that...

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