The Institution Formerly Known as Marriage

By the time the family law radicals are finished, there will be nothing left of marriage but the name. That is the theme of my column called, The Institution Formerly Known As Marriage. I analyze the Iowa Supreme Court's decision to figure out: a) what they think is the purpose of marriage and b) whether that purpose (or purposes) can survive their own analysis of "over-inclusion" and "under-inclusion." None of their purported purposes are essential purposes of marriage, that is these purposes can be acheived without marriage. None of their purported purposes are even public purposes, but in fact, are simply private purposes with a bit a special legal mumbo-jumbo attached.
Bottom line:

the Court has elevated the private, inessential purposes of marriage to the highest point in the hierarchy of values of marriage. Given this new understanding, neither the longevity of marriage, nor fidelity within marriage can remain as important values. By the time the opponents of conjugal marriage are finished with their redefinitions, marriage will be little more than a five-year renewable-term contract. The Institution Formerly Known as Marriage will be nothing but a couple of individuals, loosely stapled together by the state.

Please note my post from a few days ago: lawmakers in Germany and in Australia are now seriously talking about creating 7 year renewable term marriage contracts.
Ok, so I was off by 2 years. But this deconstruction of marriage steamroller is coming at us faster than you may think.

Androgeny is on the Ballot in Maryland

I have been saying for some time that one of the goals of the Life-Style Left is to create a completely androgynous society. A certain style of Marxist-Feminists have seen gender as a completely suspect category. A significant subset of homosexual activists agree with that.
Now, there is a ballot measure in Montgomery County, Maryland that supports this interpretation. The county passed a law outlawing all references to gender in any part of the county code. A citizens group place a measure on the ballot to overturn this law. Their opponents? Homosexual activists.

After the Montgomery County Board voted to render the citizens of their county legally androgynous by removing all references to gender from the county code, Maryland Citizens for Responsible Government began a petition drive to get the measure on the November ballot. Homosexual activists with Equality Maryland sued, trying to keep the people from voting.

In this article I had given the gay rights activists the benefit of the doubt. I made no claim one way or another about whether they intended to create a completely de-gendered society. I still believe there are many sensible gay people who do not want that outcome. But I now think it is clear that a completely de-gendered society will be the outcome, whether anyone wants it or not.
And plainly, some people in Maryland do want this outcome. I feel vindicated.