The redefinition of marriage as a genderless partnership is possible only in a society that has already done serious damage to the institution. Long before there was a debate about same-sex marriage, Americans of every political stripe bought into a sexual ideology that undermined the rational foundations for the marital norms of permanence, exclusivity, and monogamy. Cohabitation, no-fault divorce, recreational sex, nonmarital childbearing, and pornography all contributed to the breakdown of the marriage culture. If marriage is simply about emotional companionship, then of course men and women are interchangeable.
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