A country always legislates morality. The only question is which morality. Will the laws promote an ethic of self-control or an ethic of self-expression? Will the laws embody the idea, anchored in expressive individualism, that marriage is a convention that individuals can mold to suit their desires? Or will they embody the idea that marriage is an institution with particular goals (procreation and education of children) that are best accomplished through monogamous unions between a man and woman? The halfway house of neutrality is a Trojan horse to advance a commitment to expressive individualism.
Scott Yenor, “Marriage and Family Life Cannot be Privatized”
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