The real reason that many of us otherwise tolerant people oppose same-sex marriage is that we see it as a trojan horse. And the dirty secret is that radical leftists see it that way too.
What do I mean by “trojan-horse”? That radicals are out to break down the family as an institution of society, and they can use the re-definition of marriage as a step in that direction. If you think I am paranoid, simply make an even cursory search of radical websites (including in particular radical feminist ones), and see for yourself that this is exactly their goal, and it is exactly how they interpret each successful step towards same-sex marriage. In fact, given the tortured vocabulary of the mainstream “debate”, their honestly stated agenda is almost refreshing.
Those whom have sought the overthrow of our culture, from Stalin to Pol Pot to Mao to Hitler, have always viewed the family as an enemy and an obstacle. The wisest of their critics even put that theme front and center. Have you ever noticed that in both Huxley’s Brave New World, and in Orwell’s 1984, totalitarian regimes have eliminated the family?
For that matter, even the hippie movements of the ’60s specifically had it in for marriage and the family. Wasn’t that the entire point of free love and communes? And now we are to trust the Left that creating a new definition of marriage will have no consequences? Is it even possible to create a new definition without destroying the old one? The breakdown of the family unit is already directly correllated to nearly every other social problem there is. We must resist at all costs.
