God. Real. Right.

This short post appeals implicitly to the arguments of earlier posts, here and here.
Recent protests around the country reveal something interesting about homosexual values—homosexual axiology. The pronounced premise of the homosexual agenda is a desire for equality. But the concept of equality is far too vague to be valued in and of itself. No one, for instance, believes a victim of rape and a rapist should receive equal consequences for the event which defines them in this example. Such equality would be repugnant to every appreciable set of values. That kind of distinction is what makes equality of opportunity different from equality of distribution, by the way.
But for this point, the equality proposed by those pushing the homosexual agenda is supposed to be about civil rights. But such a claim can only be defended meaningfully if Read the rest of this entry »

With the highest court in California ruling that gay marriages must be allowed comes a realization that many people do not understand what makes marriage so ideal an institution. If the requirement that marriage be between man and woman is erased in this culture, both of the most significant characteristics of marriage will have been all but lost.
The first, though not the point of this post, is worth mentioning. That is, the richest, most personal, most intimate experience between human beings can only be that if it includes complete vulnerability and trust. Read the rest of this entry »