PHL 304 Lecture 11: 10.12 Gallagher
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Just the name, kids need mothers and fathers: marriage, (cid:498)our most basic social institution(cid:499) is in crisis, ok fine, it is a very important institution. Use to be a theoretical issue but no longer is bc of legal decisions in canada and massachusetts. Because of these decisions, it is in crisis. Family structure (husband and wife) is needed to raise children. Announcing a commitment and love is not what marriage is for. It is for the producing and raising of children: krecz believes marriage is not for anything in particular, conflates several different meaning of marriage, shes convinced it is for producing and raising children. Heterosexual marriage has a basis in thousand of western civilization: this is a basic fact. On the other hand, this traditional view of marriage is under attack because of court decisions. Can she show that gay marriage is a threat to that: it is not a foundation.
