Jessica
Vozel
Last week, my North Star Writers Group colleague Bob Maistros wrote a column denouncing Lisa Miller’s Newsweek piece on “The Religious Case for Gay Marriage.” He called the piece, among other things, “snarky sophistry” and inferior to a freshman term paper. I teach freshman composition, so I know a bit about what makes an argument drivel and what makes it actually worth listening to. And while her argument has holes, Miller is worth listening to.
According to Maistros, for gay Americans and their supporters, “simply to have the argument is a victory.” Victory? Really? That Maistros equates a single, thoughtful biblical analysis of love and love relationships with “the other side” trying to usurp the religious gay marriage debate is ludicrous. The defeat of gay rights legislations in several states last month makes clear who is still in charge. In truth, the gay community doesn’t have much of a reason to celebrate. Sure, there’s a liberal administration about to take office, but not one that is willing to grant them the right to marry. Meanwhile, Proposition 8 in California took away the right to marry that had been granted to them. The “equal footing” that Maistros mentions is non-existent.
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