Same-sex marriage and interracial marriage: What’s the difference?

August 20, 2008

 

There are some who argue that opposition to same-sex marriage today is the same as opposition to interracial marriage was several years ago.  However, they are two very different debates. 

 

Townhall columnist and radio host Dennis Prager, states emphatically that “there is no comparison between sex and race.”[1] He goes on to say:

 

There are enormous differences between men and women, but there are no differences between people of different races. Men and women are inherently different, but blacks and whites are inherently the same.

 

Elaborating on those differences between men and women, he adds:

 

We now know that even their brains differ. And those differences are significant. Thus, to oppose interracial marriage is indeed to engage in bigotry, but to oppose same-sex marriage is not. It simply shares the wisdom of every moral system that preceded us—society is predicated on men and women bonding with one another in a unique way called “marriage.”

 

Conventional wisdom says that marriage between a man and a woman—no matter the race, is a union that can and should be supported. Bans against interracial marriage tried to keep men and women apart, and that’s wrong. The Marriage Protection Amendment safeguards the joining together of men and women in matrimony, and that’s good for society.

 

For more information visit www.PA4Marriage.org or call 717-657-4990 x106.

 


[1] Prager, Dennis,” False Equation: Opposing Same-Sex Marriage and Opposing Interracial Marriage”, www.townhall.com, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

One Response to “Same-sex marriage and interracial marriage: What’s the difference?”

  1. Jarod Says:

    I know one thing is that same. Its people who choose not to educate themselves on the constitution of this country and how to treat fellow human beings who were against interracial marriage and now same-sex marriage.

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