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| | '''Mary Ann Glendon''' is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at [[Harvard]], and the [[United States]] Ambassador to the [[Vatican]]. | | '''Mary Ann Glendon''' is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at [[Harvard]], and the [[United States]] Ambassador to the [[Vatican]]. |
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| − | She wrote: | + | She wrote:<ref name="marriage">http://www.afajournal.org/2004/april/404don.asp</ref> |
| | *"What [[same-sex marriage]] advocates have tried to present as a [[civil rights]] issue is really a bid for [[special preferences]] of the type our society gives to married couples for the very good reason that most of them are raising or have raised children." | | *"What [[same-sex marriage]] advocates have tried to present as a [[civil rights]] issue is really a bid for [[special preferences]] of the type our society gives to married couples for the very good reason that most of them are raising or have raised children." |
| | *"Same-sex marriage will constitute a public, official endorsement of the following extraordinary claims made by the Massachusetts judges in the Goodridge case: | | *"Same-sex marriage will constitute a public, official endorsement of the following extraordinary claims made by the Massachusetts judges in the Goodridge case: |
| | *#that [[marriage]] is mainly an arrangement for the benefit of [[adult]]s; | | *#that [[marriage]] is mainly an arrangement for the benefit of [[adult]]s; |
| | *#that [[children]] do not need both a [[mother]] and a [[father]]; and | | *#that [[children]] do not need both a [[mother]] and a [[father]]; and |
| − | *#that [[alternative family]] forms are just as good as a husband and wife raising kids together." [http://www.afajournal.org/2004/april/404don.asp] | + | *#that [[alternative family]] forms are just as good as a husband and wife raising kids together." |
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| | [[Don Wildmon]] believes that [[religious freedom]] is at stake and quotes Glendon in support of his view, as follows: | | [[Don Wildmon]] believes that [[religious freedom]] is at stake and quotes Glendon in support of his view, as follows: |
| − | :"Gay-marriage proponents use the language of [[openness]], [[tolerance]] and [[diversity]], yet one foreseeable effect of their success will be to usher in an era of [[intolerance]] and [[discrimination]] the likes of which we have rarely seen before. Every person and every religion that disagrees will be labeled as [[bigot]]ed and openly discriminated against. The ax will fall most heavily on religious persons and groups that don’t go along." [ibid] | + | :"Gay-marriage proponents use the language of [[openness]], [[tolerance]] and [[diversity]], yet one foreseeable effect of their success will be to usher in an era of [[intolerance]] and [[discrimination]] the likes of which we have rarely seen before. Every person and every religion that disagrees will be labeled as [[bigot]]ed and openly discriminated against. The ax will fall most heavily on religious persons and groups that don’t go along."<ref name="marriage" /> |
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| | + | == References == |
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| | {{DEFAULTSORT:Glendon, Mary Ann}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT:Glendon, Mary Ann}} |