As homosexual marriage is gaining acceptance (in some places), we discover that polygamists are hard on the heels of the homosexual activists. Those who are interested in clear-sighted statement of the implications should read Charles Krauthammer here.
There is absolutely no basis for jettisoning the conventional notion that marriage needs to be between members of the opposite sex, and then tenaciously retain the conventional notion that marriage needs to be limited to two, and only two. Of course, this makes homosexual activists furious — tying their noble and cosmopolitan cause in with the hopes and aspirations of old Elijah Coot up in the mountains of Utah with his three calico dumplings. But arguments is arguments, as they say. There is no way to open the door to homosexual marriage without sexual pandemonium. And hell followed after. But if we keep the door closed, as we must, we need a stronger basis than traditions or conventions.
Note particularly Krauthammer’s point about what “did marriage in.” This was essentially the same point we made in our Credenda issue dedicated to the subject. The homosexual activists did not murder marriage. The death was a sad case of hetero suicide. And unless there is a profound liturgical and familial reformation in the Church, trying to stop the sexual disintegration of our culture by “making rules” will be like trying to put out a bonfire by pelting it with wadded up Kleenex. Mark this — I am not against the biblical standard, and I am not against the biblical standard being the law of the land. There will be a referendum in the next Idaho election reaffirming the one man/one woman standard for marriage, and of course I will vote for it. But is that a solution? No, the Savior is from Nazareth — not Boise.