"The Terms of our Surrender"
I am no fan of Ross Douthat, but this column in today's New York Times is well worth the read.
I will not quote much. He begins
IT now seems certain that before too many years elapse, the Supreme Court will be forced to acknowledge the logic of its own jurisprudence on same-sex marriage and redefine marriage to include gay couples in all 50 states.Here I would only quibble with his notion of a substantial minority, whose percentage he does not define, because what I see among my students, including those from conservative religious values, is an increasing acceptance of equality in marriage, employment and other rights for their gay friends and acquaintances (and in some cases relatives).Once this happens, the national debate essentially will be finished, but the country will remain divided, with a substantial minority of Americans, most of them religious, still committed to the older view of marriage.
I will ignore his attacks on the media, but instead skip to his final two and a half paragraphs. Having noted that there are serious divisions among Christians on the issues of various gay rights, he opines
The conjugal, male-female view of marriage is too theologically rooted to disappear, bu
teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 3-1-14
teacherken at Daily Kos:teacherken at Daily Kos This WeekAn odd week in my classroomOne reason it was odd is that there were no interruptions or cancellations due to weather - as of now it looks like that trend will be broken at the beginning of next week. The week started out strong - we were observed by principals and the assistant superintendent for our cluster/region. Several came into my 2nd