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From the comments section of this post from Jane Galt, we find this fascinating article from the July, 1926 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.
The chaos that ensued is a bit of a cautionary tale. (And yes, I am aware of the differences between the Soviet Union of the mid twenties and our current utopian paradise in America.) Read the whole thing, as they say. Some of the consequences of Communist efforts to make the New Soviet Man (and Woman) prefigure the results of the introduction of the Pill and the Sexual Revolution.
I also found interesting this bit from Jane’s post:
And people who were cheering the various court decisions, and are now screaming about this, need a consistency check. Yes, we all support gay marriage—but a majority of your fellow citizens don’t. You thought you’d found a way to end run the tedious process of cultural change by getting judges or officials who lean your way to read rights you’re in favor of into the constitution. You can hardly scream “foul” when they try to get legislators who don’t lean your way to write those rights right back out again.
This gets to some of what I was saying - that from the conservative point of view, liberal judicial activism leaves them no recourse but quixotic attempts to pass constitutional amendments because no matter how many legislative battles they win, liberals can always find an agreeable judge.
What you have to fundamentally ask yourself is this: Is marriage a matter of license or liberty? That is, do you have an inherent right to marry without government interference, or is marriage a privilege that the government _grants_ to you?
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