In our earlier posts ‘Can Ecclesiastical Marriage be Separated from Civil Marriage?‘ and ‘Why Gay Marriage is a Public Threat Part 2‘ I had occasion to quote from the book What is Marriage? by Sherif Girgis, Ryan Anderson and Robert George. This book is probably the most compelling defense of real marriage that is currently available. The website www.whatismarriagebook.com/ gives summaries of the book’s arguments in addition to further resources by the authors.
Last January there was a fascinating debate on C-span in which one of the book’s authors, Sherif Girgis, debated Andrew Koppelman on ‘gay marriage’ before an audience at the Harvard Law School. The entire debate can be watched here. Both thinkers have a background in law and have clearly spend considerable time considering the question from their differing perspectives of legal theory. The debate isn’t easy-going and can get pretty technical, but it is still definitely worth watching if you have a free hour. This was the most civil and rational debate I have ever seen on this topic which is usually charged with emotion.
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Re: Koppelman,
His argument about infertile married couples and guns with no ammo lacks moral maturity. It is the intention of the married couple to produce new human life as a result of their sexual union that is important, not that they might be infertile. There is always the hope for an infertile couple that their sexual union might result in a viable,successful pregnancy. There are plenty of cases of this happening. On the other hand, same sex couples can never live in hope of their sexual union ever resulting in new human life for the simple reason that their gametes are always going to be incompatible. Koppleman also appears to be painfully naiive on the scientific laws governing reproduction.