Wednesday 17 October 2012

Julian Rivers on Redefining Marriage


The latest Cambridge Paper from the Jubilee Centre is available online, this one by Julian Rivers:


Here is the summary:

‘The Government’s proposal to introduce same-sex marriage seems to rest on reasons of equality, stability and convenience. But on closer inspection, these are respectively incomplete, speculative and negligible. As currently defined, marriage secures the equal value of men and women. It also promotes the welfare of children. By contrast, the new definition of marriage will unavoidably call into question its exclusivity, its permanence and even its sexual nature. Such an unravelling of marriage is too high a price to pay for a proposal which fulfils no practical legal need.’

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The correct link to this article is:

http://www.jubilee-centre.org/redefining-marriage-the-case-for-caution/