Abandoning Stanley Kurtz

Even the conservative intellectuals who oppose marriage rights for all have now disowned the theories of Stanley Kurtz. David Blankenhorn is the latest to do so. Money quote:

"Neither Kurtz nor anyone else can scientifically prove that allowing gay marriage causes the institution of marriage to get weaker."

Still, Blankenhorn soldiers on, trying to argue that there is a self-reinforcing correlation between support for marriage equality and opposition to traditional marriage. Dale Carpenter carefully pulls apart that much weaker attempt at problematizing gay marriage here.