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Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom
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10 minute read
Published Aug 31, 2015
What you'll learn
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court determined in a 5-4 decision that the right to marriage extends to same-sex couples under the Equal Rights Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This Obergefell v. Hodges ruling was not an expansion but a fundamental change to the institution of marriage. A change of this magnitude will have significant impact on laws, policies, institutions, and culture for years to come. Researcher and political analyst Ryan T. Anderson gives his take on what that impact will likely be.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 The aftermath of the Roe v. Wade decision shows us that disagreement, tolerance, and changing public opinion on an issue are possible.
- 2 Marriage must be defined before it’s enshrined in law and policy.
- 3 Marriage’s redefinition caters to the desires of adults better than it supports the needs and rights of children.
- 4 There is no reason for sexual freedom and religious freedom to be a zero-sum game.
- 5 Comparing the same-sex struggles of today with the civil rights movement of the 1960s is historically and conceptually misleading.
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