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Civil Conversations: The Future of Marriage

Rauch, Jonathan
Blankenhorn, David
Tippett, Krista
2012-10-10

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Civil Conversations: The Future of Marriage

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2012-10-10

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Redefining the definition of marriage is a monumental cultural transition. But we've reduced our public deliberation of this matter — even inside our religious institutions — to a matter of votes and laws. The reality is, even one-third of Democrats still express opposition to gay marriage. But younger people of every political and moral persuasion are coming to a collective comfort level and consensus. Jonathan Rauch is a gay man and gay marriage advocate who respects the values and concerns of social conservatives and wants them taken seriously. David Blankenhorn is a self-identified liberal democrat and long time family and marriage advocate, who testified for gay marriage opponents during California's Prop. 8 ballot initiative. But he has recently withdrawn his legal opposition to gay marriage, acknowledging the emerging moral consensus. They have developed a friendship that has surprised and changed them both. We'll listen in on their common struggle to respond compassionately to both sides of our human and civilizational encounter with same sex union, and to discuss it in terms of civil society and a pro-family agenda.

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Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, UMN, the Brookings Institution, the John C. Danforth Center for Religion & Politics, public radio's Krista Tippett ("On Being")

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Rauch, Jonathan; Blankenhorn, David; Tippett, Krista. (2012). Civil Conversations: The Future of Marriage. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/194736.

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