Debate Club

Should States Abolish Marriage?

Although what is driving the discussion is the homosexual agenda of "same sex marriage," both debaters favor "same sex marriage", which provides a clue about how far afield the intellectual elite is from the common sense of average person.

The problem is that both debaters see marriage as a kind of libertarian consensual structure based on contract, where the rights of the parties are to be determined through some contractual analogy. What will be missing from the discussion is the idea that marriage is not a contract, it's a covenant, and that marriages are not ultimately based on a negotiation of terms between equals.

Ultimately, marriage is based on love. The technical term for the other approach is a "failed marriage."