Many of the nation\u2019s leading newspapers serve as advocacy agents for the normalization of homosexuality and the legalization of same-sex marriage. Leading this charge for some time, The New York Times regularly promotes same-sex marriage in its editorials and news coverage. Even so, the paper\u2019s latest editorial serves as a display of how the argument for homosexual marriage is often pressed with what can only be described as undisguised intellectual dishonesty….
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We are living in an age marked by what philosopher John Haldane calls \u201cerotic entitlements.\u201d\u009d Those promoting these entitlements now demand marriage as the ultimate recognition and normalization of their relationships.<\/p>\n
The New York Times has the right to press the case for same-sex marriage, but it does bear the responsibility to make its arguments with intellectual honesty. Just where would the paper draw the lines of rightful discrimination in marriage law, and for how long will it be willing to hold those lines?<\/p>\n