Marriage: What It Is, Why It Matters,
and the Consequences of Redefining It
Ryan T. Anderson
Key Points
- Marriage exists to bring a man and a woman together as husband and wife to be father and mother to any children their union produces.
- Marriage is based on the truth that men and women are complementary, the biological fact that reproduction depends on a man and a woman, and the reality that children need both a mother and a father.
- Marriage is society's least restrictive means of ensuring the well-being of children. Marital breakdown weakens civil society and limited government.
- Government recognizes marriage because it benefits society in a way that no other relationship does.
- Government can treat people equally and respect their liberty without redefining marriage.
- Redefining marriage would further distance marriage from the needs of children and deny the importance of mothers and fathers; weaken monogamy, exclusivity, and permanency, the norms through which marriage benefits society; and threaten religious liberty.
Abstract
- Marriage is based on the truth that men and women are complementary, the biological fact that reproduction depends on a man and a woman, and the reality that children need a mother and a father.
- Redefining marriage does not simply expand the existing understanding of marriage; it rejects these truths.
- Marriage is society’s least restrictive means of ensuring the well-being of children.
- By encouraging the norms of marriage—monogamy, sexual exclusivity, and permanence— the state strengthens civil society and reduces its own role.
- The future of this country depends on the future of marriage.
- The future of marriage depends on citizens understanding what it is and why it matters and demanding that government policies support, not undermine, true marriage.
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