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The Future of Marriage by Blankenhorn, David is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Future of Marriage about?

The idea of this book began in a conversation David Blankenhorn had with the president of Freedom to Marry, a group advocating equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. This man asked Blankenhorn, a leading figure in the "marriage movement," to endorse his group's objectives. Feeling a bit defensive, Blankenhorn replied, "Every child deserves a mother and a father." The Future of Marriage is the result of that conversation. In their current demands, Blankenhorn points out, gay and lesbian leaders are not asking for marriage with an adjective in front of it, but marriage itself. So in that sense, what marriage is and why it matters is ultimately what this debate is all about. What exactly is this institution to which gay and lesbian activists are seeking access? Why do we have it in the first place? Where did it come from? What is it for? How is it changing? These are some of the hard questions The Future of Marriage confronts. David Blankenhorn says that if same sex marriage debate is to be "redemptive rather than merely divisive," it must accept the principle that all persons are equal in dignity. But it must also help us to rediscover and renew marriage as the main protector

Who reads The Future of Marriage?

It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.

Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.

Author
Blankenhorn, David
Publisher
New York: Encounter Books
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9781594030819
Category
self-help
Subjects
Gender Studies, Fiction, History
Rating
3.62 / 5 (25 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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