Friday, November 9, 2012

I discovered this book today when an introduction to it came across my desktop in an email from a friend. If you are at all interested in the current argument that is being debated in many countries around the world you will want to read this book. What is the argument being debated? Should marriage be redefined from being something other than which all societies have seen as a conjugal partner­ship: a male-female union.

Written by Rhodes Scholar Sherif Girgis, Heritage Foundation Fellow Ryan T. Anderson, and Princeton Professor Robert P. George offer a powerful critique of the idea that equality requires redefining marriage. Originally they published and article back in 2010 that argued marriage as being between a man and a woman. It was hailed internationally as being the toughest and most eloquent argument that was pro-marriage - that marriage unites one man and one woman. The authors have developed their arguments further and have also responded to critics in this expanded edition. What Is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense