{"id":5334,"date":"2006-01-20T00:06:12","date_gmt":"2006-01-20T00:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/diversity-in-sf.html"},"modified":"2006-01-20T00:06:12","modified_gmt":"2006-01-20T00:06:12","slug":"diversity-in-sf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/diversity-in-sf.html","title":{"rendered":"Diversity in SF"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Fran Chronicle is getting quite diverse in its opinion pieces these days – perhaps it always was, but I just didn’t know it. Earlier this week, the piece slamming arrogant scientist, and yesterday, this one wondering if those who predict same-sex marriage will lead to legalized polygamy might be right after all..<\/a><\/p>\n

(playing off of the recent Canadian study on the issue)<\/p>\n

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Confession time: I am one of those who, for years, has argued that legalizing same-sex marriage would not open the door for polygamy. The limit for marriages would remain two, I argued. Two doesn’t mean three or four. <\/p>\n

Wrong. In these politically correct times, do-gooders expand definitions until words — or institutions — lose all meaning. Marriage can mean whatever you want. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The San Fran Chronicle is getting quite diverse in its opinion pieces these days – perhaps it always was, but I just didn’t know it. Earlier this week, the piece slamming arrogant scientist, and yesterday, this one wondering if those who predict same-sex marriage will lead to legalized polygamy might be right after all.. 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