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Jonathan Rauch, a gay man, argued in his book that marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples could strengthen the value of institutional marriage for everyone. He believed it would honor the sanctity and social sense of this tradition.
Jonathan Rouse is a lifelong journalist and also a gay man who believes that marriage equality for gays and lesbians can strengthen the value of institutional marriage for everyone.
— Episode: David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch — T...
Episode: David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch — The Future...
Jonathan Rauch, a gay man, argued in his book that marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples could strengthen the value of institutional marriage for everyone. He believed it would honor the sanctity and social sense of this tradition.
Jonathan Rouse is a lifelong journalist and also a gay man who believes that marriage equality for gays and lesbians can strengthen the value of institutional marriage for everyone.
Episode: [Unedited] David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch wi...
Jonathan Rauch's book explores the benefits of gay marriage for all members of society. He uses a thought experiment where marriage disappears to show its importance, even discussing its impact on personal experiences like the first kiss and family formation.
Imagine what that does to your life today and imagine what it does when you're growing up. You know when you're eight or nine or twelve the first kiss, the first crush, the first date. All of this is leading to family formation and marriage on a home and you don't have any of that.
More unstable than the one you were accustomed to before your Kafka-esque metamorphosis, no doubt. Probably less healthy, less happy, perhaps full of sex but not as full of love. It is a world of fragile families, a world marked by heightened fear of loneliness or abandonment in old age. A world in some respects not civilized because marriage is the foundation of civilization.
Episode: David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch — The Future...
Jonathan Rauch, a gay man and journalist, argued that marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples could strengthen the value of institutional marriage for everyone. He believed it would help shore up the institution by providing new recruits.
Jonathan Rouse is a lifelong journalist and also a gay man who believes that marriage equality for gays and lesbians can strengthen the value of institutional marriage for everyone. He honors the sanctity and social sense of this tradition as he's known to complain more than many of the straight people he talks to.
And this can strengthen marriage. Here we have new recruits to this institution. It's going to help shore the thing up.
Episode: [Unedited] David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch wi...
Jonathan Rauch's book advocated for gay marriage, presenting arguments for its societal benefits to both gay and straight communities. It was discussed in relation to its thought experiment about a world without marriage and as a starting point for a conversation between Rauch and Blankenhorn.
He's a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic. His latest book is gay marriage, white as good for gays, good for straits, and good for America.
In his book on gay marriage, this thought experiment. What have you woke up one day and marriage didn't exist anymore?
When I talk about this I try to always start there with the moral imagination of asking people. You know most of you people here are straight a lot of you were married. Imagine that your marriage went away and I don't mean that you got divorced. I mean that you never got married, never could marry, never had the prospect of marrying. Imagine what that does to your life today and imagine what it does when you're growing up.