{"id":36882,"date":"2013-06-03T23:20:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T05:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/mawwiage-3.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:13:53","slug":"mawwiage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/mawwiage-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Mawwiage!"},"content":{"rendered":"
While one of the big arguments for\/against gay marriage is how it will affect the institution, one of the interesting things about it is … how it will inform<\/i> us about the institution. And there's already indications about how removing gender or gender roles from marriage tells us a lot about what makes marriage successful and happy (or not).<\/div>\n

\n

\n \n <\/div>\n

The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss<\/a>
\n Research finds that same-sex unions are happier than heterosexual marriages. What can gay and lesbian couples teach straight ones about living in harmony?\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While one of the big arguments for\/against gay marriage is how it will affect the institution, one of the interesting things about it is … how it will inform us about the institution. And there's already indications about how removing gender or gender roles from marriage tells us a lot about what makes marriage successful … Continue reading “Mawwiage!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,25,14,718],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-gay-stuff","category-love-and-marriage","category-marriage-equality"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51514,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/on-the-choosing-of-appropriate-terms-around-marriage-equality.html","url_meta":{"origin":36882,"position":0},"title":"On the choosing of appropriate terms around "marriage equality"","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 19-Jun-15 10:41am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's not just a matter of so-called political correctness, but of conveying, accurately, what one means. As a cause, I prefer the term \"marriage equality,\" as that captures what is at the heart of the matter. When talking about the event, however, or the how to refer to the married\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21367,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/dear-senator-santorum-you-are-a-dolt.html","url_meta":{"origin":36882,"position":1},"title":"Dear Senator Santorum: You are a dolt","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Jun-11 12:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Senator Santorum: In Iowa, the other day, you made the following statement to a GOP dinner crowd: The reason the left has gone after same-sex marriage is because it\u2019s a two-fer. When you redefine marriage, you cheapen marriage. You make it into something less valuable, less special \u2026 [and]\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dolts"","block_context":{"text":"Dolts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/dolts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wedding-rings2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9549,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/06\/07\/talk_and_demago.html","url_meta":{"origin":36882,"position":2},"title":"Talk (and demagoguery) is cheap","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Jun-06 9:37am","format":false,"excerpt":"The President on amending the Constitution to define a social convention and restrict rights rather than enhance them: We should also conduct this difficult debate in a manner worthy of...","rel":"","context":"In "Marriage Equality"","block_context":{"text":"Marriage Equality","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/marriage-equality"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5631,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/02\/06\/separate_but_eq.html","url_meta":{"origin":36882,"position":3},"title":"Separate but equal?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Feb-04 9:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to Les for reminding me about the Massachussetts Supremes' ruling on gay marriage. First, read what he said (which was mostly what others said, particuarly Solonor), then come back...","rel":"","context":"In "LGBTQ &c"","block_context":{"text":"LGBTQ &c","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/gay-stuff"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131770,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/11\/we-must-protect-the-institution-of-marriage-from-foreigners.html","url_meta":{"origin":36882,"position":4},"title":"We must protect the institution of marriage from … foreigners!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 11-Oct-16 4:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Louisiana law now requires foreign-born Louisianans -- including naturalized citizens -- to produce an unexpired visa (which violates federal law) as well as a birth certificate (which many refugees, shockingly enough, don't have access to).Because you can't trust the sacred institution of holy matrimony to just anyone, amirite? Louisiana isn\u2019t\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30437,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/01\/richard-land-is-a-dolt-immodestly-modest-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":36882,"position":5},"title":"Richard Land is a Dolt (Immodestly Modest Edition)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Oct-12 10:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard Land\u00a0the president of\u00a0The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the\u00a0Southern Baptist Convention. \u00a0Not surprisingly, he has some traditionally conservative viewpoints on marriage, which he's lately put together in a \"modest proposal\" of disingenuity and prejudice at the Christian Post (which he is, not coincidentally, the Executive Editor): \u00a0What Relationships\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Church & State"","block_context":{"text":"Church & State","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/church-state"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Richard-Land.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Richard-Land.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Richard-Land.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37242,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36882\/revisions\/37242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}