In yesterday’s oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges (better known
as the “gay-marriage case”), the solicitor general of the United States
committed a classic “Kinsley gaffe”: He accidentally told the truth.
Normally, in any argument about the next legal step of the sexual
revolution, the accusation or even implication that there’s a slippery
slope is grounds for outrage. Not only shouldn’t we explore the legal
implications of expanding the definition of marriage, the very attempt
is homophobic. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Yesterday, however, the solicitor general tugged at that curtain,
revealing the Jacobin behind — a nonviolent version, of course, but a
Jacobin nonetheless. It turns out that the sexual revolution — like the
French Revolution — demands “de-Christianization.” (READ MORE)
