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发帖数: 4174 | 1 The founder of the antigay National Organization for Marriage, Maggie
Gallagher, wrote her last syndicated advice column on Wednesday and
announced she was giving up optimism.
Gallager's column has run in various publications for 17 years, where she
espoused her conservative, and often antigay, beliefs. Gallagher has long
been the face of the anti-marriage equality movement, appearing on talk
shows and news programs. In her final column, Gallagher admits much of her
work has proved fruitless. "On every key measure, marriage is weaker," she
writes. "The consequences are more obviously unsustainable, yet culturally
powerful voices are less willing to engage, and the power of porn and
Hollywood to create our norms for family life is more triumphant than ever."
Gallagher believes men must lead all households, which must consist of a
husband, a wife, and children.
"Without a powerful ideal of masculinity that points men toward marriage and
fatherhood, more and more young men are deciding the hard work of becoming
marriageable is not worth it: Porn, beer, video games with the guys, freedom
and fleeting sexual encounters are good enough.
The most urgent overlooked need is the deep need of boys for masculine
ideals. If civilization refuses to provide any, porn and video-game makers
will step in to fill the gap.
Why should young men work hard to become protectors and defenders of women
and children when American culture -- and women -- tells them they are not
needed in either role?"
Gallagher seems to believe marriage is not pleasant — for straights or gays
— but must be endured: "Men and women are different. A society that
pretends otherwise is not going to raise boys to be loving, reliable family
men. Marriage is about settling for less but raising up an ideal much bigger
and more important even than the most urgent whispered promises of romantic
love."
Gallagher closes her column by saying she's giving up on optimism, but
remaining hopeful that her life's mission is taken up by others.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/01/03/r | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 2 连Maggie Gallagher都放弃了，那反同派们岂不是成了群龙无首了？买买提这帮反同都
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