The rejection of the normative reality of male and female for our lives is the source of the radicalism of same-sex marriage. It dethrones male and female from their place as essential aspects of who we are, degrading them into mere objects of subjective sexual desire. This is a denial of God and of His creation order.

Keep it gay. That’s the plea of Matthew Vines, author of God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships. Vines recently warned New York Times readers that “the broad support that made marriage equality possible has grown more vulnerable,” which he blames on those who want “same-sex orientation” to be “part of a wider rebellion against social norms.” And this “queerness” is provoking backlash.

Andrew Sullivan made a similar argument in the same paper a year ago, lamenting that the gay-rights movement had radicalized after winning on marriage. Sullivan and Vines are correct that same-sex marriage won by promising a more inclusive normal and has instead delivered sexual and gender radicalism, a bait-and-switch that is turning people against same-sex marriage.

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