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First Gays, Then Polygamists?

Articles, Public Philosophy / johncorvino

First published in “The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review” on November 30,1999 AN INCREASINGLY COMMON objection to same-sex marriage takes the form of a slippery-slope argument: “If we allow gay marriage, why not polygamy? Or incest? Or bestiality?” This argument is nothing new, having been used against interracial marriage in the 1960’s. But what it […]

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The Bible Condemned Usurers, Too

Articles, Public Philosophy / johncorvino

First appeared in the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, November 30, 1996 GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATES sometimes suggest that if the Bible condemns homosexuality, so much the worse for the Bible. Yet that position hardly works for everyone. Many people maintain that the Bible is the true word of God, and not all who do are

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