Rahm Emanuel and Chicken
I do not agree with Chick-fil-A's chairman Dan Cathy on his view of gay marriage. My opinion is that it is time that gay marriage achieve recognition in our nation. That "traditional marriage" is the union between "one man and one woman" does not necessarily square with history. A read of the Old Testament and other ancient literature should be enough to convince one that the "tradition" of marriage often included one man and several women. Whether this tradition demonstrates male oppression of women, or whether this tradition is more benign--women simply needed the protection of a male head of family in some societies--is unclear to me. (For an interesting read on marriage, look at historian Stephanie Coontz's book Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage). Dan Cathy's recent remarks that he supports "traditional" marriage has met with predictable denunciations from the gay commun...