Ideoblog: Some questions about same sex marriage

Larry Ribstein, a Law professor at University of Illinois, recently published this article on same sex marriage. The article is thought-provoking and well balanced. I've just recently stumbled on Ribstein's blog, but he'll now be in my RSS reader. Here is a quote from his article:

Gay marriage is much in the news, having been elevated to state-of-the-union speech importance. And with the importance comes more than the usual quota of empty blather. This is something I’ve thought about (this is an abstract -- you can get the complete article from me by request). I suspect that at least some of the politicians taking stands on this haven’t thought about it much. Even former trial lawyer John Edwards said in the New Hampshire debate, 'I don't claim to be an expert on this' -- while proceeding to take a position anyway. So the candidates need to do some thinking. Here are some things for them to chew on