[conservativephilosopher-announce] New post at The Conservative Philosopher

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Hello,
	There is a new post on The Conservative Philosopher.  You can read it at:

http://www.conservativephilosopher.com/posts/1109960817.shtml

It begins:

	There is a way for same-sex unions to achieve the
	respected status of heterosexual marriage. Indeed,
	the only way a social institution can earn such
	status is by proving itself over the course of
	history. Thus, if same-sex unions were legally
	recognized, and if, after some time, it became
	clear that they do produce stable families,
	diminish dangerous promiscuity, etc., then DSSMs
	[Defenders of Same-Sex Marriage] would be in a
	position to argue that same-sex unions deserve to
	be elevated to the status of full-fledged marriages
	(not on the basis of some abstract ideal of
	equality but on the basis of...