The terms of debate: if you want to get anywhere, you have to show you're 'progressive'.(Essay)

From: National Review | Date: July 3, 2006| Author: Goldberg, Jonah | Copyright information

EVER since the dawn of the Progressive Era, conservatives have been fighting progressive assumptions about the role of the state, the nature of justice, and the relevance, if any, of the transcendent to public life. With few exceptions, this argument has been almost entirely on the opposition's terms.

Consider, for example, the debate about same-sex marriage. Among those already convinced that same-sex marriage should be illegal, invocations of the Bible and natural law ...

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