The Fall of France: What gay marriage does to marriage.(Brief Article)

National Review | November 8, 1999| | Copyright

Mr. Frum is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

The argument over gay marriage is gradually ceasing to be a theoretical one. Over the past decade, Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden have created one form or another of domestic-partnership arrangement for the benefit of homosexuals. On Oct. 13, France joined the trend by enacting a law that confers the legal advantages of marriage on cohabiting homosexuals. In doing so, it demonstrated in the most spectacular way possible just what it is that opponents of gay ...

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