Download This PaperResponse to Mark Strasser
Marriage and Same-Sex Unions: A Debate (2003)
Lynn Wardle, et al., eds., Marriage and Same-Sex Unions: A Debate (New York: Praeger, 2003), 43-46.
4 Pages Posted: 12 Mar 2026
Date Written: April 30, 2003
Abstract
Professor Mark Strasser makes the case that the state will benefit from changing its marriage laws to include same-sex unions. This is my response, which critiques parts of his argument, and argues for humility when considering whether to change the West's long legal tradition of marriage.
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Witte, John, Response to Mark Strasser
Marriage and Same-Sex Unions: A Debate (2003)
(April 30, 2003). Lynn Wardle, et al., eds., Marriage and Same-Sex Unions: A Debate (New York: Praeger, 2003), 43-46. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6275598 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6275598
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