District of Columbia Council members voted recently to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, I couldn’t help but reflect on a statement made by James Dobson in an interview with CSPAN in 2005. Dobson argued that legalizing same-sex marriage would undoubtedly be one of the most dangerous social experiments our nation has ever considered under-taking.

 

So what could possibly justify such a risk?

Many proponents of same-sex marriage equate their struggle with that of African-Americans’ for racial equality, claiming it is the “civil rights issue of our time.”

 

Three things are wrong with this. First, not all social movements are equal and issues regarding civil rights need to be examined on a case-by-case basis. Second, same-sex marriage is not about rights, but about preferences. Third, skin color is not equivalent to behavior.