Other Ways Of Knowing

Sean Prophet, over at the Black Sun Journal, blows apart an opinion piece by Margaret Somerville on "other ways of knowing" Worth reading. 

 

I notice, from Somerville’s Wikipedia entry, that she’s also an opponent of same-sex marriage. It doesn’t surprise me; neither does the "quality" of her evidence for her stance. She appears to believe that marriage is simply a "societal institution that represents, symbolizes and protects the inherently reproductive human relationship". This seems to be an extraordinarily limited view of the multi-faceted, and constantly evolving, institution that is marriage. As the Wikipedia article on marriage states: The reasons people marry vary widely, but usually include one or more of the following: legal, social and economic stability; the formation of a family unit; procreation and the education and nurturing of children; legitimizing sexual relations; public declaration of love. Procreation is just one of the reasons, professor Somerville, not the be-all and end-all, as you seem to want it to be.