If Your Child Is Gay? Senator Portman’s “change of heart” raises many questions.

By: American Decency Staff

 

Last week, Senator Rob Portman of Ohio announced that he had reversed his position on same-sex marriage. The reason was that his son had come out to the senator and his wife as gay.

This is not the first such instance. Periodically, we hear about Republican politicians whose child has announced that he or she is gay, prompting the parent to change his mind about the man-woman definition of marriage.

As a parent, I understand these parents. We love our children, and we want them to love us.

Nevertheless, I differ with their decisions to support the redefinition of marriage.

In order to explain why, let’s analyze some of Senator Portman’s words: “I’m announcing today a change of heart . . .”

These words were well chosen. Senator Portman’s new position is indeed “a change of heart.” That’s why he didn’t say “change of mind.” His change comes from his heart.

In this regard, Mr. Portman speaks for virtually every progressive/left/liberal position on virtually every subject. To understand leftism — not that the senator has become a leftist, but he has taken the left-wing position on redefining marriage — one must understand that above all else leftism is rooted in emotion, not reason. That is why left-wingers discussing their social positions always refer to compassion and fairness — for blacks, for illegal immigrants, for poor people, and, of course, for gays. Whether a progressive position will improve or harm society is not a progressive question. That is a conservative question. What matters to progressives is whether a position emanates from compassion.

Read More: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/343308/if-your-child-gay-dennis-prager

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