David Blankenhorn, the head of the Institute for American Values, is an important advocate for marriage and for responsible fatherhood. Recently he has become a noted opponent of same-sex marriage, especially during the Proposition 8 debate in California.
This week he changed his position, coming out in support of same-sex marriage. He has not changed his views that, on the whole, children do best when raised by their married natural parents. But he now says that "the equal dignity of homosexual love" is also an important social principle. The children raised by same-sex couples would be better off if their parents were married, and therefore social policy should be changed to make it possible for same-sex parents to marry.
I believe Blankenhorn's evolution to a centrist position on same-sex marriage is commendable.
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