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Greenfield, who teaches law at Boston College Law School, points
out an obvious point that is not obvious, from what I can tell,
to a huge swath of people, including far too many political,
cultural, and even religious leaders:   Greenfield continues:
Put otherwise, it's not just that advocates of "same sex
marriage" were aiming at a constantly moving (and nebulous)
target named Equality, it's that the target is taking on a
frightening life of its own—one that is logical, but built
squarely upon flawed premises and assumptions. For example, as
Greenfield notes,"prejudice—simply thinking something is
'icky'—doesn’t count as a reason" to not open up "marriage" to
polygamists and incestuous couples. He writes:   All of this, of
course, has been part of pro-marriage arguments for quite some
time. Yet is almost always met with scoffing and derisive
dismissal. One retort that I've heard many times is along these
lines: "Oh, c'mon—you make it sound like