We can add gay marriage to the short list of controversies – abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty – that are so frozen and ritualistic that debates about them are more like kabuki performances than intellectual exercises. Or we can think outside the box.
What a charming way to put it. (I’d add nuclear power to the list.) The solution offered is not original with Kinsley, but I am pleased to see it get more publicity. (Link from Sasha Volokh.)