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[pearwaldorf]

The case for allowing gays to marry begins with equality, pure and simple. Why should one set of loving, consenting adults be denied a right that other such adults have and which, if exercised, will do no damage to anyone else? Not just because they have always lacked that right in the past, for sure: until the late 1960s, in some American states it was illegal for black adults to marry white ones, but precious few would defend that ban now on grounds that it was "traditional".

For such a stodgy British newsweekly, the Economist surprises me. A lot. Like when the cover of their issue about the WTO talks in Cancun featured a cactus in the shape of a hand flipping the bird. Like now.

I think I like the British brand of economic conservatism much more than the American moralistic strain. I don't agree with it, but at least I can respect it.