Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

Same-sex marriage is not the future.

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.