Perspective
Apr. 29, 2015
It's not for the justices to decide
The Constitution does not define marriage; it dictates no choice among competing conceptions of what marriage is. Rather, it leaves the issue to the judgment of the people and their elected representatives. By Robert P. George
If marriage is simply a form of sexual-romantic companionship or domestic partnership,
then the equal protection clause requires the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down state
laws limiting marriage licenses to male-female partners. For there would be no principled
basis for distinguishing opposite- from same-sex relationships - or, for that matter,
from multiple-party ("polyamorous...
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