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Does Ross Douthat think Pro-Gay is Pro-Family?

Andrew Sullivan reads Ross Douthat and likes what he sees: I’m stretching things a bit, I know, but it’s interesting to see Ross praise what he calls David Cameron’s “pro-family” impulses – especially by supporting married couples in the tax code, something I also support. The Lib-Dems have largely quashed this for now. But Cameron’s pro-family agenda specifically and emphatically included gay couples. In fact, his entire argument was that we should not distinguish between gay and straight, but focus on core values – like commitment and responsibility. This is the argument I’ve been making for twenty...

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