Summary Of Same Sex Marriage By John Corvino

Debating Same-Sex Marriage is a dialogue between John Corvino and Maggie Gallagher but this summary will exclusively focus on the pro same-sex marriage argument of John Corvino. John Corvino is a highly-respected philosopher at Wayne State University. Primarily his focus tends to be on ethics, equality, sexuality, and freedom. While Corvino is an open homosexual man he does not allow that bias to cloud his argument. In a somewhat Socratic method he deconstructs other arguments using a means of logic. In a word, John Corvino’s argument for same-sex marriage is equality. Not from a constitutional stand point but from a moral-philosophical perspective. Corvino recognizes in his argument that one of the larger sources of divergence in opinion is the complexities of defining marriage. While it’s true that marriage is an institution based …show more content…
He is a true logician that is adept at turning complicated issues into comprehensible concepts. Accordingly, it my belief that the greatest strength in his argument is his Socratic manner of deconstructing fallacious arguments. Next to that it seems that his empiricism is a close second to being his greatest strength. An example of this being his attention to detail with studies of children who exist in same-sex households. It is clear the facts more support his claims then on the reverse. Perhaps though what I respect the most with his argument was his method of unpacking the slippery slope fallacy or PIB argument. Masterfully he deconstructs the argument to show that there is not connecting links to believe that homosexual relations would lead to polygamy, incest, and bestiality. All of these claims reinforce his main argument being that equality amongst heterosexuals & homosexuals are unbalanced at best. The overarching point being that civil-unions are in no way equal legally to