The Sanctity of Marriage Is Long Dead

In the current debate over gay marriage, many conservatives argue that allowing gays to marry would destroy the "sanctity of marriage." A column on the Wall Street Journal web site makes a different argument, that the sanctity of marriage has been gradually eroded over the past 40 years. It concludes:

"But traditionalists, especially Christian traditionalists (in whose ranks I include myself) need to get a clue about what has really been going on and face the fact that same-sex marriage, if it comes about, will not cause the degeneration of the institution of marriage; it is the result of it."

I don't necessarily agree with the premise, but it's an interesting point of view.