Is it hard to take the emotion out of this debate?

Ryan Anderson (in response to this question from the Deseret News)

I don’t think it’s hard. I think that to a certain extent, too many people on both sides of this 

issue have engaged in empty sloganeering, and they’ll call people names and they’ll bring more

heat
than light to this issue. So I just think it’s important to actually think critically about |

what marriage is, why marriage matters, why
redefining marriage is a bad idea, and then

engage on 
that level.

Read more at
http://national.deseretnews.com/article/1374/QA-Heritage-Foundation-scholar-argues-for-marriage-between-a-man-and-a-woman.html#76CmjiiBu0I6Hdhy.99