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What I learned at AEI.(Conservative Policy Dilemmas)(American Enterprise Institute)

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| June 22, 2004 | Rauch, Jonathan | COPYRIGHT 2004 The National Affairs, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE official topic of today's discussion is: "Should conservatives support same-sex marriage?" The unofficial subtitle, at least of my talk, is: "Everything I Know About Gay Marriage, I Learned at the American Enterprise Institute." Though I'm now at the Brookings Institution, my first think tank appointment was at AEI. It was here as a guest scholar that I learned so much from so many of the leading lights of conservatism, and I'd like to think that many of my arguments for gay marriage are, in fact, conservative arguments.

Too many people on the Right are panicking instead of thinking when it comes to same-sex marriage. The president of the United States, ...

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