When defending marriage makes you a villain

Last week, I talked with John Stonestreet of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview about a story that appeared on The Public Discourse about a woman whose husband of 10 years walked away from their family to take up a gay relationship. The article provoked gay activist writers who attacked the woman for telling her own story. I asked Stonestreet why her counter-narrative was so important. He said the story shows how, ironically, those who cry the loudest for tolerance are often the least tolerant.

“Every other telling of this story, the one who commits adultery is the one who did wrong. But, suddenly, she’s the one who did wrong for wanting to defend her marriage. If anything should be an indication that the cultural narrative on marriage and family has changed, it’s this story,” Stonestreet said.

He also talked about a shift in the fight over abortion. A group in those ranks no longer wants to be called “pro-choice” but instead is unapologetically pro-abortion. And it shows that the pro-life side is winning.

“We have the pro-abortion side no longer denying that it’s a human life,” Stonestreet said. “As one pro-abortion activist wrote several months ago, the child that she sacrificed was a life worth sacrificing. This is astonishing language when you’re not trying to cover it up.”

Listen my complete conversation with Stonestreet about current cultural issues, including the latest hip-hop craze, on The World and Everything in It: