{"product_id":"nation-of-bastards-essays-on-the-end-of-marriage-9780978440244","title":"Nation of Bastards: Essays on the End of Marriage","description":"\"Erudite and impassioned - an act of faith and of resistance to the insidious claims of the post-Christian and post-liberal state.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eF. C. Decoste, Professor of Law, University of Alberta\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA brilliant expos  of the implications of same-sex marriage - and a compelling analysis of what it will take for society to reclaim the birthright of freedom it has lost in a reckless social experiment.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To some, same-sex marriage is evidence that society has finally come of age. To others, it is yesterday's issue, posing no danger to traditional marriage. To still others - McGill University's Douglas Farrow among them - it has turned civil society on its ear, creating a new political situation in which several things are no longer clear: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . Is the state the property of the citizenry? Or are citizens, with their cherished personal associations, including marriage, now the property of the state? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . Who \"owns\" the children, now that natural parenthood had been replaced by legal parenthood? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . Is the family still \"the natural and fundamental group unit of society,\" as the \u003ci\u003eUniversal Declaration of Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e claims? Or is the concept of the \"natural\" moribund? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . What is marriage for, anyway? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Douglas Farrow is associate professor of Christian Thought at McGill University in Montreal. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRecognizing Religion in a Secular Society \u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor, with Daniel Cere, of \u003ci\u003eDivorcing Marriage.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BPS Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873015435538,"sku":"9780978440244","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e040e78-7862-4a83-8113-1c6fdf6946ae.jpg?v=1737917540","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nation-of-bastards-essays-on-the-end-of-marriage-9780978440244","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}