Former Prop 8 Advocate Calls Homosexuality 'Benign,' Explains New LGBT Partnership
David Blankenhorn, who testified as an expert witness on marriage during California's Proposition 8 case (Perry v. Schwarzenegger), surprised supporters when he revealed in a New York Times op-ed last year his radical shift to affirming homosexuality and advocating for same-sex marriage. Blankenhorn discussed Monday evening at The King's College in New York City some of the factors that contributed to his change positioned.
Blankenhorn, founder and president of the nonpartisan Institute for American Values, explained that he mostly decided to embrace the pro-gay marriage movement for pragmatic reasons because "the old way" of advocating for strong families and marriage was not working....