What's a Patriarchy To Do?

Truly the only thing I can add to Kieran Healy's shelling of Leon Kass is a link. Just click through already.

But a couple words about Maggie Gallagher's mortifying guest stint at Volokh. (Scroll about from that link.) First and foremost: Doesn't anyone remember the payola pundit mess from a while back?

More importantly, what are these arguments she's bringing? She was crucified in comments for arguing that homosexuality led to the fall of the Roman Empire—I kid you not—and has rebounded with the tried-and-true slippery slope to polygamy. All this without explaining by what mechanism gay marriage actually threatens heterosexual marriage (or civilization), despite a chorus of commenters asking her to do just that. The "SSM" moniker, with all the monolithic threat implied therein, is her cleverest contribution to the debate.