Immigration is great for the Country if economic success is possible . Unfortunately (unlike Hong-Kong ) our tax system is being designed to prevent people from making and KEEPING the money they earn . If capital is in the hands of government only , our sysiem doesn't work .

And all those things have been done to women by their husbands ( and sometimes fathers ) . Maybe not to their souls , but to their bodies and their children . I'm just .realistic .Something one needs for survival .

Women were the property of the husband ( or the father ) throughout history . They still are in the Arab world . In the West this age old practice came to be almost obsolete . Womn can support themseves and don't have to take abuse . This is what changed marriage , not gays .

What if Chamberlin was right about the good intentions of Hitler ? And the public liked it ? Reality has a way of showing up and ruining fantasies .

So nice to have al this explained . Thanks !

God dd not order marriage , MAN did . Women were property, and they still are, in many parts of the world . Gay marriage can't have this arrangement .

Excellent article .

Why did proper marriage require a man and a woman ? Not because God ordained it , but because human society did . Women were simply the property of men . Children also belonged to the father .Males 'till adulthood , females to be sold or kept as slaves to the father's family . Female intelligence was ( and is ) not allowed to flower in most societies .

Unfortunately you are right again , Dr. Sowell . Thanks for exlaining it to those who don't see it yet .

When I read " Race and Culture " years ago I knew I found a giant in Dr. Sowell . Thanks for all the other books and articlaes you gave us . This latest one is a good reminder .

The elimination of private property is the final aim of totalitarians . Equality is the magic word . There is no equality in nature . Just look at the ruling elite . They may be aristocrats or politicians , but they always separate from the masses . They own and control the wealth created by the other 99 percent . They are the 1% . America was different , here everybody could rise to great heights if they were smart and worked hard .