{"product_id":"9780978440244","title":"Nation Of Bastards","description":"\"Erudite and impassioned - an act of faith and of resistance to the insidious claims of the post-Christian and post-liberal state.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eF. C. Decoste, Professor of Law, University of Alberta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA brilliant exposé 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. Who \"owns\" the children, now that natural parenthood had been replaced by legal parenthood? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. What is marriage for, anyway? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BPS Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50091601920240,"sku":"9780978440244","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780978440244","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}