The Temper of a Revolution

A Review of Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything by Robert R. Reilly

As the demand for acceptance of same-sex marriage marches forward, onlookers are increasingly bewildered over the severe punishments meted out for noncompliance, the case of Aaron and Melissa Klein, who have been fined $150,000 for declining to bake a wedding cake for two women, being but one recent example. In Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything, Robert R. Reilly explains why this is happening.

The divide over same-sex marriage is about a lot more than sex. At root, it's a clash between two fundamentally different perceptions of reality. On one hand is the Natural Law understanding, which stretches back to Aristotle. It sees man...