To explore arguments for and against gay marriage, Senior Research Fellow David Masci interviewed Jonathan Rauch of The National Journal and Rick Santorum of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The Q&A’s were done as part of the Pew Forum’s special report on gay marriage.
![Jonathan Rauch](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2009/12/rauchthumb.jpg)
Jonathan Rauch: The Case For Same-Sex Marriage “America’s problem is not too many marriages, it’s too few.”
![Rick Santorum](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2009/12/santorumthumb.jpg)
Rick Santorum: The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage “What society should be about is encouraging what’s best for children.”