---
title: "Two Perspectives on Gay Marriage"
description: "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: The Case For Same-Sex Marriage “America’s problem is […]"
date: "2008-04-24"
authors:
  - name: "Benjamin Wormald"
    job_title: "Senior Engineer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/benjamin-wormald/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/04/24/publicationpage-aspxid997/"
categories:
  - "Religion & Social Values"
  - "Same-Sex Marriage"
  - "Same-Sex Marriage"
---

# Two Perspectives on Gay Marriage

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](/gay-marriage/#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](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/04/24/an-argument-for-same-sex-marriage-an-interview-with-jonathan-rauch/)** "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](/events/?EventID=180)** "What society should be about is encouraging what's best for children."

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