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Last week I reported about a series of posts by Maggie Gallagher, guest-blogging at The Volokh Conspiracy, in which Gallagher laid out a case against legalizing same-sex marriage. Volokh is now hosting Dale Carpenter, who will make a "traditionalist" case for legalizing same-sex marriage. I'll add links to Carpenter's posts as they appear. When he's done I'll try to summarize his conclusion, and compare it with Gallagher's.

Posts to date:

Dale Carpenter on Same-Sex Marriage (intro by Eugene Volokh)
The Traditionalist Case for Gay Marriage -- The Week Ahead
The Traditionalist Case -- The Numbers
The Traditionalist Case -- Individualistic Benefits to Gay Couples and Individuals
Response to Commentators -- Day 1 (ADDED 11/01 @ 10:23 AM)
The Traditionalist Case -- Individualistic Benefits to Children (ADDED 11/01 @ 10:58 AM)
People Unclear on the Concept (comment about comments by Eugene Volokh) (ADDED 11/01 @ 3:45 PM)
The Traditionalist Case – Communitarian Benefits (ADDED 11/01 @ 3:45 PM)
The Traditionalist Case – The Magnitude of the Benefits (ADDED 11/02 @ 12:18 PM)
Response to commentators – Day 2 (ADDED 11/02 @ 12:18 PM)
The Traditionalist Case -- The Definitional Argument Against Gay Marriage (ADDED 11/02 @ 12:18 PM)
The Traditionalist Case – The Contagious-Promiscuity Argument (ADDED 11/02 @ 5:55 PM)
The Traditionalist Case – The Polygamy Slippery-Slope Argument (ADDED 11/02 @ 8:25 PM)
Response to commentators -- Day 3 (ADDED 11/03 @ 4:15 PM)
The Traditionalist Case – The Procreation Argument (Standard Version) (ADDED 11/03 @ 4:15 PM)
More from Cathy Young on Same-Sex Marriage (an interjection by Eugene Volokh) (link to source ADDED 11/03 @ 4:15 PM)
The Traditionalist Case – The Procreation Argument (Gallagher Version) (ADDED 11/03 @ 8:52 PM)
Response to commentators – Day 4 (ADDED 11/04 @ 10:25 AM)
The Traditionalist Case – What Would Burke Do? (ADDED 11/04 @ 10:25 AM)
The Traditionalist Case – Getting From Here to There (ADDED 11/04 @ 10:35 PM)
The Traditionalist Case – Last Thoughts (ADDED 11/04 @ 10:35 PM)