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Opinion: Jonah Goldberg on gay marriage and rise of ‘HoBos’ (a.k.a. homosexual bourgeoisie)

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With the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ accomplished, efforts now turn back to marriage equality for gays and lesbians, something conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg says confounds both liberals and conservatives. In Tuesday’s column, Goldberg describes how the gay community has gone from free-loving Bohemia to embracing the bourgeois way of life, a lifestyle that includes marriage. As a reference , he points to Cameron and Mitchell on ABC’s ‘Modern Family,’ which, interestingly enough, is the no. 1 sitcom among Republicans.

The sitcom is supposed to be ‘subversive’ in part because it features a gay couple with an adopted daughter from Asia. And you can see why both liberal proponents and conservative opponents of gay marriage see it that way. But imagine you hate the institution of marriage and then watch ‘Modern Family’s’ hardworking bourgeois gay couple through those eyes. What’s being subverted? Traditional marriage, or some bohemian identity politics fantasy of homosexuality?

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Where does Goldberg, a staunch conservative, fall on the topic of gay marriage? His feelings may surprise you. Read ‘As gay becomes bourgeois.’

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On same-sex marriage, readers chime in: ‘Since when has equality and justice EVER hurt anyone?’

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