Can Fischer’s Argument Be Interpreted to be Stronger?
However, the suggestion that Jonathan Rauch as Judge probably wouldn’t satisfy those in favor of gay marriage suggests that we might be able to interpret Fischer’s argument in a stronger form. It’s important that we take any argument and try to not take it so literally that we fail to catch the underlying meaning. Therefore, taking an argument (even one we disagree with) and putting it into it’s strongest possible form is good practice. Now I don’t personally know if Judge Walker is actually a homosexual or if this is just a rumor started because he gave a certain sort of judgment. However, we don’t actually care at the moment because we are only analyzing logical arguments being made and the argument needs to be generalized to any one judging Prop 8, not Judge Walker specifically. [1] It seems probable that Fischer is not so worried about whether or not Judge Walker is homosexual but rather if his homosexuality predicts gay marriage activism or a specific view of marriage (such as rig
