page_title: John Corvino
section_title: Debating Same-Sex Marriage
hierarchical_section_title: John Corvino / Works and reception / Debating Same-Sex Marriage
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the front cover of What's Wrong with Homosexuality?, a book written by John Corvino.
context_page_description: John Frank Corvino is an American philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy and the dean of the Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and the author of several books, with a focus on the morality of homosexuality. Corvino is sometimes referred to as "The Gay Moralist", a sobriquet he assumed while writing a column of the same name.
context_section_description: Corvino co-authored Debating Same-Sex Marriage (2012) with Maggie Gallagher, co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). The book received praise from both proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage. In the San Francisco Book Review, Elizabeth Raymond wrote, "Debating Same-Sex Marriage's format is quite interesting – and massively effective . . . It's like witnessing a live debate between these two lively characters . . . I highly recommend this to all – if only for a manual on how to respectfully debate a member of the opposing viewpoint. Well done!" Among other positive reviews were those from LGBT rights activist Dan Savage, Republican senator Rick Santorum, Matt Reynolds of Christianity Today, and Ryan T. Anderson of National Review. In The Times Literary Supplement, libertarian Nigel Ashford commented that "the tone of the book—of reason and logic, respect for opponents and willingness to engage in intellectual combat—is set by Corvino himself in his examination of the case against homosexuality, and by the inclusion of a rebuttal of his own arguments."
caption: What's Wrong with Homosexuality?
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