Summary Of Wolfson's Approach To Marriage

While Wolfson's approach is much more persuasive than Sullivan's, Sullivan's approach is more likely to sway public opinion nationally. Foremost, Wolfson's article is argumentative and is supported by evidence and cases to illustrate his claims. For example, Wolfson highlights the importance of legal marital status in the case of Hillary Goodridge who "was denied entry into the ICU to see her newborn daughter"(Wolfson 97) because she was not considered immediate family. With this, Wolfson brings up a point to why gay and lesbian couples should have access to marriage. On the other hand, Sullivan does not attempt to argue or pursue his readers to agree with him, but rather to evoke emotion in his audience to empathize with the normalcy