The case’s eighth day began with a reprise of the debate over the assertion by Gary Segura, a political science professor at Stanford University, that gay men and lesbians are more politically vulnerable and have less political power than other groups.

And it ended with testimony from Hak-Shing William Tam, a chemical engineer and immigrant from Hong Kong whose Chinese-language writings argue that there is a gay political agenda in which marriage is only the first goal, and that legalized pedophilia will follow if same-sex marriage is made legal.

But Mr. Tam also said that his rationale for opposing same-sex marriage blended both traditional Chinese and Christian perspectives.

“I think it’s very important for the next generation to understand the historical meaning of marriage,” he said. “It’s very important that children won’t grow up to fantasize about should I marry Jane or John when I grow up because this is very important for Asian families, the cultural issues, the stability of the families.”

Read the rest of Michelle Quinn and Garry Shih’s New York Times article here.