The truth is, it’s not “marriage” that gays are after; it’s equality. The term itself could mean less to us gays. We want our lifetime partnerships to be recognized by society and the legal system the same way that heterosexual partnerships are recognized. Is it so much to ask... for all the same rights as our straight counterparts?
Argentina,
I get sick when I come across a “preserve marriage” bumper sticker or some ignorant asshole who thinks gay is contagious and will turn his/her kids gay. Sorry to break it to you but your kids were already gay, and forcing them to suppress those normal and healthy attractions is only going to fuck them up. The best part of being human is the friendly, social, and sexual aspects, and to deny people those experiences because their friends are different than yours or because they are of a different social class would be ludicrous and hypocritical. As one gay rights activist wrote it on his picket, “Did we vote on your marriage?”
The real issues at hand are the civil liberties and the legal rights that apply to husband and wife, but neither husband and husband nor wife and wife. Whether it’s monetary rights, taxes, adoption, legal benefits, or last will and testament, we deserve the same privileges. As long as their relationship is based on mutual love and the two adults are of age, I don’t see anything wrong with them getting married and raising a family. In fact, I have a hunch that in a few years, statistics will show that same-sex marriages have lower divorce rates, children that do better in school, and higher incomes. Or not. Maybe marriage will suck as much for gays as it does for straights. Either way, we deserve a shot.
And now, a special thanks to those who have made same-sex marriage possible and legally recognized:
Argentina, Belgium,
Canada,
Iceland,
Netherlands,
Norway,
Portugal,
South Africa,
Spain,
Sweden
...and some parts of the United States:
Connecticut, Washington D.C., Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and two Native American tribes, the Coquille and the Suquamish.
I'm a 20 year old whose been in a loving homosexual relationship for a few months now with a man who has been my best friend for upwards of two years, and its ridiculous to think that our love isn't recognized as being as legitimate as any heterosexual couple. My parents went through - and are still going through - an ugly, bitter divorce, and the true fact is they never should have been married in the first place. They married because they were a man and a woman, who had been in a long term relationship, however difficult and unfulfilled it was, and marriage was the subsequent logical step that society imposed on them. It's ridiculous to think that some people work so hard to preserve marriage as an institution solely between a man and a woman, when it is really an institution based on love. My parents marriage was based on the former belief, and it ruined my family, and we are all still dealing with its brutal aftermath. Thankfully, I live in Canada, and when me and my boyfriend are ready we will get married. I cannot wait to make him my husband and start a family with him, and raise our children in a loving, nurturing environment and to think that our union would be considered illegitimate by some is an injustice to the mutual love we both have for each other - and most gay couples share. Love is love and to discriminate against certain kinds of love only perpetuates hate. We are all deserving of love, and we are all entitled to share our love with whomever we choose - regardless of age, race or gender.
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