to marry COULD change the institution of marriage. Will it affect your
marriage? How? Will your vows, whether said in front a priest or a justice
of peace be made less important to you?
The comparison to Black civil rights movement is not a perfect one, true,
but it is related. In both cases a majority, driven by "traditional values"
set unfair policy for a minority.
I also think that you're deluding yourself about the effect. Gay men have
many of the same fears of reprisal as blacks did (and still do in many
areas). Can they, across this great nation, dance together, kiss in public
or otherwise carry on as dedicated life partners without getting their asses
kicked (or worse)? In some places, yes, in many others no.
If this were a purely religious issue then I would cede it to you (since as
an atheist I believe you can have it), but it is an institutional issue.
The simple fact of the matter is that legally more concessions are given to
marry couples. Insurance, adoption, medical and proxy rights, etc are all
much easy to maintain inside the institution of marriage in our culture.
No personally I would fight to remove those concessions from heterosexual
unions and lack any concept of marriage from a societal viewpoint (since
they are foundationally sprouted from religious ceremony). But since that
is unlikely I will do my best to separate the legal institution of marriage
from the religious one.
Jim Davis
From: Monique Boea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:44 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage
No one is denying them equal rights.
They are being denied the power to change an instutition that has been
around for ages. That is part of our culture, society, community.
That is what the fight is about.
The black civil rights movement is NOT the same.
You all continue to offend me by saying this.
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