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On marriiage...
Apr. 10th, 2009 10:06 amQuote that jumped out at me today:
"It's a fact of life that many same-sex couples already happily live in the suburbs behind pink picket fences. Invalidating their choice to integrate into mainstream society by denying them the right to marry is a form of cultural abuse that's just as contemptible when it comes from the ideological left as it is when it comes from the righteous right."
"Despite all the 'baggage' marriage has, despite all the pressure some partners are under to wed, there are many partners who choose to marry, even though they know their union only has a 50% chance of lasting. Why do they do this? They do it because marriage is a symbol of hope, faith and confidence in the future. Marriage says the happiness that comes from a romantic bond can last and grow, and if it fails, can come again. Marriage is inherently optimistic. And even if that optimism is too often naive or betrayed it still somehow keeps on inspiring us, generation after generation. In a world of crisis, insecurity and despair, younger heterosexual people are returning to marriage, I would suggest, for its optimism. Denying same-sex partners a chance to share in this is one of the cruellest aspects of marriage discrimination."
[From Rodney Croome.]
"It's a fact of life that many same-sex couples already happily live in the suburbs behind pink picket fences. Invalidating their choice to integrate into mainstream society by denying them the right to marry is a form of cultural abuse that's just as contemptible when it comes from the ideological left as it is when it comes from the righteous right."
"Despite all the 'baggage' marriage has, despite all the pressure some partners are under to wed, there are many partners who choose to marry, even though they know their union only has a 50% chance of lasting. Why do they do this? They do it because marriage is a symbol of hope, faith and confidence in the future. Marriage says the happiness that comes from a romantic bond can last and grow, and if it fails, can come again. Marriage is inherently optimistic. And even if that optimism is too often naive or betrayed it still somehow keeps on inspiring us, generation after generation. In a world of crisis, insecurity and despair, younger heterosexual people are returning to marriage, I would suggest, for its optimism. Denying same-sex partners a chance to share in this is one of the cruellest aspects of marriage discrimination."
[From Rodney Croome.]
