Friday, July 21, 2006
I Hope Nobody is Surprised
It has just been announced that the lesbian couple who filed the lawsuit to legalize gay marriage in Massachusetts has separated. Now I don't wish ill on anybody, or take delight in other's misfortunes, but I could have predicted this. (and probably did) It is a simple fact that the vast majority of homosexual relationships do not endure. Remember the much celebrated relationship of Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher? How about Ellen DeGeneris and Anne Heche? Now to be fair, celebrity heterosexual marriages frequently end also. But these three relationships were held up to us as examples of why gay marriage should be legal, and that homosexuals were just as committed to each other as heterosexuals. That is simply not the truth. The truth is, male homosexuals are usually promiscuous (one of the more prominent, Andrew Sullivan actually makes the argument for gay marriage, but also makes an argument that men (hetero and homo) are incapable of being monogamous and that that is OK) and lesbian relationships are very unstable.
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Two points - many gay relationships do survive against all odds, and many do not. But you cannot refuse to recognise people's relatonships, constantly pressure them to justify them, discriminate against them, criminalise them, deny their value within the wider context of the family and then say - well, look, these stupid queers don`t stick together anyway.
Secondly, heterosexual marriage has a 50% failure rate, so put your own house in order before you even dare to point the finger at other people`s lives.
1) I acknowledged that there is a high failure rate in heterosexual marriage. I attribute that however to a weakening of the institution of marriage in the last 50 years. Extending marriage to homosexuals (and by logical and inevitable extension polygamy) would just worsen the situation.
2) I have always supported civil unions, (with most if not all of the rights and responsibilities as marriage) for homosexuals, heterosexuals and frankly just close friends with no sex involved. It may be just semantics to some, but it is an important distinction to me.
3) Homosexuals are not discriminated against by banning gay marriage. They have exactly the same rights as everyone else. Gay activists seek to create a new right for everyone, not to extend a right. I cannot marry another man, just as a homosexual cannot. I can however marry a woman, just as a homosexual can. That is equal.
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