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“The successful, pragmatic strategy of gay activists has been to assert that same-sex marriage will not change the institution itself. Their argument is that there is no need to defend marriage against loving same-sex couples, because these couples don’t want to alter it; they just want to participate in it. But as we race to a victorious finish, it is time to begin forcefully articulating that, in fact, maybe we do want to change marriage—because while marriage should be a choice, it should not be an imperative. For decades, LGBTQ communities have generated new forms of family built on foundations of shared commitments, collective responsibilities, nonconjugal love and parental devotion not predicated on shared genetics. Shut out of social-normative options for making families, they queered the very idea of family. It would be tragic to allow marriage equality to destroy or marginalize the pioneering work of queer families who have taught us that family is more complicated and more fulfilling than traditional models of marriage can ever capture.” — “What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make?” -Melissa Harris-Perry
(via tropicalfishgigi)Yes!!!!
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Study: Marriage equality supporters may not be so confident Over the past several years, one study after another has shown that public support for marriage equality is on the rise. But according to a Gallup poll released this week, supporters of LGBT rights may not believe we’re making much progress. From HuffPo:
The new poll, which used data based on telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,535 adults, found that 63 percent of Americans believe that the U.S. public is opposed to gay marriage, implying that those who do support marriage equality believe that their views are in the minority.
On a similar note, the poll also found that a mere 19 percent of Americans believe that same-sex marriage will “change society for the better.” This figure is up from 10 percent in 2003.
“Groups most likely to support gay marriage generally tilt toward the view that it will neither harm nor benefit society,” Gallup’s Jeffrey M. Jones writes. “Thus, it appears that a segment of those who support gay marriage don’t necessarily do so thinking that such a policy change would be good for society, but rather because they think it will do no harm — a view that goes along with a more libertarian perspective that allows people to do what they want as long as it doesn’t hurt other people.”
What say you? Is this significant?
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(z) In which I weep for humanity…
Yeeeeep that’s right folks! Doesn’t matter that people are homeless and DYING as long as a certain group within the community gets to marry!!!!
You see, marriage is a magic institution that solves everything!
Hmmm, where have I heard that before?
If you see nothing wrong with this, I don’t know what to tell you…
Our priorities are so hopelessly fucked, it kills me to see reminders of it on here.
wat? No. Just No.
Is this serious??
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France legalizes gay marriage despite angry protests
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France became the 14th country in the world to allow same-sex couples to wed Tuesday, when its parliament approved a law that has sparked often violent street protests and a rise in homophobic attacks.
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“While marriage equality is absolutely an important goal for our movement, it is not the end. We are equal, but we are greater than just marriage and deserve respect above and beyond marriage equality” - Jacob Tobia
Also: I don’t believe marriage is a human right. It is a social/political/economic institution.
Also:
“- I disagree with the prioritization of marriage over other fundamentals (job discrimination, trans discrimination, homelessness, to mention a few)
- I have problems with how the mainstream lgbt movement tends to advance images of queer folks as white, cisgender, not economically struggling, able-bodied, non-immigrant, and not-otherwise-different folks. we are all different in each and every way.
- i take issue with the constraints of marriage as a historically defined way of preserving privilege
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- but i do see the pain that many LGBTQ folks (esp. our elders, who have weathered so much discrimination) have gone through in not having the option of marriage for their particular circumstance. while immigration reform stalls and splits apart same-sex binational couples, adoption and family laws are based on antiquated ideas of two-parent / biological families and remove children from LGBT parents, and so forth - the chant to reject marriage as providing any viable assistance to queer folks perhaps does not acknowledge just how incredibly conservative (based on notions of society from hundreds of years ago, anyone?) and unimaginative our laws are, and how slowly the law evolves. i seek more fundamental changes, but i am excited for those who have been waiting to have marriage as an option. no social justice movement is one-size-fits-all, and we are hopefully continuously expanding our theory of change.” -Jonas Q. Wang
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6 Things That Happened While Y'all Were Preoccupied With Gay Marriage “Over the last couple of days, many people around the country have been caught-up in the whole same-sex marriage drama that’s currently taking place in the Supreme Court….” - Black Girl Dangerous
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In current debates on marriage equality, it’s usually assumed intersex people will gain equal rights when gay marriage has been legalized or that they already have equal rights. Unfortunately though, neither is the case.
Terminology is of much importance here…
a very interesting article: http://bit.ly/Pphlf5
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MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NOT ABOUT YOUR OTP
MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NOT ABOUT YOUR OTP
MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NOT ABOUT YOUR OTP
MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NOT ABOUT YOUR OTP- MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NOT ABOUT YOUR OTP
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MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NOT ABOUT YOUR OTP
MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NOT ABOUT YOUR OTP
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reminder, since everyone’s happily throwing up their equal signs in solidarity
reminder that this is yet another day in history where people had to go to court to be (partially! not even wholly!) legally recognized as equal human beings and that this shouldn’t have to happen in the first place
reminder that creating a space for lgbtq people is not the same as allowing lgbtq people to create a space for themselves without fear of harm or reproach from anyone. liberation comes from inside, not outside.
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Youthful Perspective on Same Sex marriage (by ProvidenceJournal)
A very well spoken young man.
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“Twelve year old Matthew Lannon, a sixth-grader at Wheeler School in Providence, presented a voice and face of youth to the very adult topic of same sex marriage in Rhode Island. Matthew, with his two moms, watching and lending him support, was one of the many advocates and opponents of gay marriage to testify before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday evening at the RI State House.. Providence Journal video by Kris Craig”
