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20030813
On the Attempt to Officiate Same-Sex Couples in Meaning and Word
I feel embarrassed to talk about this issue, and I probably shouldn't publish this because I think it's a waste of time.
[content deleted by author on account of thinking that they are stupid and oft-repeated]
I myself am queasy about the prospect of gay marriage because there is something in the institution of marriage that sets itself up for abuse by many stupid people. I do consider that there may be a legitimate can of worms being released in opening up the definition of marriage from being simply a union of a man and a woman. Then I think, of course, there is always a can of worms with every change you try to take. That cannot be doubted, but to forbid marriage to slight a permanent minority to make them something less than humans is wrong. This may be the last battle we will ever fight, or may not be, as we can forsee new science that will be a period of another great upheaval to the ones we have had every decade last century.
I can understand that when straight people, who never had any feelings for the same sex, or simply suppress those feelings, could not hope to understand what LGBT feel, and because of that gap in thinking, they may refuse to consider anything out of the realm of their existence.
Despite the prevalent talk of how many straight men have lesbian fantasies, in reality, I doubt that marriage would be considered in their minds as something that lesbians or gays should have.
I am ambivalent. Each time I try to elaborate, I stop myself short of saying it. I believe that the LGBT would treat the right to marry with more respect that straight people do nowadays, at least until a new generation of young men and women, who didn't grow up in the struggle, treats that right as something taken for granted.
That said, I believe that gay marriage will undoubtedly happen. There is no question about it. As long as old conservative men and women die, which I hope will happen before medicine make them live long enough to stagnate progress, young people, who have already shown their support for gay rights will vote gay marriage into law. Unfortunately, the problem is that young straight men may not support this right, and so we must make every effort to change their minds, not open them, change them.
I feel embarrassed to talk about this issue, and I probably shouldn't publish this because I think it's a waste of time.
[content deleted by author on account of thinking that they are stupid and oft-repeated]
I myself am queasy about the prospect of gay marriage because there is something in the institution of marriage that sets itself up for abuse by many stupid people. I do consider that there may be a legitimate can of worms being released in opening up the definition of marriage from being simply a union of a man and a woman. Then I think, of course, there is always a can of worms with every change you try to take. That cannot be doubted, but to forbid marriage to slight a permanent minority to make them something less than humans is wrong. This may be the last battle we will ever fight, or may not be, as we can forsee new science that will be a period of another great upheaval to the ones we have had every decade last century.
I can understand that when straight people, who never had any feelings for the same sex, or simply suppress those feelings, could not hope to understand what LGBT feel, and because of that gap in thinking, they may refuse to consider anything out of the realm of their existence.
Despite the prevalent talk of how many straight men have lesbian fantasies, in reality, I doubt that marriage would be considered in their minds as something that lesbians or gays should have.
I am ambivalent. Each time I try to elaborate, I stop myself short of saying it. I believe that the LGBT would treat the right to marry with more respect that straight people do nowadays, at least until a new generation of young men and women, who didn't grow up in the struggle, treats that right as something taken for granted.
That said, I believe that gay marriage will undoubtedly happen. There is no question about it. As long as old conservative men and women die, which I hope will happen before medicine make them live long enough to stagnate progress, young people, who have already shown their support for gay rights will vote gay marriage into law. Unfortunately, the problem is that young straight men may not support this right, and so we must make every effort to change their minds, not open them, change them.
