Multifarious Musings
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Gay Marriage and Minivans
OK - I'm probably gonna get myself in a world of trouble here, but I just read THIS article on the Massachusetts ruling on gay marriage... I'm a bit torn on this one.
Here's my take... I think I can equate gay marriage Vs. traditional marriage to minivan brands.
I drive a Dodge Caravan. Now, there's other Minivans out there... you got your Ford Aerostar, and your Chevy Venture, just to name 2 - They all have 4 wheels and hold a lot of kids, or stuff, and do a fine job at "getting it done", right?
I'm not going to tell anyone that they have a second-class minivan because it isn't a Dodge Caravan, my minivan of choice... and I'm not going to call their (non-Caravan) minivan a Caravan - if it isn't... that would be just plain stupid, right??
The point I'm desperately trying to make here is, we (I) have real issues with what the English label called "marriage" is... (I believe that definition is) a union between a man and a woman. I feel that gay unions should be considered as legitimate as heterosexual ones - but I also feel that the English label for that union should be something other then "marriage".
I have the honor of calling several gay-folk acquaintances friends. I haven't asked them, but I'm not so sure that they want to label their relationship with their lifemate a marriage. Can't we come up with a label that holds the same respect, recognition and benefits for gay unions, that "marriage" holds for heterosexual unions???
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Here's my take... I think I can equate gay marriage Vs. traditional marriage to minivan brands.
I drive a Dodge Caravan. Now, there's other Minivans out there... you got your Ford Aerostar, and your Chevy Venture, just to name 2 - They all have 4 wheels and hold a lot of kids, or stuff, and do a fine job at "getting it done", right?
I'm not going to tell anyone that they have a second-class minivan because it isn't a Dodge Caravan, my minivan of choice... and I'm not going to call their (non-Caravan) minivan a Caravan - if it isn't... that would be just plain stupid, right??
The point I'm desperately trying to make here is, we (I) have real issues with what the English label called "marriage" is... (I believe that definition is) a union between a man and a woman. I feel that gay unions should be considered as legitimate as heterosexual ones - but I also feel that the English label for that union should be something other then "marriage".
I have the honor of calling several gay-folk acquaintances friends. I haven't asked them, but I'm not so sure that they want to label their relationship with their lifemate a marriage. Can't we come up with a label that holds the same respect, recognition and benefits for gay unions, that "marriage" holds for heterosexual unions???
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Comments:
actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.
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