male patriarchs. For many, it's used as a tool of suppression and repression. IMO some element of those against LGBT marriage are afraid of losing privilege.

If I were allowed to legally marry my partner of choice, a man, it is NO WAY is keeping "women quiet" any more than it is a "threat to my neighbor's marriage." This article is full of fail, including the absurd notion that those who are working for marriage equality are somehow ignoring anti-GLB hate crimes.






But what a wonderful source for anti-marriage equality folks!

Obviously.

This article is so full of BS it would tip an oxcart.

Ms. Bindel is rarely entirely right, and very often entirely wrong.

DU, where bigotry goes to spread it's wings.

I like to do what I can to end the bigotry in the Democratic Party. Is that a problem for you?

so very much.

But you should live your life as you see fit.

Bryant

Would this idiotic question ever be asked of heterosexual marrieds?

Isn't marriage merely a clever ploy to keep us quiet about the trickier issues such as the deportation of lesbian asylum seekers, and the still prevalent anti-gay bullying in schools and religious communities? While so many lesbians are busily getting hitched and drawing up wedding lists, while being featured in the pages of newspapers, have we lost sight of those within our community suffering in silence? A shocking 78% of lesbians and gay men have experienced prejudice during their lifetime, according to the survey, with more than a quarter of them suffering physical assault.

Feminists attacking the institution of marriage goes back to the very beginning of feminism in the 1800s.

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Would you really ask/intimate that heterosexuals here care any less about poverty, discrimination, oppression et al if they're married? It would never even occur to me that married DUers care any less about their fellow humans and frankly, the question itself is one I would find insulting.

Just in case folks don't follow the link and don't realize "Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013" has no bearing on the U.S.

I don't think there's any harm in offering the same rights to gay couples as straight couples, and personally I think I'd like to marry another man one day if I find the right one. But there have been rational arguments from within the gay community that marriage and gender roles are symptoms of a patriarchal power structure that should be rejected rather than assimilated into.

After 24 years, this October my partner and I will be traveling to another state to finally make it official. (We cannot marry where we live and our marriage will not be recognized once we return home.) It's our decision, our reasons. And we will continue to fight for the rights of all oppressed people, everywhere. Our marriage will not diminish us nor our commitment to those ideals.

Conversely, there are many who for their own reasons prefer not to marry and I respect that decision. Married or not, we're all in this fight together.

Is there any sexual minority she won't slander in the name of (her version of) feminism?

a few years ago when discussion of same-sex marriage started up. First, it was that same-sex couples should be happy with civil unions, and when that was blasted down, it was that EVERYONE should have just civil unions, and marriages should be only a religious thing. All of a sudden, when same-sex couples could marry, marriage in a general was a problem.

I rolled my eyes at that then, and I roll my eyes at this now. I'm very happily married and have been for over 15 years now, and I want to see everyone who wants to marry the person they love be allowed to marry that person, and get all the rights associated with marriage. And the word "marriage" and a real wedding and all of that. Big cake, party, honeymoon, you name it.