Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Marriage equality vs Kardashian "marriage"
Michael and I were interviewed yesterday over what many in the LGBT community feel is a sense of hypocrisy regarding Kim Kardashian's right to a 72 day marriage versus the LGBT fight for marriage equality.
Today, Buzzfeed posted pictures of 20 couples who "put Kim Kardashian to shame" while we all fight for the same rights 90% of the rest of Americans have.
As I've said many times in the past, it is frustrating that some people oppose marriage equality for gays and lesbians based on a word "marriage" as if marriage rights are a wholly religious issue. The truth of the matter is as long as over 1,100 federal marriage rights are derived from a license issued by a civil government - not a church - marriage equality is a civil rights issue. No one in the LGBT community is talking about forcing a church to change their views or practices. The LGBT community is simply looking for the same - not 'special - rights as all other Americans.
Also, I was glad the news cast included my comment about the National Organization for Marriage's silence on the Kardashian issue. If NOM truly weren't anti-gay, as they claim, and only about protecting marriage, where is their outrage over protecting "the sanctity of marriage" in the Kardashian case? I have reached out through twitter and emails for a response from NOM. The silence is deafening.
Rather than attack the civil rights of lesbian and gay couples, how about NOM work to prevent the true threat to marriage which is divorce?
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ReplyDeleteDivorce isn't the enemy of marriage.
ReplyDeletePeople are.
As more and more people let go of this archaic tradition, gays dont have to contend with, thank god, I predict we will all look back at the amount of time and resources wasted on what amounts to little more than our desire as gays to get divorced, not married, and cringe at the absurdity and waste of it all.
If we are as committed to each other, and our belief in a spiritual or civil union, as we all claim the paper and legal rights shouldn't mean a thing to anyone gay or straight.
We've taken what should be, for gays and straights alike, a private, personal and internal union and extracted it from it's rightful place in our heads with laws and litigation. I can think of far more pressing issues for the gay and human community to contend with than the social/legal acceptance of two dudes willing, idiotically, to marry each other.
Thanks Cogent for the comment.
ReplyDeleteWhile I appreciate the spirit of your comment, civil marriage rights represent real and tangible rights and benefits to gay and lesbian couples. Not just societal approval.
I've gone through the process of spending thousands in legal fees trying to protect even a fraction of what civil marriage rights confer.
I don't see the fight for equality as a fight for acceptance from anyone. I don't need anyone's acceptance. What I want are equal rights.