As a gay male, I celebrate the diversity within our community. Though we will not always agree on varying issues, we remain a close knit community who understands each other.
People once thought you would fall off the Earth if you sailed far enough; they believed the Earth to be flat, with definable borders. Fanatics also believed if same-sex couples married in California, the state would fall into the ocean, or the end of time would occur at the precise moment the first same-sex couple married. With people believing these things, how did we overcome them? In one word, progress.
As activists, we are mobilized in our cause because like so many other groups throughout history, we are being discriminated against.
More than 50 years ago, it was illegal for interracial couples to marry. I wonder how they would have responded if instead of marriage, the state offered them a domestic-partnership, or a civil union?
We live in a nation that allows you to pretty much say anything you like; the State of California is the only state in the union that has additional laws protecting this right more so than the U.S. Constitution. When a member of our community like David Benkof (Story 1) (Story 2) goes on a crusade against same-sex marriage, as an organization and as activists, we can pity him.......but we shall not leave him behind.
When his 15 minutes of fame are over, he will reintegrate into our community and enjoy the freedoms we have fought for.
I received this response related to David Benkof's article and wanted to share it here:
I'm not a social scientist, blogger, Ph.D, or whatever. I'm just a married person, in a same-sex marriage. We are completely monogamous to each other. I took my vows seriously! This could be cut and paste directly from a "gays eat their young!" type website. Complete rubbish.
Be sure to checkout this post about David.
1 comments:
good post you addresses him with a lof of grace but i still say he is an idiot.
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