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The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)11/09/2012 6:30:02 pm PST

re: #390 Daniel Ballard

I once made an argument not rooted in animus. Even windupbird admitted I was not a bigot at the time, quite a concession at that heated moment. My point at the time (before I changed my mind) was that same sex bonds were different enough from opposite sex life bonds that a different ceremony was called for. Something that was more unique to celebrate gay culture, unburdened of tradition between opposite sex mates. My point was a positive one. All the legal rights would happen just like a straight licensed marriage.

I think they meant any internally coherent argument for opposing gay marriage, because that argument is bullshit in like five different ways. There’s no way you can square a belief that the ceremony for any given couple needs to reflect the nature of their “bonds” (whatever the hell that means) with a belief that all the myriad of sorts of bonds that heterosexuals have belong in one category. If you really believed that you would be pushing for a whole bunch of ceremonies, not just a separate “gay” one along side the regular kind.

Also, that “Something that was more unique to celebrate gay culture” shit is really condescending and paternalistic. Would you propose a law that Chinese Americans only be allowed to have traditional Chinese weddings? That’s an argument for why gay people might want their own ceremony, not why the should be compelled to have one.