tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post116283492203126228..comments2023-10-23T12:25:03.006-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with Roger: LINKORAMA: The Gay Marriage Issue: STILL Don't Get ItRoger Owen Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-1165485527674910452006-12-07T04:58:00.000-05:002006-12-07T04:58:00.000-05:00GP=- I know you do, but a number of gay folks I k...GP=- I know you do, but a number of gay folks I know feel otherwise. One was a plaintiff in a recent NYS case which was shot down by our highest court. Maybe it is that, since marriage is such an important contract in this society - and let's face it it IS a contract - the notion that it can be so parced - you can have health insurance as domestic partners, but you can't be married, holds a lot of symbolic power. It's rather like "separate but equal", which definitely was the first but rarely the second.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-1165428890531254652006-12-06T13:14:00.000-05:002006-12-06T13:14:00.000-05:00First gay marriage in South Africa last Friday.<A HREF="http://www.southafrica.to/people/Marriage/Gay-divorce-south-africa/first-gay-divorce-south-africa.htm" REL="nofollow">First gay marriage in South Africa</A> last Friday.Yzerfonteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865469132660903796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-1165428590878475582006-12-06T13:09:00.000-05:002006-12-06T13:09:00.000-05:00Well, I have always thought the marriage issue sho...Well, I have always thought the marriage issue should be ranked a bit lower in queer priorities. Ensuring that gay men and lesbians are physically safe and treated equitably in the workplace strike as me the more serious issues.<BR/><BR/>Since we are stuck with the marriage issue, it seems to me that the whole society could revisit what is meant by "traditional marriage." Really, an institution that made women virtual slaves and men emotionally neutered doesn't seem ideal to me. I am not sayin', I am just sayin'.GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.com