tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post2487459686283775244..comments2024-03-19T03:01:28.295+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: Proposition 8 case and equal protection of the lawLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-25583789632991850402010-08-08T20:55:55.317+10:002010-08-08T20:55:55.317+10:00As to (1) the notion that the queers can lead a tr...As to (1) the notion that the queers can lead a transformation of sexual relations is hubris. Mum, Dad, the kids and a house is a perfectly reasonable ambition and does not need to be "transformed". But I touched on this in <a href="http://lorenzo-thinkingoutaloud.blogspot.com/2010/06/agendas-queer-and-otherwise.html" rel="nofollow">a previous post</a>.<br /><br />As to (2) there is a difference between being outside the law and being state-controlled. I grant you that the state uses laws to intervene but being outside the law also means having no legal standing. That can have some seriously negative effects.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-19638363300769926502010-08-07T18:01:10.451+10:002010-08-07T18:01:10.451+10:00Lorenzo
I don't care one way or the other abo...Lorenzo<br /><br />I don't care one way or the other about gay marriage. But I do know quite a few gay people - especially lesbians who fiercely oppose it. Why? <br /><br />1. They argue that it normalizes heterosexuality even more, where what we should be working for is either the state getting out of the marriage business, or marriage withering away completely.<br /><br />2. Once The Marriage Act is changed not to exclude same-sex marriages, then ALL same-sex couples - married or not - will come under the same Family Law Act Court jurisdiction as straights. These gays are horrified at the State interfering in their relationships, especially when they separate.Peter Pattonnoreply@blogger.com