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I know someone has to be working on the compromise angle. I know that something is better than nothing, but wow, do I resent the New York Times telling me what should be "good enough" for me as a queer person.

I hate the gay marriage debate so much I don't even know where to start. It's just non-stop awful, overshaodws other critical issues for queer people and yet has symbolic primacy in terms of how we are perceived by the broader world. It's a fucking mess.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/opinion/22rauch.html


Meanwhile, I have cold and feel utterly like crap.

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[sethg]

Orthodox Judaism does not recognize marriages between a Jew and a non-Jew as valid. Can Orthodox employers refuse to offer spousal benefits to intermarried couples? Can Catholics refuse to offer spousal benefits to people who have remarried? Can Dianic Wiccans refuse to offer spousal benefits to couples in which the wife pledged to obey the husband?

Or do only homophobes need to be compromised with?

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Can Orthodox employers refuse to offer spousal benefits to intermarried couples? Can Catholics refuse to offer spousal benefits to people who have remarried? Can Dianic Wiccans refuse to offer spousal benefits to couples in which the wife pledged to obey the husband?

I'd never thought of any of those before, but now I'm wondering - why, or why not?

I'm always pleased with a friend of mine who refuses to refer to "gay marriage". "We just want marriage."