It's with a great deal of affection that I note T Beauchamp (one of the writers of the reposted letter to the editor) has been an internet acquaintance/friend for years.
I'm not privy to the depths of THE COMMUNITY or whatever, but yeah, the whole normalization is bullshit.
Still....hm, you know, I need to collect my thoughts on this, because something about it fucking pisses me off, too. I'll try to be respectful of journal and friendspace to not go off on it, plus I believe it'd be fruitless.
It's an emotional issue for all parties (meant to include you and I, in particular). I think, for me, what stands out is the pretty much exclusive use of LGBT organizations, funds and bandwidth for the marriage push. Yeah, it is a right denied to a lot of LG folk who genuinely want it, and they should get it just the same as ostensibly straight folk (meant to include the invisible non-straights who marry members of the 'opposite' sex). I don't know anyone who disagrees with that. But, as has been said in the comments at Feministe, marriage alone shouldn't be seen as a panacea or a general repository of rights, because it does not serve the larger LGBT community (that it does serve a minority that is often powerful, pale and privileged is where things get complicated and emotional, fast).
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Date: 2008-06-18 01:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-18 02:15 am (UTC)I'm not privy to the depths of THE COMMUNITY or whatever, but yeah, the whole normalization is bullshit.
Still....hm, you know, I need to collect my thoughts on this, because something about it fucking pisses me off, too. I'll try to be respectful of journal and friendspace to not go off on it, plus I believe it'd be fruitless.
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Date: 2008-06-18 02:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-18 03:32 am (UTC)