Okay I was watching Margaret Cho last night and saw her do this joke that how we gays can earn the right to marry is that all gay wedding planners quit there jobs till they can marry. That would cripple all the homophobes who don't want to 'live in sin' because they couldn't marry or HAVE sex. Could that accually work because that sounds fun to do.
2006-07-10 06:28:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
No because you don't have to have a wedding planner to get married.
2006-07-10 06:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lol, I saw that skit, I thought it was funny, too. I don't think it would work, because most of the people I know that have gotten married did it at the courthouse and then had a reception later on.
To the commenter about 3 or 4 comments up. No, we do not have the right to marry the one we love. I love a woman, and I cannot marry her. Why would I marry someone of the opposite sex if I'm not interested in someone of the opposite sex? I'm not trying to start an argument, but I've heard people say this before and it confuses me.
2006-07-10 15:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by Agent Double EL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given that gays are no more fit or unfit to marry and raise families than anyone else, and given that the US Constitution guarantees certain rights to all citizens, and given that one of these rights is Freedom of and/or from Religion, then the simple fact is: You have the right to get married. The problem you face is getting your community, and your local, state, and federal governments to acknowledge that you have that right as guaranteed you by the US Constitution.
It's real simple folks: either the Constitution is for everybody or it's for nobody and can be circumvented every time the political winds turn a bit medieval. Brave people have to pursue legal remedies to the intolerant conditions that exist at present for same-sex couples that wish to marry. Each case is a step towards establishing a precedent, and once a precedent is in place...it's hard to stop progress at that point. Many cases will have to be lost until someone wins one. And then another. And another. Eventually, the culture and the law will catch up with what reasonable decent people already know: every consenting adult that wants to marry has the right to marry the partner of their choice, and our laws should reflect that right.
2006-07-10 13:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good job Margaret Cho!!!! I like her thoughts. Why should it bother those that it does not involve? Doesn't our government have more important things to worry about? We have kids in Iraq, North Korea has threatened us, and we are being taken over by Illegals. How can we hurt the sanctity of marriage when Bi-sexuals get married everyday and how many heteros have been married 5 or more times???????
2006-07-10 15:19:11 · answer #4 · answered by Biteme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Belgium where gays have the right to marry.
Other countries in Europe gays can marry are Holland and Spain. It's seems like the UK may soon be following suit.
You know we sometimes get a bit tired of hearing about the land of the free and its so-called civilized values.
It's about time you Americans ditched the neo-cons and the Christian right and got yourselves some real rights...
2006-07-10 17:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by Augusta B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, every American of legal age has the same right to marry as anybody else -- the right to marry a person of the opposite sex. What gays and lesbians are requesting for themselves is the creation of a new right that nobody currently has (except in Massachussetts, presently).
2006-07-10 13:35:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I LOVE Margaret Cho!! she is the best. and while she is hilarious, she makes good points.
the more we stand up for our rights and keep fighting, the closer we will get to our goal. but we must all band together!!
hell, ya know, if politicians realized just how much revenue the gov't would make off of sales tax alone if we were allowed to get married, maybe they'd think twice! they're all about money, anyway!
2006-07-10 15:26:55 · answer #7 · answered by redcatt63 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you know there is a (straight but gay friendly) mainstream pastor in Asheville NC who now refuses to sign marriage licenses of STRAIGHT couples. He will conduct a ceremony of marriage for straight couples, gay couples and lesbian couples on an equal basis. But to have a marriage sanctified by the State of North Carolina, a straight couple must also be married by a Judge or Justice of the peace. He'll help them by instructing them on what they need to do to get legal sanction for their marriage, but he won't do it. He says that since only straight couples can be married in the eyes of the state, it is discriminatory, and he won't take part in that!
Good Job Rev. Joe Hamilton.
This kind of policy is one of the ways we eventually educate the public on the issue, and education is how we get this done.
The link below will take you to the text of the sermon in which Rev. Hamilton announce his decision to his (supportive) congregation.
2006-07-10 14:11:11 · answer #8 · answered by michael941260 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like an idea! I love her! She was at Pride Fest here in Milwaukee, but I had to work :(
But to actually answer the question, I think it's important to show straight people that we can stay together. When we act like the stereotypes, it reinforces the belief that we can't commit to one person, that we're sluts, etc.
2006-07-10 13:57:22 · answer #9 · answered by Mithrandir_black 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have already earned it, simply by being born in this country, under our Constitution.
Now we just have to convince our lawmakers to pay more attention to the law of the land than to the anti-gay voters.
2006-07-15 02:44:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋