like do they both walk down the isle and who carries whom through the door and who wears the dress or the suit! i am curious
2007-07-15 06:09:16 · 13 answers · asked by samaly 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
They say there are no dumb questions, but I'm not so sure anymore.
2007-07-15 06:13:04 · answer #1 · answered by Sam 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1. It's not a required part of a wedding for anyone to carry the other through the door - that's a romantic thing you see mostly in movies.
2. They can either both wear suits, or both wear dresses.
3. You're trying to make it too much like the traditional wedding you see in movies, which doesn't usually happen in real life. People aren't always that much in love to be so romantic and sweet to each other (in fact, most aren't).
4. It's a unique wedding. They can both wear dresses, one can wear a suit, or they can both wear suits. They can do whatever they want through the door, whether it's carry the other, or walk in holding each other's hand.
Each wedding (wither it's man-man, woman-woman, or woman-man) is different, because each couple is different. Your wedding is how you want it - not how the rest of the world wants it.
2007-07-15 13:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by Alley S. 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Its very easy for us to assume or stereotype that in a male homosexual relationship or female homosexual relationship that there has to be a feminine one and a masculine one. The idea of marriage has, by our president, been explicitly defined and reserved for hetereosexuals only. But in the North East states there has been civil unions or a partnership ceremony that allows same-sex couples to legally join in a committed relation and be granted a small selection of basic state rights. They are unfortunately denied government rights which would include things like immediate inheritances retirement plans, other legal things I'm not too sure of. mind you i don't claim to know everything.
These ceremonies can look like a wedding and can be treated as such. If the couple wishes they can legally join in a pro-gay church or contact the justice of the peace and perform private ceremonies. It is also stereotypical for us to think that any married couple, gay or straight, one has to wear a dress or one has to carry the other over the threshold of a home or that one is walked down the isle.Those are stereotypical images we see but are not explicit for any relationship. All in all its the couple choice how they act out their legal ceremony. Most homosexual commitment ceremonies I've been to have both partners at the front of the church or justice of the peace and have the ceremony without either one of them walking down the isle. Its a matter of preference really but no wedding has to be set up in a stereotypical formate.
2007-07-15 13:43:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think it all depends on personal preference, much like if two people of the opposite sex get married. I went to one lesbian wedding where one girl decided to rent a tux and the other wore a wedding dress and I think they walked up the path to the gazebo together, but that was just what they felt like doing.
2007-07-15 13:17:31 · answer #4 · answered by Ambivalence 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the gender roles adopted by the couple toward each other. if i marry my boyfriend we will both have suits
2007-07-19 08:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
thanks for the 2 points.
people of the same sex do not get married the same way as those who are not of the same sex. they are more elegant and elaborate or at the same time subtle and simple.
they just do what ever they want to do. they are not restricted to what they can or cannot do. they are not limiting themselves to the norms. that's why gay marriages are more fun!
have fun!
2007-07-15 13:17:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They get married just like everyone else.
They have a ceremony.
They say their vows.
They go on a honeymoon.
2007-07-15 13:25:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They do what they want, just like straight people do.
2007-07-15 14:00:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, you've exposed the absurdity of this, and all sensible people know that a marriage is between a man and a woman only.
A man carrying another man is about as laughable, goofy and silly as you can get, yet they actually want to legitimize this!
Try to picture a man marching down the aisle with his male dog, or with a corpse being wheeled down the aisle somehow for marriage. That's what could happen within a few years if same-sex married becomes validated.
1 Man + 1 Woman = Marriage!
(No ridiculous special rights beyond this!)
2007-07-15 13:12:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 9⤋
oh good grief, they get married much like anyone else does, and what they do is no one's business but theirs.
2007-07-15 13:11:45 · answer #10 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋