Gay marriage seems to me a fairly innocuous thing covering a huge mound of stuff.
In Canada the role of Christian evangelists in politics doesn't seem to be quite as pronounced and insidious as it is here - but the whole issue seems to be about the right of Queers to exist, rather than just their right to different tax status and medical benefits. (I'm assuming the medical benefits so vital in the US are a far less critical issue in Canada - and oh, boy, can you go paranoid with that one!)
Given that the religious right has been known to cheer on things like, say, the murder of Matthew Shepard, it makes sense that Queers would interpret this as an attempt to ban them.
I think that without both sides interpretting the issue as being the right of Queers to exist, rather than to a bit of terminology, the whole thing would be settled in a few relatively peaceful months.
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Date: 2005-01-10 01:54 am (UTC)In Canada the role of Christian evangelists in politics doesn't seem to be quite as pronounced and insidious as it is here - but the whole issue seems to be about the right of Queers to exist, rather than just their right to different tax status and medical benefits. (I'm assuming the medical benefits so vital in the US are a far less critical issue in Canada - and oh, boy, can you go paranoid with that one!)
Given that the religious right has been known to cheer on things like, say, the murder of Matthew Shepard, it makes sense that Queers would interpret this as an attempt to ban them.
I think that without both sides interpretting the issue as being the right of Queers to exist, rather than to a bit of terminology, the whole thing would be settled in a few relatively peaceful months.