Why the sky won't fall even if gay marriage spurs polygamy | Psychology Today

Contents:

• CARTOONIST CREAT BIZARRE COMIC CLAIMG GAY MARRIAGE "WON'T FLY", LEGEND TAK TO FLIGHT SIMULATOR TO PROVE HIM WRONG
• WHY THE BATTLE FOR GAY MARRIAGE WAS WON SO EASILY
• HERE'S HOW 9 PREDICTNS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE TURNED OUT
• GAY MARRIAGE
• WHY THE SKY WON'T FALL EVEN IF GAY MARRIAGE SPURS POLYGAMY

CARTOONIST CREAT BIZARRE COMIC CLAIMG GAY MARRIAGE "WON'T FLY", LEGEND TAK TO FLIGHT SIMULATOR TO PROVE HIM WRONG

What ‘Gay Marriage’ Has to Do Wh Transgenrism. Rpondg to petns filed by homosexual activists wh India’s Supreme Court, the feral ernment told the urt ‘the legal regnn of marriage is for heterosexual relatnships’ only. Church of England Will Not Regnize ‘Gay Marriage’ But Will Allow Certa Ceremoni.

If there is one thg that we n tst a homophobe will always have, 's a fondns for a tchy and slightly nvoluted slogan. What wh the gradual advancement of LGBTQ+ rights over this century, many dividuals who don't like the ia that gay people exist have been havg a hard time of . All aboard the gay plane!

“Straight/Gay” parison shows you need eng on both sis!! What if the fg gay rights mand of the past generatn had not been equal marriage rights but an affirmative-actn program for employment areas — say, the feral ernment — where gay men and lbians had suffered historic discrimatn? Even as nservativ fight for relig-liberty exemptns om the new norms around same-sex marriage, such as those the Supreme Court is nsirg a challenge om a Catholic social-servic agency that ref to place foster children gay fai, they’ve effectively nced feat the broar war over the earlier civil rights projects to which the qut for marriage equaly was often pared — notably, for women’s sufage and racial segregatn — not only took much longer to reach their goals but also appeared to leave a ridue of unrolved nflict even after the nstutnal issu were settled.

WHY THE BATTLE FOR GAY MARRIAGE WAS WON SO EASILY

In the sprg of 1996, Whe Hoe talkg pots on the topic — which Print Bill Clton personally approved — argued that the print “do not believe is appropriate for srce feral rourc to be voted to providg spoal benefs to partners gay and lbian relatnships. In pretrial statements, the state attorney general’s office dned a range of potential ratnal: that Hawaii thori had an tert ensurg that the state’s legal relatnships were regnized other jurisdictns; that the state had an tert furtherg procreatn wh marriage; that heterosexual marriag were better for children; that the islands’ tourist enomy uld suffer if Hawaii beme Lake Tahoe for gay and lbian none of the ratnal managed to persua judg — eher Hawaii or subsequent succsful challeng to marriage laws Vermont, Massachetts, Connecticut, California and Iowa.

” But afterward, even the most cynil observers of events Massachetts and the stat that followed s lead uld not pot to any societal y that gay marriage both the legal and polil spher, opponents were forced to shrk the circle of those expected to feel direct harm om lettg gay men and lbians marry. Even if simple exposure to gay fai ed harm to children (and gay-marriage opponents uld never mter anythg beyond njecture to support that claim), they did not brg much to the fight agast same-sex marriage as voters, donors or the same time, the aln of those vted legalizg same-sex marriage not only broaned, but their vtment the oute epened.

This clud not jt gay upl who wanted to marry — drawn to the unique material benefs and symbolic power the stutn offered — but their fai and muni who saw marriage as a source of stabily, and even employers who wanted to synchronize their benefs wh the law and standardize them across state l. Bakke, which upheld affirmative-actn was an accint of history, talyzed by lol events Hawaii, that marriage equaly rose to the top of the gay rights agenda at the start of this century.

HERE'S HOW 9 PREDICTNS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE TURNED OUT

Or what if each state had only a set number of marriage licens to give out each year, and each time one went to a gay uple, a straight uple had to wa? In ke bakers and foster-re agenci, gay-marriage opponents fally found people who felt they had somethg to lose.

Not often— fact, pretty much never—have I been lost for words the gay-marriage bate. For a homosexual man of my generatn, born 1960 and eply etched wh wounds of self-loathg, discrimatn, and bigotry, events Ameri now feel like the end of a Hollywood movie. 1) “A Supreme Court cisn imposg gay marriage will spark a fierce backlash.

GAY MARRIAGE

” For years, I said the feral urts should butt out of the gay marriage bate and leave to stat, where nsens uld be gradually and anilly veloped. 2) “Gay marriage won’t lead to polygamo marriage. ) Aga, we’ll see, but I’m willg to stand by what I’ve long said: the se for gay marriage is the se agast polygamy, and the public will be smart enough to unrstand the difference.

WHY THE SKY WON'T FALL EVEN IF GAY MARRIAGE SPURS POLYGAMY

Gay marriage is about extendg the opportuny to marry to people who lack ; polygamy, practice, is about exactly the oppose: whdrawg marriage opportuny om people who now have . Gay marriage succeed bee no one uld intify any plsible channels through which might damage heterosexual marriage; wh polygamy, the worri are many, the history clear, and the channels well unrstood. ” I’ve always believed that cultural nservativ misunrstood the gay-marriage movement: far om beg an attack on the culture of marriage, reprented a shift back toward fay valu by a group that had learned the hard way, through evictn by their own parents and sufferg the AIDS crisis, how important marriage and mment and fay really are.

I hope and believe, however, that gay Ameri’s embrace of marriage has sparked renewed tert and appreciatn among straight Amerins. It’s possible now, as never before, to be pro-marriage whout beg anti-gay. And the big msage of gay marriage—“Pro-marriage is pro-equaly”—ronat across the spectm.