Gay Marriage, Monogamy, and the Lure of Open Relatnships

Contents:

• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• GAY MEN MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS: WHAT WORKS?
• A GUI FOR GAY MEN ON BOTH OPEN AND MONOGAMO MARRIAGE
• GAY MEN AND MONOGAMY: DO WORK?
• “CHASTE HARLOTS” ON GAY MONOGAMY ISKCON
• NEW TRENDS GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE CHOIC STUDY
• GAY MONOGAMY: I LOVE YOU BUT I N'T HAVE SEX WH ONLY YOU
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate.

The ph to refe marriage to clu two persons of the same sex has relied heavily upon the perceived unfairns of nyg the legal and social stabily of marriage to mted, monogamo, same-sex example, their documentary, “Seventh-Gay Adventists, ” filmmakers Daneen Akers and Stephen Ayer follow three gay upl (cludg two male upl) through their daily activi, implyg that the upl are monogamo relatnships jt like a heterosexual married uple.

Male homosexuals are very seldom monogamo; they overwhelmgly reject the type of relatnship most heterosexuals thk of when they thk of marriage: a long-term relatnship where sexual activy is strictly limed to one's marriage partner. A classic, large-sle study by Bell and Weberg nducted durg the 1970s and published by the Ksey Instute found that forty-three percent (43%) of whe male homosexuals had had sex wh 500 or more partners, and twenty-eight percent (28%) had had sex wh 1, 000 or more partners.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

”[2] In their 1997 study of the sexual profil of 2, 583 olr homosexuals published the Journal of Sex Rearch, Pl Van Ven, et al., found that “the modal range for number of sexual partners was 101-500. Only 29% of male homosexuals who scribed themselv as beg a long-term relatnship had been a relatnship lastg more than seven years, and only 9% had been a relatnship lastg more than 15 years.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

Psychologist) reported that, a study of 156 mal homosexual relatnships lastg om one to thirty-seven years, only seven upl had a totally exclive sexual relatnship, and the men had been together ls than five years.

[8] McWhirter and Mattison nsir monogamy to be a homophobic stage that gay upl pass through and out of; other words, McWhirter and Mattison nsir promiscuy to be fnal to male study of fahfulns marriage reported that 75% of men and 85% of women self-reported as beg fahful to their spoe, but a siar study of homosexual men, only 4.

GAY MEN MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS: WHAT WORKS?

Dannecker terviewed 900 male rponnts livg a “steady” relatnship Bonn, Germany, and 83 percent of them (747 men) said that they had had equent homosexual ntacts outsi their “steady” relatnship wh the past 12 after study has found that even so-lled “mted relatnships, ” male homosexuals are not sexually exclive. ”Blake Spears and Lanz Lowen (both homosexuals and amic rearchers) recently published a study entled, “Beyond Monogamy: Lsons om Long-term Male Coupl Non-Monogamo Relatnships.

” Like every other rearcher who has studied the phenomenon, they found plenty of non-monogamo gay male upl, but most did not want to be terviewed: “We found long-term non-monogamo upl rather easily, but very few were willg to participate.

And is not beg acknowledged by the homosexual rights lobby, bee pots out that behavr— the se of male homosexuals, extreme promiscuy—not mere same-sex attractn, is what is most problematic about the “homosexual liftyle. A study of homosexual relatnships Amsterdam found that steady partners ntribute more than sual partners to HIV fectn, bee gays tend to engage risky behavr (unprotected anal terurse) more often wh steady partners than wh sual partners.

A GUI FOR GAY MEN ON BOTH OPEN AND MONOGAMO MARRIAGE

Schwartz and Blumste also reported that lbian upl seemed more limed their range of sexual techniqu, and ls sexual as upl and as dividuals, than eher heterosexual upl or homosexual mal. 7:2-5) In short, all people mt at tim ny, modify, or ntrol their sexual natur for the benef of their fai and the larger male homosexual culture will not accept lims on ttosterone-driven sual sex, even wh “mted relatnships. ” It is potls to refe marriage to clu same-sex upl bee male homosexuals, who prise two-thirds of all homosexuals, have monstrated that they will not accept monogamy or sexual exclivy.

GAY MEN AND MONOGAMY: DO WORK?

But arguably the fact that the 1970s behavr was unnstraed by the threat of a fatal and curable illns means that perhaps the extraordarily large numbers of sexual partners are an accurate picture of how gay mal will act if left to their own preferenc. [10]Maria Xiridou, et al, "The Contributn of Steady and Casual Partnerships to the Incince of HIV Infectn among Homosexual Men Amsterdam, " AIDS 17 (2003): 1031.

“CHASTE HARLOTS” ON GAY MONOGAMY ISKCON

” Vlence and Victims, 12 (1), 87-98; Waldner-Hgd, Lisa K., Van Gratch, Lda, & Magr, Brian (1997) “Victimizatn and perpetratn rat of vlence gay and lbian relatnships: Genr issu explored” Vlence and Victims, 12 (2), 173-184; Wt, Carolyn M (1998), “Leavg a send closet: Outg partner vlence same-sex upl, ” Jana L. I’ve heard upl, gay and straight, voice their anxiety that their partner liked the other person more, enjoyed some sexual behavr om the other person more, and so on. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

NEW TRENDS GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE CHOIC STUDY

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

GAY MONOGAMY: I LOVE YOU BUT I N'T HAVE SEX WH ONLY YOU

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U. Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right.

A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

The angry gay men are homonormative my experience, the gay men vehemently opposed to open/poly life tend to be the same men who thk bisexualy is a steppg stone to gay and that beg transgenr is a mental illns; men who don't see the value the word "queer" and don't believe gays should be supportg the Black Liv Matter movement.