Monday, April 20, 2009

And the votes are in...

A recent poll of New York voters declared the majority are in favor of the recently introduced same-sex marriage bill. In the words of my very best friend, "If I thought marriage was a good idea, that would be awesome."

Yes, you guessed it, I am one of those radical feminists who hates marriage. For 2 reasons:

1. It is an inherently patriarchal institution, built around the philosophy of men owning women.

2. Even with same-sex couples, it suggests ownership over the lives and sexuality other human in the relationship. No bueno.
(2a.) To be honest, I'm not in favor of monogamy either. I strongly believe monogamy stints the sexual experiential growth of the individuals at hand. I'm all for swingin', a'cuz swingin' is liberatin'. But, that's what's good for me.

However, I'm also a big believer in the reverse patriarchy theory. Controlling others towards liberation is an oxymoron. Telling our brothers and sisters and others they can't get married, for whatever reason, is control. Abolishing marriage prevents a whole mess of people from developing and being in charge of their own destiny.

So, in solidarity with my queer sisters and brothers and others, I say hoorah! to potential rights.

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(Side note: The study, conducted by the Siena College Research Institute, states that voters are in favor 53 to 39, advocates being predominantly Democrats, Independents, women, and young voters, and opponents being predominantly Republicans, men, African Americans, Protestants, and older voters. But, for real... 53 to 39? Why did it take so long if the support is this large? Uhmm... Holler?)

1 comment:

  1. Read your post announcing your blog over on Community Femministing. Have had a quick browse and am adding you to my rss.

    To this particular post, this is great news. I, too, am not a great fan of the 'institution of marriage', though for different reasons: It's anachronistic and totally unneccesarry in our modern world; the State has no business formalising and legitimising certain kinds of personal relationships; marriage is basically a contract between two (or more) persons that ought to be dealt with under normal contract law.

    But as long as marriage is going to be dealt with as a special type of contract that deserves special and seperate treatment to all other contracts then expanding the right to engage in this contract to include homosexual couples is a good thing. Hopefully we will see more of this. And it seems that in the US the situation is moving towards a tipping point.

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