Why do people fight for paper marriages gay or otherwise? Marriage by Law serves those who are married to a very limited degree. Whose Law?
Dec 7, 2012 · 6:29 AM UTC
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.@mollydotcom say that when a piece of paper separates you from advising doctors on decisions about your closest lived one in the hospital.
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Best argument yet, IMO. Legal access as family. Thanks @yuetsu
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@mollydotcom We are social animals so cultural acceptance is a fundamental human need.
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@thebestsophist How do you explain rebellious behavior then?
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@mollydotcom, are you serious? (#marriage, #marriage_equality, #civil_rights, #queer_liberation, #human_rights, #respect, #dignity)
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@Etan_Wexler My devil in the detail argument extends only to the idea that marriage of itself is not egalitarian, regardless of identity.
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@levifig @mollydotcom People just want everything to be equal for marriages, regardless of the gender of the married people.
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@mollydotcom it's not so much a fight for marriage as for equality. Thank you.
@mollydotcom Immigration. I'd love to come to the US; instead, Ben has to come here because of a federal law preventing recognition of SSM.
@mollydotcom (SSM = same-sex marriage. I know LGB people in opposite-sex marriages, so gay vs. same sex is a meaningful distinction!)