Comments on: California Conservative Rabbis Think Same Sex Marriage is Good http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2008/03/19/california-conservative-rabbis-think-same-sex-marriage-is-good-2/ Gay Jewish news for Gay Jewish People Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gevalt http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2008/03/19/california-conservative-rabbis-think-same-sex-marriage-is-good-2/#comment-1144 Gevalt Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:23:23 +0000 http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2008/03/19/california-conservative-rabbis-think-same-sex-marriage-is-good-2/#comment-1144 As a point of fact, same sex couples cannot be legally married in the US except in Massachusetts and now California. Even if a couple is married in those states, however, the Federal Government does not recognize the marriages. The marriage equality movement is simply about allowing any two adult citizens the right to marry each other, without requiring them to be of different sexes. As a point of fact, same sex couples cannot be legally married in the US except in Massachusetts and now California. Even if a couple is married in those states, however, the Federal Government does not recognize the marriages.

The marriage equality movement is simply about allowing any two adult citizens the right to marry each other, without requiring them to be of different sexes.

]]> By: David Benkof http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2008/03/19/california-conservative-rabbis-think-same-sex-marriage-is-good-2/#comment-1143 David Benkof Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:07:19 +0000 http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2008/03/19/california-conservative-rabbis-think-same-sex-marriage-is-good-2/#comment-1143 No, it's not "marriage equality." Gays have had the equal right to marry since Walt Whitman. No gay man or lesbian has ever been prevented from marrying because of his or her sexual orientation. I know many happily married gays and lesbians. I'm as queer as a three dollar bill, and I plan to marry some day. It's just that gays and lesbians do not have the right to redefine marriage to match their minority viewpoint about what marriage is. If they did have that right, why wouldn't I have the right to re-re-define marriage to match my majority viewpoint about what marriage is? If everyone gets the equal right to redefine marriage to match their own ideas about matrimony, then the only fair way to determine what marriage is would be to go with the majority, which would be man-woman marriage. Visit my Web site www.GaysDefendMarriage.com for more non-homophobic reasons to defend marriage as the union of a man and a woman. No, it’s not “marriage equality.” Gays have had the equal right to marry since Walt Whitman. No gay man or lesbian has ever been prevented from marrying because of his or her sexual orientation. I know many happily married gays and lesbians. I’m as queer as a three dollar bill, and I plan to marry some day.

It’s just that gays and lesbians do not have the right to redefine marriage to match their minority viewpoint about what marriage is. If they did have that right, why wouldn’t I have the right to re-re-define marriage to match my majority viewpoint about what marriage is? If everyone gets the equal right to redefine marriage to match their own ideas about matrimony, then the only fair way to determine what marriage is would be to go with the majority, which would be man-woman marriage.

Visit my Web site http://www.GaysDefendMarriage.com for more non-homophobic reasons to defend marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

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