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gollygee

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18. I heard TONS of complaining about the institution of marriage here at DU

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 04:39 PM

Jun 2014

a few years ago when discussion of same-sex marriage started up. First, it was that same-sex couples should be happy with civil unions, and when that was blasted down, it was that EVERYONE should have just civil unions, and marriages should be only a religious thing. All of a sudden, when same-sex couples could marry, marriage in a general was a problem.

I rolled my eyes at that then, and I roll my eyes at this now. I'm very happily married and have been for over 15 years now, and I want to see everyone who wants to marry the person they love be allowed to marry that person, and get all the rights associated with marriage. And the word "marriage" and a real wedding and all of that. Big cake, party, honeymoon, you name it.

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Gay marriage is not about equality but a way of keeping women quiet [View all] FrodosPet Jun 2014 OP

Marriage has been used for eons IMO to keep the little woman in the home subservient often to RKP5637 Jun 2014 #1

What a wonderfully stupid article. Behind the Aegis Jun 2014 #2

^^ This. Iggo Jun 2014 #4

+1000 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #6

+2000 nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #16

This gets posted, but folks are angry at a joke about Cheney Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #3

If you think DUers are such bigots why do you post here? nt el_bryanto Jun 2014 #5

What the fuck business is it of yours? Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #9

Fair enough. I just think you might be happier if you didn't go to a place you hated el_bryanto Jun 2014 #15

Ask yourselves this: theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #7

I've heard feminists attack heterosexual marriage plenty of times davidn3600 Jun 2014 #11

That was not my point theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #13

By the way, I think you should note that this article was from a British paper theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #8

The early days of the gay liberation movement were generally anti-marriage. DemocraticWing Jun 2014 #10

Depends on how you view marriage and the nature of your relationship theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #14

that would be religion not marriage but what do you expect, it's the guardian LOL snooper2 Jun 2014 #12

First she trashes the transgender, then she implies that gay rights activists are "doing it wrong." nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #17

I heard TONS of complaining about the institution of marriage here at DU gollygee Jun 2014 #18