RE: Supreme Court to decide on marriage equality
January 16, 2015 at 8:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2015 at 8:50 pm by Regina.)
Being a gay man (albeit from the UK where we already have equal marriage) I'm really hoping it swings in the favour of equality, of course 
With that being said, I do think it's important to remember that marriage isn't the only gay rights issue on the table. Some people seem to get this mentality that gay marriage suddenly means we're happy and tolerant. It's important to note that to many gays, especially poorer and/or ethnic minority gays, there are more very pressing issues like healthcare, safety from hate crimes, proper education on safe sex etc that also need addressing.
I don't mean to put a dampner on things, marriage equality is of course important and of course I want it, I just think it's easy to lose focus on the bigger picture here is all.
With that being said, I do think it's important to remember that marriage isn't the only gay rights issue on the table. Some people seem to get this mentality that gay marriage suddenly means we're happy and tolerant. It's important to note that to many gays, especially poorer and/or ethnic minority gays, there are more very pressing issues like healthcare, safety from hate crimes, proper education on safe sex etc that also need addressing.
I don't mean to put a dampner on things, marriage equality is of course important and of course I want it, I just think it's easy to lose focus on the bigger picture here is all.
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"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie
