05 November 2012
Quote of the Day: Chris Kluwe
Chris Kluwe is the punter for the Minnesota Vikings. Until today, he also blogged for the "Pioneer Press", which is (I'm assuming) a Minnesota newspaper. He quit today because they printed an editorial about Minnesota's marriage amendment that claimed to be neutral, but he felt was actually pro-marriage amendment. To be clear: He's furious that they lied about being neutral, not that they disagree with him. At any rate, he had some good stuff to say:
How does this piece lie? It lies by ignoring Supreme Court precedent, that separate is not equal. “Opponents of the measure are clear that they do not want to settle for a civil union status that would guarantee the same rights and privileges to same-sex unions that are given to traditional marriages. It is ‘marriage’ that they want. In effect, a union by any other name is not as sweet.”
Yes, how dare those gay people insist on the same respect, the same dignity, the same acknowledgment heterosexual couples receive? How dare they think having to settle for a “civil union” isn’t good enough? How dare they they think that separate is not, in fact, equal? To present the idea that somehow opponents of the amendment should be grateful for what scraps they’re lucky to get is not neutral. Frankly, it’s disgustingly reminiscent of segregation articles from the 1960’s; discrimination wrapped in a tissue paper veil of “tolerance” and “why can’t they be happy with what they have?”
How does this piece lie? It lies by ignoring Supreme Court precedent, that separate is not equal. “Opponents of the measure are clear that they do not want to settle for a civil union status that would guarantee the same rights and privileges to same-sex unions that are given to traditional marriages. It is ‘marriage’ that they want. In effect, a union by any other name is not as sweet.”
Yes, how dare those gay people insist on the same respect, the same dignity, the same acknowledgment heterosexual couples receive? How dare they think having to settle for a “civil union” isn’t good enough? How dare they they think that separate is not, in fact, equal? To present the idea that somehow opponents of the amendment should be grateful for what scraps they’re lucky to get is not neutral. Frankly, it’s disgustingly reminiscent of segregation articles from the 1960’s; discrimination wrapped in a tissue paper veil of “tolerance” and “why can’t they be happy with what they have?”
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# posted by mamurd @ 9:03 PM 
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I favor same-sex marriage, but this strikes me as a false premise. Every homosexual man currently has the same right to marry a woman as heterosexual men do. It's not seperate but equal. It is equal.
I think he's (and I'm) looking at it like this:
Every loving, committed couple should have the same right to marry. To give couples that are male-female different rights than those that are male-male or female-female is where we get into separate-but-equal territory.
So, it's not a man having the separate-but-equal problem, it's the couple.
Every loving, committed couple should have the same right to marry. To give couples that are male-female different rights than those that are male-male or female-female is where we get into separate-but-equal territory.
So, it's not a man having the separate-but-equal problem, it's the couple.
Except there's no "right" to marry whoever you love. The law mentions age, sex, and parents, but nothing more.
I think I'm confused. What law?
But if you're talking Constitutional right, no, I suppose not. But there wasn't a Constitutional right to a public drinking fountain in the 1950's, either.
My point is that the rules are different, depending on the gender of the person you want to marry. Hence the separate-is-not-equal.
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But if you're talking Constitutional right, no, I suppose not. But there wasn't a Constitutional right to a public drinking fountain in the 1950's, either.
My point is that the rules are different, depending on the gender of the person you want to marry. Hence the separate-is-not-equal.
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