JONATHAN V. MAGGIE

Maggie's suggestion that gays (men, in this case) can always "Pick a girl, love her, make a family" is more revealing than she seems to know. Set aside that you seem to suggest that we fool heterosexuals into marrying us (!). To me, this all-too-casual remark underscores the single greatest shortcoming of your side of the debate, namely the failure to take seriously, as a moral matter, the burden that denial of marriage imposes on gay people. Too often, that entire side of the equation is just brushed aside by gay-marriage opponents. They say: "No marriage, no nothing else, tough for the gays."

I have often said, and firmly believe, that the denial of marriage is a scalding deprivation--one that most heterosexuals would never tolerate for themselves and could not even imagine living under. Like Dale, I would like to know what Maggie and others would do, short of legal marriage, to help
gay people enjoy something like the spousal comforts that heterosexuals take for granted.
posted by maggie at 4:45 AM | link

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