A NEW STRATEGY TO WIN MARRIAGE: Eric Rofes

...With this in mind, a group of activists in the Bay Area have worked to create a Web site intended to support direct action and non-violent civil disobedience related to marriage equality and to serve as a focal point for thoughtful, critical analysis. ...

Concern No. 1: The strategic focus on love and romance in our campaigns must be balanced with a focus on liberty and full and equal participation in the institutions of democracy. ...

Concern No. 2: Racial diversity in the fight to democratize marriage must be addressed seriously and immediately. ...

Concern No. 3: The repeated refrain of "We all deserve the freedom to marry" is problematic politically and philosophically and should be reconsidered. ...

Promoting the idea that civil rights and participation in the institutions of democracy should be granted to "deserving" or "meritorious" people plays into the conservative strategy of shifting civil rights from universal entitlements linked to citizenship or residency to rewards that are delivered to only the "deserving."

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