Comments | vampirecoffee: on the National Marriage Boycott

vampirecoffee

on the National Marriage Boycott

Nov 02, 2009 15:54

1) This is kind of the dumbest idea ever, because most of the people participating are queers who can't get married, teenagers who wouldn't get married anyway, and a handful of straight people. Even if we convinced all straight people in the U.S. to not get married, it's not like the wedding planning industry is large enough that its collapse will ( Read more... )

Comments 5

goobergunch November 3 2009, 06:31:54 UTC

I'll note that I hadn't heard about this until your post, and I tend to follow various liberal news sites (as well as the old No on 8 mailing list) on a daily basis. It's hard to have an effective boycott if one's political allies don't even know it's happening. (While it's possible I may have missed a post due to election news, I think my point still holds.)

At any rate, here's hoping Maine and Washington voters do the right thing. Thankfully, those races have been getting a decent amount of coverage on the aforementioned news sources.

st_reinnovate November 3 2009, 08:10:29 UTC

"y/n" n: marriage is a backwards institution originally based on property arrangements and kept by needy people with validation issues (and creepy views on relationships) (or people who want to save teh family and babies and civilization and capitalist-heteronormative modes of reproduction.)

but of course you know that already :P

also: you know, the idea of travel-by-night queer arsonist gangs sounds pretty sexi P: can we get that w/o the whole marriage rights thing?

dragonnite55555 November 4 2009, 08:12:28 UTC

Yeah...when I read the proposal for this over the summer, I picked out several problems with why it wouldn't really work. But I'm getting a ring anyway. At the very least, it's solid proof of an excuse of why I can't get married in case someone for some reason proposes to me. :-P

st_reinnovate November 5 2009, 04:23:41 UTC

found this article, am in love: http://www.bilerico.com/2009/07/dump_gay_marriage_now.php

your thoughts?

vampirecoffee November 5 2009, 08:27:02 UTC

Not entirely sure. I think the way that the state treats married vs. unmarried people is really ridiculous, but I also think that's not going to change for at least the next 50 years. I think dropping gay marriage will have a negative effect on the lives of a lot of queer people, since so many rights are still tied up in it.