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Scream, shout, jump up and down. No matter.
The gay-marriage issue is over and done with.
The upshot: love won.
I get upset with the people who are so adamantly against gay marriage, because that is denying two people the equal rights of heterosexual couples. I am glad that the California Supreme Court ruled that gay couples should have the right to marry as a matter of basic equality. I view that as common sense!
However I needed Anna Quindlen to point out that the younger generation is much more accepting and that future generations will continue to be so. That is hopeful. She writes:
"Here's what I don't understand: is there so much love and commitment in the world that we can afford, as a society, to be contemptuous of some portion of it? If two women in white want to join hands in front of their families and friends and vow to love and honor one another until they die, the only reasonable response to that is happy tears, awed admiration and societal approval. And—this part is just personal opinion—one of those big honking KitchenAid mixers with the dough hook.
"Before we know it that will be the response everywhere, not just in Denmark and the Netherlands and Canada and California: approval, appliances. The polls predict the future. The younger you are, the more likely you are to know someone who is gay. The more likely you are to know someone who is gay, the more likely you are to support gay marriage. The opposition is aging out."
I love the way she ended with "The opposition is aging out."
9 comments:
i'm gonna remember that line next time someone brings up this subject!
I really believe this is true, although I think the generational tendencies have a relationship to educational levels, too.
Thanks for such a hopeful post. Now, I need to go grab my issue of Newsweek. I think it's sitting on the hall table.
this IS hopeful, and true, mostly, where I come from, although not ALL young people are more accepting, that does seem to be the trend.
we can only pray.
Yup, I think it's true. My younger gay friends have a very different experience than my own, for the most part. It's a hopeful thing. :-)
One certainly hopes it proves to be true.
I thought it was a very hoepful article, too.
Horray, Anna Q!
I love the Quindlen quote. Especially this:
"Here's what I don't understand: is there so much love and commitment in the world that we can afford, as a society, to be contemptuous of some portion of it?"
Yes! What an absolutely perfect (and accurate) way to look at it.
Hello, Jan
I saw your blog listed along with mine on FranIAm's place. I am the mother of a lesbian daughter who is engaged and plans on getting married, come hell or high water. Her father and I (the cunning runt, also mentioned at Fran's) are 100% in support of her. I have not yet met another mother of a gay child in the blogosphere and I'd love to hear from you, if you have the time.
Peace,
Pagan
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