Will this never end?

[William769]

Gay marriage victories breeding anti-gay desperation


That thought – unusual for me – popped into my head more than once during the past week, as I’ve been reading about a series of events and comments related to marriage equality.
On one side are the continued struggles that same-sex couples face because of the continued legal and social failure to recognize our unions. On the other side, Maggie Gallagher has lately been doubling down on her opposition, seeming increasingly disconnected from rationality or moderation. Increasingly, her statements seem more concerned about some Platonic ideal of the form of marriage rather than its reality, and its capacity to solve problems.

Let me be more specific. On this site a few days ago, it was reported that the surviving member of a lesbian couple, and the couple’s child, is suing the state of Indiana for the death of her (unrecognized) spouse resulting from the collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair. But Janeen Beth Urschel, the surviving partner, faces a huge hurdle in her wrongful death suit: like most states, Indiana restricts recovery under these statutes to certain enumerated classes of people: spouses and children, usually . And unmarried couples, straight or gay, are not among those entitled to sue. So the victim’s seventeen-year-old daughter might be able to recover, but not Urschel.

Urschel’s lawyer, Kenneth Allen, plans to challenge the wrongful death law. Similar challenges were successful in California and D.C., but not in New York (even though, there, the couple had gone to Vermont and obtained a civil union license). So the prospects for success are unclear.

http://www.365gay.com/opinion/culhane-gay-marriage-victories-breeding-anti-gay-desperation/

[MarianJack]

1. Disgraceful!

It seems that gays gaining ground in their struggle for marriage equality has made bigotry and discrimination somehow acceptable again. It's just like having a black president has again made racism socially acceptable in some (very stupid) circles.

The children are our hope for a brighter day, as was shown in my post about my son yesterday as well as some of the responders stories of their kids.

There are many straight people who love, support and accept the GLBT community as equal members of our community. We are teaching our kids to do so also.

PEACE!

[Doctor_J]

2. It always works this way

for any civil rights struggle. I personally would welcome the opportunity to have it out with the bigots. Gallagher and her psychotic compatriots have the advantage in the media, but if the battle ever actually moves to the streets, they'll get quite a surprise as to the numbers of people who detest her and her views.

[ZombieHorde]

3. To quote President Obama, "God is in the Mix. " nt