On a lighter note: Let them eat cake...

[matgb]

Great A'Tuin wedding cake? Yes please... (via here and here).

Also? There's a meme going around. Quote some bloke, declare you believe in gay rights, if you don't, you're probably a closet homophobe, etc. It's a great quote, but lithium_doll gives better from the same guy:

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

- Ernest Gaines

Do I believe in gay rights? No, I believe in equal rights. Complete equality before the law. What I chose to do with my partner(s) of choice, you have the right to do with yours. Or at least, you should do. I don't care what gender you prefer to sleep with, really. Gay marriage? How about we abolish marriage as a civil institution (religious types can keep it), and replace the legal aspects with bespoke contracts and partnerships that suit the individual(s)? Why are only couples who sleep together given legal status?

Meh, this was supposed to be a jokey post. But still, if'n you think I need to "prove" my dislike of bigotry, you may want to pay a little bit of attention to the contents of my friends list, n'est ce pas?

Comments

[misty-moonlight.livejournal.com]

You know.. you haeinteresting ideas about marriage. I don't know why i never once considered the fact that the governmen doens't need to be in my marriage. That's silly. It's a religious or spiritual union, and not a governmental thing. Doh. No wonder they don't last anymore.

[matgb]

I read a study once that said marriages never really lasted. Mostly because someone tended to die. Othertimes,t hey broke up, but were never formally 'divorced'.

It's just modern society that idealises marriage for life and then bemoans it doesn't work due to the end of some mythical golden age.

But yeah, basic form of feminism I kinda like; replace the legal aspects with contracts, normally for fixed length but extendable, with huge provisions for childcare, responsibilities, etc. If it's an option to renew, then acrimony can be avoided, kids cared for, etc.

Extended networks can work better than simple "traditional" couples for the most part. Mostly because they always did. Anyway, I'm reading lj_biz posts, they're being sane and rational in the 6A offices, which is too weird for my brain...