intolerance has many faces. There are apparently gay people who criticise their gay friends, who enter into a civil union, for "selling out" to "heteronormativity". I'm struggling to understand this. Does that mean some gays really want to be different - it's the being different that's most important? But being in a de facto relationship gay or straight is hardly remarkable any more.
I supported civil unions because I couldn't see why people who want to make a formal committment to each other should be excluded. It comes as something of a disappointment to learn that their existence has created a new problem. Why can't people live and let live? That's what gays have always asked society for. But it seems some can't accord the same to each other. Double standards.
Red Dwarf – #6 – S01E06: Me 2
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Of course there are always some people in any group unhappy with anything that is done. To avoid doing the right simply to make "everyone" happy won't work and can't be done. Most gay people are happy having the choice of civil unions. Some want more and some want differences. Why? Some are just radical Leftists adopting the old fashioned Marxist view against marriage. Others are people who were "different" their entire lives and don't know anything else. Treat any group of people as "the other" and then after a lifetime of it open the door to welcome them in and you will always finds some don't want to go over the threshhold -- even if someone they love is carrying them.
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