So, they offer up civil unions, which is basically saying—Yes, we hear you want rights and all that good stuff, but since you are not a MAN AND A WOMAN, you are DIFFERENT, so you can have the same thing, but we’ll just call it something else. Okay, maybe we throw better parties, but I can’t think of anything that is really truly and fundamentally different between straights and gays.
If you are a straight woman, you are attracted to men, and so are gay men. Hmmmm, exactly how is that different? You both like confidence in a guy. You both want a guy with a job. You both like muscles. You both hate it when he doesn’t call. In fact, if you are a straight woman and you have never talked to a gay man, please go out and find one right now. You will be blown away by how much you have in common. He will understand you, he will go shopping with you, he will tell you that those pants do not make you look fat, and he will fix your hair for you. What bonds you together? Your love for men (and good shoes). How is that different?
Gay women, like straight guys, complain about not understanding women. They drive us crazy. We can’t figure them out, but we love them just the same. We love being made to feel as if we are the only person in the world, and only a woman can make you feel that way. We love to live in t-shirts and jeans. Only a gay gal and a straight guy can make a persuasive argument as to why the Celtics were better or worse than the Lakers in the mid ’80s. Who do you ask to lift heavy things or to fix a flat—yep, a gay woman or a straight guy.
Obviously, I am not buying the difference thing either.
Here is the bottom line. Why do people get married? And no, it’s not 1610 anymore, so you don’t get married to preserve bloodlines and get a couple of goats. We get married because of love, people. Why in the world would it matter who the object of that love is? Straight couples are not more in love than gay couples are, and the reverse isn’t true either. Love is love and love is often why people get married.
