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My spouse and I have now been married 25 years. We have what is, by some, called a "traditional marriage" if by traditional marriage you mean between a cisgendered male and a cisgendered female, which has produced children (in our case, three).
25 years is a long time, some days of which have been much longer than others.
What it makes me reflect on most, though, is that I think it's really time for marriage equality in this country (by this country I am specifically referring to the USA, but it's an open phrase).
I have never understood the odd idea that marriage equality threatens "traditional" marriage. I would think that allowing two consenting adults to make such a commitment STRENGTHENS marriage as an institution (and, really, one can make an argument that marriage as an institution is very problematic, and if you want to discuss that in comments, feel free -- I'm just not going to get into that here in the main post) because it encourages and values marriage as an aspect of society, that is, a commitment between two people to make a partnership, which will then function in a recognized way within society.
That's a good thing.
So, on this occasion, I just want to say that I hope we have the courage to make marriage equality a reality for all.
25 years is a long time, some days of which have been much longer than others.
What it makes me reflect on most, though, is that I think it's really time for marriage equality in this country (by this country I am specifically referring to the USA, but it's an open phrase).
I have never understood the odd idea that marriage equality threatens "traditional" marriage. I would think that allowing two consenting adults to make such a commitment STRENGTHENS marriage as an institution (and, really, one can make an argument that marriage as an institution is very problematic, and if you want to discuss that in comments, feel free -- I'm just not going to get into that here in the main post) because it encourages and values marriage as an aspect of society, that is, a commitment between two people to make a partnership, which will then function in a recognized way within society.
That's a good thing.
So, on this occasion, I just want to say that I hope we have the courage to make marriage equality a reality for all.