Marriage, Love, Family, and rights

Marriage is love and family.

ataniell93 has got some interesting things to say on this meme, here and here. I agree with her reasoning, I just can't quite say it as well.

Hearing/reading the stories coming out of San Francisco this weekend had been fun, and uplifting. I don't remember the same sort of rush here in Toronto when we started issuing marriage licenses, but that's probably because there wasn't the same sense of urgency, of getting it done before the opportunity disappears. There was a group wedding a City Hall on Saturday, I believe, but not on the same sort of scale.

It's interesting - I watched Iron-Jawed Angels last night (which I thought was very good, BTW).

I think there are a lot of parallels between the Suffragette movement, and the Gay Rights movement. Both groups are just citizens wanting to be treated like citizens in their own country. The right to vote is something we consider an inalienable right for all adults right now. Hopefully, in 50 years, we'll be looking back at this fight, and going "Why was there an issue?" When I look back at those women, I have nothing but admiration for their courage, but I just don't get the _why_ of it. Not for their side - I just don't understand why it was an issue. The whole idea that women voting would destroy families, or break down society, or any of the other threatened consequences just baffles me. They are, however, the same consequences now being associated with allowing gays to get married. I think I'll point that out to my mother the next time this issue comes up in a conversation with her.

I live in hope that 80 years from now, limiting who can marry based on sexual preference makes as little sense to somebody born in 50 years as not allowing women to vote makes to me. Actually, I hope that the children born now grow up to think that way.