Straight Eye for the Queer Coupling
I take issue with Brian Micklethwait on the subject of gay marriage being an encourager of straight marriage:
I’m afraid that this just strikes me as incredibly naive. For one thing, I am not at all sure that “gays lead where others follow.” For example, no matter how many women squeal over the team of gay designers on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy I still don’t see a movement towards a lot of heterosexual men going into fashion design, or even cleaning up their apartments. As for marriage, your analogy only works if in fact straight people are currently not getting married at all. But as far as I can tell marriage itself (as opposed to staying married, a completely different animal and something gay couples no doubt have as much trouble with as straight ones) remains a popular activity among hets everywhere. So where exactly is the fashion lead?
What could make an actor think that his portrayal of a happy gay married couple would suddenly make Jim-Bob propose marriage to Rhonda Sue after five common-law years and two kids in the trailer park (or Connor and Bree decide to get a second mortgage on their childless uptown Manhattan “we’re life partners!” loft so they can get that designer wedding album and the honeymoon in Cannes) I have no idea; perhaps it is, as I snarkily continued, that the entertainment industry is “populated by aliens from Beta Carinii VII.” But the entire argument that we should accept gay marriage because of its supposed good effects on straights is a fail all around anyway. Whether you are for or against the whole idea, let’s at least be honest here. I doubt the number of gays who really care about the state of heterosexual marriage can be counted on more than one hand; gay marriage is all about gays.
And now that I’ve made friends all around, don’t forget the bleg! Fascist homophobic rightwingers need money too.
Yeah, that seems really odd. Gays want to be allowed to get married “just like straight people” and now this person is acting like gay people invented marriage and as soon as their allowed to do it legally straight people will rush to jump on the bandwagon too. WTF?
I don’t say this because I have anything against gay people. I see it as just another bizarre utterance from the aliens in Hollywood.
Posted by Lynn on 10/24 at 05:12 PMOH DAMMIT!!!! I did one of the things I most HATE when other people do it. They’re not their. Grrrrrrrr! Would you believe a senior moment? No, that’s not it. My fingers are developing minds of their own and they’re morons. (See, I got it right that time.)
Posted by Lynn on 10/24 at 05:14 PMOh I hate when I do that too. Oh wait! I never do that because I am perfect. Pinky swear.
PS: Brian seems to think I’ve rained on his parade a bit, but I can’t help it if straight guys aren’t going to get more enthusiastic about marriage because their girlfriends just adore (insert whoever is the fag hag poster boy of the week—I’ve lost track since I don’t watch tv anymore; it’s probably someone from American Idol).Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 10/24 at 05:27 PM
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