callumswood:

Why are there so many GLBTQ people who want to kill the marriage equality battle? Everything we accomplish is a step forward. Everything we accomplish is not a roadblock, as some have said. You don’t have to want to get married. The roadblock is you as much as the heteronormative in government.

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I think some people, since they have been persecuted for much of their lives, tend to want nothing to do with those who have persecuted them. Therefore, marriage, which is considered heteronormative blah blah, is seen as becoming the same as their persecutors. What I don’t think these people understand is that being gay is simply a part of life, not in and of itself your life, and this is becoming increasingly true.

I find these people the type who might scoff at other gays who have straight friends. It’s silly, but I know several gays who only befriend other gays. I think that’s a really poor way to further the interests of gays. (A more controversial theory is that some gays secretly thrive on persecution, in which equal marriage would most nearly end.)