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March 14, 2004

Conformity

It just occurred to me that if religious conservatives were hounding gays to get married in the eyes of God, they'd be a lot more hesitant to agitate for it.

NPR finally aired the gay man I thought I'd never hear in this, the one who said none of his gay friends were hustling down to city hall, that the whole point of coming out of the closet was to avoid getting pestered about marriage - that marriage is the ultimate conformity and that the gay lifestyle was an alternative to that.

Thank you.

Posted by mbowen at March 14, 2004 10:49 AM

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these guys are the (white middle class) gay version of US. sullivan et al are the (white m.c.) gay version of the naacp.

Posted by: lks at March 14, 2004 09:40 PM

I almost understand that.

Posted by: Cobb at March 14, 2004 10:13 PM

But not all gay people are political in that way. Some gay people just happen to be gay, and are just like all the other boring-ass, middle america assholes I actively hate every day. It's like saying the only way to be gay is to be flaming, or the only way to be a feminist is to shave your head and refuse to shave your legs.

The whole point of comign out is NOT to stop gettign hounded about marriage, though it certainly helps. The point is to stop pretending to be someone you are not. So much conversation is about fucking the opposite sex, or trying to, that I'd imagine it's a relief to be able to say, no I don't think that man is beautiful. I want to fuck other women.

That made absolutely no sense, but I stand by it anyway because, dammit, this is what the internet is for.

The end.

Posted by: TLL at March 15, 2004 10:04 AM

And I'm glad that you are engaging me. It assures me that I'm not just going off on a tangent without knowing what I'm talking about. I'm staking out new territory for myself, bringing forward ideas that I've always had but not necessarily defended. I am socially liberal, but that has everything to do with my being a Christian, specifically an Episcopalian. More in a top level post...

Posted by: Cobb at March 16, 2004 10:55 AM