Since this is Gay Pride Month, there is a cliffhanger this weekend and it is to see if the New York Republican-run Senate will give a YES to legalizing same-sex marriage. I know this is a hot issue and has been for a long time. I am glad the State Assembly approved Governor Andrew Cuomo's Same-Sex Marriage Bill, much to the dismay of many Catholics, Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., and former Giants receiver David Tyree. New York ought to be the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage because of the rich history of LGBT culture and society in New York and the significance of the Gay Liberation Movement, spinning off from the gay revolt at Stonewall Bar in June 1969. While many straights and some gays dismiss marriage as a sacred institution but as a piece of paper, same-sex marriage is important to the LGBT community as were the struggles of African-Americans and interracial couples to marry in this country. Many may not agree with this, but marriage was always seen as a sacred institution for White heterosexual couples - really an ecomonic advantage for White hetero males who benefited the most since women could not inherit anything at all back in the day. If a White hetero male married a rich White woman and something happened to him, she was not getting crap from his estate. Marriage was always tied in with Western inheritance law. The mindfuck to many when it comes to marriage equality is that gays and lesbians would rebel against the old Western hetero patriarchal notion of marriage. I had a conversation with my uncle, Larry McDaniel, who feels that marriage is not a big deal for gays to fight for. I disagree with him because I have heard sad stories when something happened to one of the partners in LGBT relationships and domestic partnerships. I watched the segment of the HBO film "If These Walls Could Talk 2" with actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Marian Seldes. They played a lifetime lesbian couple during the 1960s. Marian's character died and her distant nephew, his wife, and their daughter, who were not in touch with her because of her lesbianism, suddenly came to claim his aunt's home she shared with her partner. Meanwhile, Vanessa's character was told that she could take some things with her but it was made clear she was not getting the house. I felt that was fucked up so this is why I am voting for same-sex marriage for all LGBT couples who deserve long-awaited honeymoons. I do not want my partner's family to tell me I cannot have what me and him worked so hard for together, especially if they disowned him for being gay. Fuck dat!
I want New York to legalize same-sex marriage so I can marry my boo whoever he will be in my own state, God willing I am still here in New York. I don't care what Uncle Larry says but marriage is important to the LGBT community. I am for same-sex marriage equality. Yes, I, an African-American gay man, is for marriage for everyone, straight, LGBT, Black, White, rich, poor, what have you. Love Is Love!
IT'S A DONALD THING
Sunday, June 19, 2011
12:08 AM
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