Same-sex marriage has an unexpected foe
The respectability of marriage would be a disaster for gays and lesbians, argues a leading academic
By Michael Cook
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/same_sex_marriage_has_an_unexpected_foe
November 12, 2013
Just when you thought that all the arguments against same-sex marriage had been led to the starting gates, a new horse canters up. Writing in The Conversation, a op-ed site for academics, Annamarie Jagose, an internationally renowned expert in feminist studies, lesbian/gay studies and queer theory at the University of Sydney, argues that legalisation would be a disaster for gays and lesbians. "Why should marriage continue in the 21st century to be a primary mechanism for the distribution of social recognition and privilege?," she asks.
"In recognising some gay and lesbian relationships as marriages, same-sex marriage emphasises the continued illegitimacy of other sexual arrangements and the continued exclusion of other social actors.
The legalisation of same-sex marriage has risky consequences that exceed the good intentions of many of those arguing for it."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
The respectability of marriage would be a disaster for gays and lesbians, argues a leading academic
By Michael Cook
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/same_sex_marriage_has_an_unexpected_foe
November 12, 2013
Just when you thought that all the arguments against same-sex marriage had been led to the starting gates, a new horse canters up. Writing in The Conversation, a op-ed site for academics, Annamarie Jagose, an internationally renowned expert in feminist studies, lesbian/gay studies and queer theory at the University of Sydney, argues that legalisation would be a disaster for gays and lesbians. "Why should marriage continue in the 21st century to be a primary mechanism for the distribution of social recognition and privilege?," she asks."In recognising some gay and lesbian relationships as marriages, same-sex marriage emphasises the continued illegitimacy of other sexual arrangements and the continued exclusion of other social actors.
The legalisation of same-sex marriage has risky consequences that exceed the good intentions of many of those arguing for it."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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