Its getting crowded in here
January 31, 2007 · By Marsilio Facino
Many, if not most, of the gay and lesbian organizations which have signed on to the battle for same-sex marriage do not take marriage itself as their goal. Instead, these advocacy groups are broadly supportive of the radical family agenda announced in the Beyond Same-Sex Marriage manifesto. By following the public response of gay-marriage activists to the Beyond Same-Sex Marriage manifesto, we can see that the policy goals of family radicals are largely shared, even by most mainstream supporters of same-sex marriage.
Many, if not most, of the gay and lesbian organizations which have signed on to the battle for same-sex marriage do not take marriage itself as their goal.
Says who? The author? BM itself says that the LBGT marriage movement is focusing on SSM marriage only, thus the purpose for this group.
He’s talking about the states. Although the author is (still) trying to tie this to polygamy specifically, consider the cohabitation laws (or rather laws PROHIBITING cohabitation) in the US. They’re miles behind Canada. That’s also, btw, what Rauch was referring to (which Kurtz takes as an “ah-ha!” moment).
Nevertheless, it’s a brave new world, isn’t it? Beyond SSM, the lobby to combat traditional marriage as anything beyond a single partner will make for some strange bedfellows.