It seems to me that the "gay community" is "trying" to be heterosexual in a way. By wanting to follow what the heterosexual community is doing when it comes to "marriage". I posted on my Facebook page about this exact thing, and received very little feedback from my gay friends. Many of which I have known for a number of years. The gay community is fighting for something that they want, but in the same turn, they are not sitting and listening to what many others are saying either. They want, what they want, when they want it, any more.
I have read many articles for and against this same topic, by many different people, backgrounds, races, etc. The one main thing that I keep seeing over and over in many heterosexual articles is, "why does it have t be called marriage?" I ask this same question and get no response. Why does it have to be called Marriage? As creative and unique as the "gay community" claims to be, why can't a number of groups get together and come up with something else to call it, instead of marriage.
Let the heterosexual community have their thing, we are NOTHING like them at all in any way, shape, or form. We ARE different in many ways. We know how to take care of our own, we know how to bust our asses to get things we want, we certainly can dress better (not like we also don't dress the heterosexual community as well), we decorate better and know how to do it without having to run to someone else for help, we take care of children that apparently people in the heterosexual community don't want (handicaps, older, etc.) and raise them to the best of our ability and sometimes better than many heterosexuals raise their own. There are many things that are unique and different about our community, so why in the hell would gay/lesbian people want to emulate others and be followers?
With all of the creativity this community has within it, I am extremely confident that they can come up with a "different" word to use to say we are a couple. This is something that the heterosexual community is asking for, so why not back down on the word "marriage" and find another way to say we are just as good as you not matter WHAT word is used. Whats the big fricken deal about a word, use another, its NOT that hard is it? Unless you ALL want to actually be heterosexual and you are all NOT as different at you claim or NOT as creative as many of you claim. Is the gay community THAT determined to be followers? If you are, have fun with it, cause there are many of us out here that really don't give a damn. Its a WORD people, wake up and learn to actually listen to what others are saying. STOP making fools of us all by doing stupid things and being stupid like many of your groups are being.
Not ALL of us out here are followers like it seems many of you are. My partner and I are trying to plan a "ceremony". We are not calling it marriage, because its NOT. We really don't care about the piece of paper that gets framed to hang on the wall and collect more dust. We want to be able to show to our family and friends our "commitment" to each other, we don't need to show it to the world. We are happy together no matter what. So, in saying all of that, we don't NEED a word to say we are together.
Now "gay community", its up to all of you to give in and try to find another way to say you are "married", or to continue fighting and be followers, and be heterosexual. Up to you all, think about it.
