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...something important changed on campus. The Board of Ministry of Harvard's Memorial Church met to affirm the legitimacy of same-sex marriage ceremonies. Second to Stanford University, which spearheaded university recognition of same-sex unions earlier this year, Harvard marked itself as committed to the equal treatment of lesbian, gay and bisexual affiliates. And word spread, making national news...
...first glance, symbolic same-sex marriage seems like great policy. But the oppression of lesbians and gay men is far greater than what can be remedied with a spiritual ceremony. The inclusion of lesbians and gay men in a church ceremony at one university-even if it is Harvard-is more like a bone thrown to the gay and lesbian community than it is a burgeoning national commitment to lesbian and gay issues. Marriage is a way for lesbians and gay men to fit in, to mimic the norm. Same-sex marriage is, in fact, quite conservative; there...
There is nothing radical about lesbians and gay men assimilating, attempting to be just like normal, married straight people. As a lesbian, my politics is based on questions-questions about society, sexuality, gender and power. Same-sex marriage doesn't ask these important questions. Marriage itself is a questionable institution, historically used for the economic and political oppression of women. As a feminist, I find it especially difficult to find marriage in any form attractive, and the last thing I want is a wife. Same-sex marriage is only the beginning for a movement with far higher aims...
...reality of lesbian and gay marriage without legal recognition is not pretty. A partner can be denied the right to visit a lover in the hospital because the partner is neither family nor a spouse. A partner can be denied access to children raised with a lover. A partner can live without medical insurance because an employer does not offer domestic partnership benefits...
...golden ring on the same hand as my Harvard class ring, but I-and people like me-am beaten up, denied housing, and discriminated against by employers. In Georgia earlier this summer, the State Attorney General Michael Bowers revoked a job offer when his potential employee revealed her recent lesbian commitment ceremony. Symbolic marriage offers no protection from discrimination. In recent years, numerous referenda have come to ballot to legalize discrimination against lesbians and gay men in such states as Maine, Oregon and Colorado. According to the Anti-Violence Project, anti-lesbian and gay violence-bashing, violent attacks, shootings...