Homo Gays Gettin’ Hitched — Moonie Style!
posted by on May 1 at 9:03 AM
If the point is getting straight people to take same-sex marriage seriously, getting them to recognize the numerous injustices that bans on same-sex marriage rain down on the heads of committed gay couples and wocka wocka wocka, I don’t think mass, Moonie-style marriage ceremonies are really the best approach. Moonie marriages are legal, of course, recognized by the state and all that, but does anyone take them seriously? Well, The Matthew Shepard Foundation is planning a group commitment ceremony to kick off gay pride events in L.A. Says the press release…
On June 4, 2008, “Grey’s Anatomy” star T.R. Knight will join the Matthew Shepard Foundation to help kick off National Gay-Pride month with a symbolic dusk commitment ceremony at the famed West Hollywood hotspot, The Abbey.At 8pm, couples from around the nation will “tie the knot” in an event officiated by the Mayor of West Hollywood and witnessed by Judy Shepard. Couples will be wearing the Matthew Shepard Erase Hate pendant courtesy of Love and Pride jewelry designer, Udi Behr. Love and Pride is the first online jewelry destination for people who believe in equality, diversity and tolerance for all.
Um… uh… gee. There’s something about group commitment ceremonies—particularly ones crudely wedded to online jewelry “destinations”—that doesn’t make me think, “mmm… equality and stuff.” It makes me think, “mmm… crude and ineffective.” It will be particularly ineffective if, as some are speculating, out teevee star T.R. Knight decides to take part in the ceremony, committing to his boyfriend of six months, Marc Cornelsen, a UCLA student. Making a public spectacle of a premature commitment that is, as with most premature commitments, highly likely to end badly isn’t going to help our side. Participate if you must, T.R., but wait at least a year or two before you marry that boy.
Will T.R. be able to get a group "divorce" in 6 months?
Don't get married. You're not in love. You're just going to cheat on him. And love it.
My university has something like that on a smaller scale-- and on the one hand, its nice that is university condoned, but on the other hand, there are always couples (and groups-- they allow polyamory) who are not even in a couple, who are just straight and think this is a fun/amusing thing to do. So I think it sort of takes away from the seriousness of actually getting married.
I'm torn.
Yes, if Knight gets "married", he'll no doubt get divorced within a year. Yes, the whole jewelry scheme is lame.
Still, I'm convinced that the very high profile weddings that were taking place in San Francisco four years ago helped strongly sway public opinion and the CA legislature. Prior to that, the legislature wouldn't touch gay marriage, and public support was very weak. But seeing all those homos waiting in line and getting married, seeing that they were a lot like any other couple wanting to get married, and seeing that those weddings weren't a threat to any heteros getting married, helped change a lot of minds.
So if this publicity stunt gets enough people together to make big news, then that can only be good. If done right, I don't think it is ineffective at all.
Wow those two must have so much to talk about. Being involved in this sort of thing seems to cap that right off..congrats, boys!
The reason, I've heard, some men in their thirties and forties (or older, straight or gay) seek younger companions is because unlike women, men's taste in sex partners doesn't change as they age. What a guy found attractive in his teens he still likes when he's forty. It's too bad, though, that T.R. has to be such a gay cliché. You know the type. The A&F-wearing, 2xist-donning, gym-strutting, middle-aged clown who can't let go of his youth and move on.
T.R. in his thirties and his new boyfriend is nineteen. I don't condemn. It is up to the nineteen-year-old kid, after all, to decide with whom he wants to romp and roll. It's just kind of boring and so typical and, frankly, I'm a little disappointed in T.R.
No, it's bullshit. It's marketing. Everything in the world doesn't have to be marketing. Your fucking wedding shouldn't be a marketing opportunity.
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Yes everything is marketing; I'm so authentic; the world is so shallow; I'm too cool for school. Blah, blah, blah.
Did you check what it's marketing? Gay marriage rights. Some lefties call marketing for legal and social changes "building a social movement."
I really like TR, but he REALLY needs to reevaluate this relationship he's in. Mark is anything BUT what he chronically claims. At the very minimum-- TR needs a prenumptual agreement. Mark is after his money and Christ only knows what else. The boy is unstable, and shouldm't be trusted. Some who know TR say that he is actually stressed out right now, and alot of this "hype" is just a staging to keep things quiet in the public forum. I tend to agree. TR also recently started smoking again, and I will say that my personal source who knows TR has said that TR has said "sometimes you'll do whatever you can just to get him to shut up!" Of course without Mark around. Another thing is that Arrow doesn't like Mark at all, and you know what is said about animals... they know a person's real character. Well anyway, people, don't get too excited. If TR and Mark do marry (which they won't), it'll be a publicity stunt and won't be a legal ceremony. Sucks to be you, doesn't it, Mark?
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