Today’s readings all focused on the idea of same-sex couples having the right to marry. Same Sex Marriage FAQs described the differences in civil unions and marriage and why gay couples would want the advantages of marriage. Vaccaro describes her life’s work trying to get equality for homosexuals and woring for marriage rights and also her own personal experiences with gay marriage. Vaccaro describes all the work she has put into this cause and how she hopes to be able to makes progress for herself and others. Ettelbrick offers a contrary point of view when she says that obtaining the right to marriage for homosexuals will not change the way that the world works like many people are making it out to be. She says that the many issues tied to gay marriage such as health care and spouse’s rights are still going to be seen through a lens of discrimination no matter the legalities of the issue. I thought Ettelbrick’s take on the issues were the most interesting because of how she framed the larger issues and the way she describes how people work for gay marriage at times without realizing the ways that gay marriage right will not fix all of the discrimination that homosexuals face. In googling gay marriage it is evident that these are still contentious issues in the news and hopefully one day all will be accepted in this country and the world.
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