Cartoon by Kevin Siers
I am so sick of going to straight weddings. Yes, I care about my straight friends. Yes, I respect their right to wed. And yes, I want to help them celebrate their nuptials. But besides the fact that I have mixed feelings about this archaic institution that was once all about owning and controlling a wife, as if she were nothing more than piece of property (think Nora in A Doll's House), I am, if I may be completely honest, beginning to get really bitter about marriage inequality and it's making me resent even the thought of having to celebrate the nuptials of one more straight couple no matter how much I care about them.
And yes my friends and family do support giving queers the same legal and social rights (although some debate what it should be called) that marriage affords straight couples. Unfortunately, except for a few close friends, ideological backing seems to be the extent of support from most heterosexuals, which leads me to ask, "Where are all the straight activists!?"
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