April 8, 2010

Eat Pray Love Gay Marriage

"Instead of trying to 'save' the institution of marriage by excluding gay couples from matrimony, maybe it's smarter to rescue marriage by letting same-sex couples move in and gentrify the place. It's a cute argument, but it has a strong historic resonance --- every few generations, marriage opens its doors a little wider and lets in a new population who had previously been excluded, and that breathes new life into the whole institution."
- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love and Committed

13 comments:

Lazy Pineapple said...

I like this....makes absolute sense :)

Ray's Cowboy said...

I fully agree and I think one day it will happen. but as the joke say, "who wants to be in an institution?" But again I do think one day it will be better for all of us. look at the strides we have some so far.
Ray

inannasstar said...

It will happen, I have no doubt. It's going to take some fight though. Like the women who fought to vote, the African American's who fought for equality in all aspects of life as well as to vote, women who fought for equality in the workforce, humans fighting for equality in healthcare.....get out there and fight for it!

Tawnya said...

She makes sense to me. I love her books. Sorry have not been around a lot I have been sick. Ugh.

Michael Rivers said...

Love it! Very well said.

WannabeVirginia W. said...

With regard to her comment regarding same sex marriage, what she says makes absolute sense. Changing the landscape of what a marriage should be like has been the best thing I have lived to see.

I read the book you posted and it was good, however, while reading it my thoughts were she was very lucky that she was in a position that after a divorce she can take off and wander around the globe finding herself. Not to many women can and are in that position.

Tiffany Harkleroad said...

love her!

Bob said...

It IS a cute little argument for marriage equality, and makes perfect sense........to people who HAVE sense!

Brahm said...

I loved the book Eat Pray Love also, and am looking forward to the movie with Julia Roberts who I think is great casting. And yes agree that she had opportunity that most of us don't, which is to take a year off and eat and find yourself.

Just read her new book on marriage, Committed, which I also liked a lot - she travels the world looking into marriage and what it means to different cultures, basically because she is anti-marriage and now has to marry her boyfriend or he will be deported. Is a good read!

middle child said...

I think the biggest problem in marraige is the lack of love and commitment. It's not "any port in a storm". It's more like riding out the storm together. Home/marraige should be the safest place where you are free to be, where you bring out the best in each other. Where you know that no matter what happens, You will always have each other. I hate that marraige is so disposible. Is 'till death do us part really that hard?

Annie (Lady M) x said...

Living in the UK where gay marriages have been around ages, I am still flabberghasted that same-sex marriage continues to be banned in some states. I mean WHY? WTF?

Actually Brahm, I think once the marriage battle is won, (from my experience in the UK), the next hurdle is allowing gay couples to adopt children. What is the situation in the US with regards this? Oh, and I thought you might like this extract from a UK paper

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1506657/Gay-and-lesbian-couples-given-adoption-rights.html

Brahm said...

Interesting article! I too am still surprised by ignorant and or hateful bias in stuff like this.

Here in Canada same-sex marriage has been legal since 2005 (in some provinces earlier), hence how K and I are getting married next month.

Adoption also legal here, as is serving in the military... not that I want to do either of those things!

injaynesworld said...

The U.S. is filled with many small-minded,fearful people and it's just getting worse with the media mega-millionaire bigots stoking their fires.

I have to believe that one day, this too shall pass.

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