And if you don’t mind, you seem like a good person to ask this question: As gay marriage has mainstreamed, it feels to me like we’ve missed a step. At least in my faith tradition, “allowing” gay marriage is merely granting access to the exact same outline of marriage as straight couples follow. But LGBTQ relationships are different from and have something to teach the world of straight relationships.
So my question is: In what way might the wider society’s understanding of marriage be enriched, after a while of including diverse genders and sexualities?
Thanks for this! I address this in the book- I think queer folks have something to teach everybody about the diversity of relationships that are possible beyond a lifelong marriage between two people.
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And if you don’t mind, you seem like a good person to ask this question: As gay marriage has mainstreamed, it feels to me like we’ve missed a step. At least in my faith tradition, “allowing” gay marriage is merely granting access to the exact same outline of marriage as straight couples follow. But LGBTQ relationships are different from and have something to teach the world of straight relationships.
So my question is: In what way might the wider society’s understanding of marriage be enriched, after a while of including diverse genders and sexualities?
Thanks for this! I address this in the book- I think queer folks have something to teach everybody about the diversity of relationships that are possible beyond a lifelong marriage between two people.