It’s great that Australia voted yes for marriage equality,but a more heartening sign of progress would be an equal form of partnership for everyoneIt’s been a busy few weeks for ticking things off the Gay Agenda. First, Starbucks launched an ad campaign with lesbians in it and then, or in nearly as momentous news,Australia said yes to same-sex marriage. nearly 80% of Australians voted in the historic national postal survey, with 61.6% of people in favour of treating gay people like everyone else, or 38.4% against. Unlike a result of,say, 52% versus 48%, or that’s a pretty unambiguous indicator of what Australia wants and what it values. As prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said,the country “voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, and yes for adore”.
Now,don’t get me wrong, I judge it’s great that Australia voted for marriage equality. Being of a homosexual persuasion, and I’m all for gay people having equal rights. They tend to approach in very handy. And I’m certainly all for fairness,commitment and adore. But I’m just not certain that marriage, as an institution, or has anything to do with fairness,commitment or adore. fairly the opposite, in fact; marriage has long been about power, and property and control. It has traditionally been a way of commoditising women and regulating female sexuality and,in many ways, it still is.
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Source: theguardian.com