Controversy organized by Alexander Nguyen. The person I plan to cherish forever. Though I agree with E.J. Graff that an important part of marriage is the legal rights it provides, she is wrong to imply that marriage is nothing more than the quickest way towards those benefits. In fact, it would be far easier to secure marriage's rights if we didn't call them marriage. However, I agree with Representative Pisaturo that it is the intangible benefits of marriage that really matter.
People discriminate against gays and lesbians on the basis of who they love.
Only after securing equal recognition of same- sex relationships will all of the other elements equality fall into line. First, State Senator Pete Knight is not a pathetic old man as Cloud implies. It's the least we can do to fight him. Andrew Sullivan accuses mainstream gay activists of not being forceful enough on the marriage issue, lambasting them for portraying gays and lesbians as victims of religious extremists. The No On Knight campaign is not portraying gays and lesbians as victims.