Watch as Oprah and her panel, consisting of Hugh Jackman and Gayle King among others, discuss the recent Iowa ruling legalizing same-sex marriage and how one knows if another person is gay.
As much as I love him, is anyone else tired of Hugh Jackman talking about how cool he is with not denying being gay… while denying it?!
– Andy
Not really. It is a bit of a dumb statement, but perfectly fair as far as I am concerned, and it makes his point. In fact I much prefer it to celebrities who think they are doing us or themselves a favor by avoiding a real answer to the question.
plural Marriage is next…and why not…anyone should be able to marry who ever and how many they want… Marriage ROCKS!!
dave- polygamy will most likely NEVER (in your or my lifetime) be legalized here. If you have a problem with the idea that gays could or should marry, sorry you feel that way- but if you really think that it needs to be bent out of shape to include more than 2 people, or their pets, then you are on a much different level than what is going on in this country, and that type of person is the main reason why there is so much controversy about gays being given the right to marry. so many link polygamy, bestiality, and child molestation with gays, that they are afraid of these very things happening once gays are allowed to marry. I do believe that, despite the old Mormon tradition of taking multiple wives, we will not see that legalized here any time soon.
Randy I did not say anything about..”bestiality, or child molestation” I think we all agree both strg8 and gay that thoses “forms of sex” should never be legal…so DON’T REWRITE MY POST!!
plural “polygamy” Marriage is on it’s way, and why not? Anyone should be able to get marriage…and if I want to marriage my 2 best friends, why not?…thats all I’m saying.
If you look in the Old testament of the Bible “polygamy” was allowed if a Man could prove he had the means to support his wifes and chidren. This is America and we all should have freedom to marry who and how many people we please, and I for one hope to see it happen in MY life time and I’m 36yr.
the flaw with polygamy is well, it’s hard to find 1 person you love let alone a second one.
the other flaw, is how it’s practiced to this date, and they should how it’s practiced before they start to openly allow it.
It made me cry when the woman said, “I’ll be marrying her and more importantly, she’ll be marrying me.” Who cares about the petty shit when people can say that and it’s legally possible. 🙂
I think dave is right, poly marriage is coming, but Randy is probably right too – not in our lifetimes. It is rather sad, but let’s work on getting EQUAL RIGHTS to marry in couples before we start the crusade to EXPAND the rights of existing and new married couples to introduce more spouses.
Whats love got to do with marriage? Its a contract from the state that gives people the right to write each other off on their taxes, and let them make life and death decisions about each other in the hospital, and few other “benefits”.
So if the only family I have is my best friends and I’m dying (or they are dying) I would like to “marry” them so they could have a say in my final days and get the “benefit” of my possessions, like my house and life insurance, better them, than the State or family members I hate!!
I say marriage for ALL! Polygamy as well!
The main difference here is… fighting for marriage is about having the same rights as others. Polygamy is not leagal for anyone in this country, so there is no segregated class of people being denied the same rights that others have. The fight for marriage is less about the benefits, and more about being treated equally.
So its the word “marriage” that gays are really wanting…hummm? If its not about the benefits, why marry? I though the “fight” was about having the same “rights” as strg8’s when it comes to law and the benefits the law gives to married people? Any one can call themselfs “married”…. If its a “word” that we are fighting for, count me out… I for one want more than a word for my fight.
Well it’s not so much that we want the word, though some do, particularly religious GLBT persons. But the real issue is the separate is inherently unequal. Just ask that Oregon man who got kicked out of his( registered, legal) domestic partner’s hospital room when the partner was dying. Do you think that would have happened if he had been immediately able to say they were “married” and the man was his “husband”?
I find it sad that Oprah can talk about marriage of any kind while stringing along Stedman all these years; but that’s part of the job description that goes with being a “beard”. Hope she’s treating him well or there’s going to be one helluva tell-all book coming from Mr. Graham!