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Tanto los promotores y opositores del matrimonio homosexual comparten una premisa falsa: que la legalización del matrimonio homosexual derriba la “heteronormatividad”, es decir, la idea de que la heterosexualidad es normal y las otras formas de sexualidad no lo son. Pero la idea de que cambiar leyes respecto al matrimonio puede cambiar la heteronormatividad es simplemente falsa. (more…)
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Les promoteurs tout comme les adversaires du mariage homosexuel partagent une prémisse commune et erronée : que la légalisation du mariage homosexuel renverse l’« hétéro-normativité », c’est-à-dire l’idée que l’hétérosexualité est normale et que les autres formes de sexualité ne le sont pas. Mais l’idée que le changement des lois du mariage peut changer l’hétéro-normativité est simplement erronée.
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Prekvapilo ma zistenie, že väčšina umiernených oponentov homosexuálnych manželstiev nemá problém s myšlienkou registrovaného partnerstva, ktoré poskytuje homosexuálom mnohé zo zákonných benefitov manželstva. Ich uvažovanie je nasledovné: ak dvaja homosexuáli chcú spoločne zdieľať svoj život a šťastie a starať sa jeden o druhého v chorobe i starobe, (more…)
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First published June 28, 2013
Translations: Czech, French, Greek, Spanish
Both the promoters and opponents of homosexual marriage share a common false premise: that the legalization of homosexual marriage overthrows “heteronormativity,” i.e., the idea that heterosexuality is normal and other forms of sexuality are not. But the idea that changing marriage laws can change heteronormativity is simply false. (more…)
Seville, 2011: A blushing bride at 85, Spain’s Duchess of Alba weds
Seville, 2011: A blushing bride at 85, Spain’s Duchess of Alba weds
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Slovak translation here
First published July 3, 2013
I was surprised to learn that most moderate opponents of same-sex marriage have no problem with the idea of “domestic partnerships,” which give homosexual couples many of the legal benefits of marriage. Their thinking is: “If two homosexuals wish to share their lives and fortunes and take care of one another in sickness and old age, (more…)
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Μετάφραση: Α.Γ.
Οι υπέρμαχοι και οι αντίπαλοι του ομοφυλοφιλικού γάμου έχουν από κοινού μία εσφαλμένη αντίληψη: ότι η νομιμοποίηση του γάμου μεταξύ ομοφυλόφιλων θα ανατρέψει την «ετεροκανονικότητα», δηλαδή την άποψη ότι η ετεροφυλοφιλία είναι φυσιολογική σε αντίθεση με τις άλλες μορφές σεξουαλικότητας που δεν είναι. (more…)
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“A man and a woman are one. A man and a woman and a blackbird are one.” Carl Jung was apparently besotted with this stanza from Wallace Stevens’ poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” (more…)
Seville, 2011: A blushing bride at 85, Spain’s Duchess of Alba weds
Seville, 2011: A blushing bride at 85, Spain’s Duchess of Alba weds
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Slovak translation here
I was surprised to learn that most moderate opponents of same-sex marriage have no problem with the idea of “domestic partnerships,” which give homosexual couples many of the legal benefits of marriage. Their thinking is: “If two homosexuals wish to share their lives and fortunes and take care of one another in sickness and old age, why shouldn’t they have the legal benefits that straight couples enjoy? Just don’t call it ‘marriage.'”
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Jak zastánci, tak odpůrci homosexuálních sňatků sdílí společný mylný předpoklad: že legalizace homosexuálních sňatků zničí “heteronormativitu”
(termín vyjadřující názor, že jen heterosexualita je normální sexuální orientace a že každé pohlaví má v životě své přirozené role). Avšak myšlenka, že změna sňatkového práva může změnit heteronomativitu je jednoduše mylná.
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Translations: Czech, French, Greek, Spanish
Both the promoters and opponents of homosexual marriage share a common false premise: that the legalization of homosexual marriage overthrows “heteronormativity,” i.e., the idea that heterosexuality is normal and other forms of sexuality are not. But the idea that changing marriage laws can change heteronormativity is simply false.