Here Comes the Bride!

Is that what Sir Elton will scream on his wedding night?

Published on December 21, 2005 By singrdave In Current Events

Well, the day has finally arrived. It's like a royal wedding... maybe bigger than a royal wedding, because people actually are paying attention to it and appear to care about it...

From Reuters:
British pop star Elton John tied the knot with long-term partner David Furnish on Wednesday, joining hundreds of gay couples across England taking advantage of a new law to formalize their relationships.
The normally flamboyant pair surprised some pundits by wearing traditional black morning suits. The civil partnership ceremony was a small, private affair, attended by a handful of friends and with the couple's parents acting as witnesses.
They later hosted 700 guests at a lavish evening party in the grounds of John's nearby estate.
Guests, including German tennis player Boris Becker and British model Liz Hurley, were caught in a traffic jam as limousines queued in narrow lanes to reach the party.
Former Beatle Ringo Starr gave a peace sign as he waited in the congestion, surrounded by camera crews and reporters.
Other guests included rock singer Ozzy Osbourne, Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace and Victoria Beckham, the wife of England and Real Madrid soccer player David.
Among those offering congratulations was British Prime Minister Tony Blair who said: "I wish him and David well, and all the other people exercising their rights under the civil partnerships law.

The civil partnership law is a good thing. I honestly have no problem with civil unions. I feel that if a gay couple chooses to spend their lives together, buy property together, care for each other, and do everything else in a happy, loving relationship, then they certainly should share health care insurance, survivorship rights, and all the other legal trappings of a civil union.

What they have is not "marriage". (And then the "tolerance police" swoop down.)

Marriage: man and woman. Ordained by God. Recognized by the state.

Civil unions: separate but equal. Recognized by the state.

Good luck and happy civil partnership to Sir Elton and his new bride/groom David Furnish. I wish them happy and long lives together. I hope they will be happy together.

Just don't try to tell me that what I have is wrong. Or closed-minded. "Civil partnership" is a concession I will happily make so people won't try to redefine MARRIAGE to suit the whims of the day.

Comments

MarcieMoo

on Dec 21, 2005

Amen Dave...Amen!

shadesofgrey

on Dec 21, 2005

Personally, I think that everything viewed by the state should be "civil partnerships." If churches want to have "marriages" that's fine, but the state should just call everything a "civil partnership" for things like tax codes and the whatnot. If "marriage" is a religious institution as so many claim it is, then it should stay within the church...just my two cents--not that you asked.

Locamama

on Dec 21, 2005

It's just semantics. When you start saying hey "civil unions" are great but it's not a "marriage". It's saying you're not as good and worthy as heterosexuals. There are plenty of heterosexuals that get married for all of the wrong reasons and there are plenty of homosexuals that have loving, loyal relationships. Why split hairs?

singrdave

on Dec 21, 2005

When you start saying hey "civil unions" are great but it's not a "marriage".

the state should just call everything a "civil partnership" for things like tax codes and the whatnot.

As I said before, I have no problem with civil unions. Marriage can be technically defined as a civil union between a man and a woman. In the eyes of the tax laws, they DO see marriage as a civil union, so I don't think you're going out on a limb by suggesting that.

There are plenty of heterosexuals that get married for all of the wrong reasons

The reason for that is people are stupid. I have been married for twelve years next week, mostly because I love my wife.

It's true that I maintain a 'separate but equal' stance. I simply don't think we should upend the concept of marriage in order to soothe the vast minority of people who aren't happy with it as is.

MarcieMoo

on Dec 21, 2005

I think as people of faith, it's hard to...hmmmm...be approachable and welcoming to people who are homosexual, you know?

Deep down in my heart, and written down in the Bible, I know that homosexuality is wrong. But I don't know where homosexuality comes "from" you know? And I don't think that monogamous homosexual couples should be denied the same legal rights that heterosexual married couples enjoy--health and life insurance benefits, tax benefits, etc.

But the title of "married"...or even being "civil unionized"? I don't know...I have a hard time with that. There's not really an easy answer for *me* either...

Furry Canary

on Dec 22, 2005

'Marriage: man and woman. Ordained by God. Recognized by the state.'
I'm married and very happily too, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with my (or anybody else's) idea of God. There is no evidence that marriage is 'Ordained by God', any more than that same sex unions are not. Just a string of books written by human beings.

'I simply don't think we should upend the concept of marriage in order to soothe the vast minority of people who aren't happy with it as is.'
Who's this 'we' you talk about?

singrdave

on Dec 22, 2005

There is no evidence that marriage is 'Ordained by God', any more than that same sex unions are not. Just a string of books written by human beings.

If you are going to dismiss books not written by God Himself as not being God-inspired, then yeah, I guess there has been no say on the matter from Heavenly Father.
On the other hand, the vast majority of people do not share your view. It is a matter of faith that those pesky books of scripture are the Word of God. No matter which book of scripture you look at, they are all pretty clear on the subject of homosexuality and on marriage.

'I simply don't think we should upend the concept of marriage in order to soothe the vast minority of people who aren't happy with it as is.'
Who's this 'we' you talk about?

"We" means the rest of society, the one that has been working perfectly well all these years and has defined marriage as man and woman.

singrdave

on Jan 06, 2006

I cannot believe no one got my joke.

It's in the title. The second word of the title.

Sir Elton will scream "Here COMES the bride!" on his wedding night... as he... you know, consummates the marriage?

A tasteless and, in my own mind, hilarious double entendre.

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