Reading Response - My Big Fat Straight Wedding

Hola,

This week I am blogging about "My Big Fat Straight Wedding" by Andrew Sullivan from Rereading America.

           In this selection, Sullivan speaks of the similarities between his homosexual marriage and heterosexual marriages. He also quotes a passage from the ruling of the Supreme Court of California which states; an individual has the right to marry another individual, and that they should be protected and officially recognized as traditional unions are regarding the law. He then speaks to remove many stereotypes and accusations that are attached to homosexuality, and to prove that gay people are the same as straight people.

         I agree and disagree with Sullivan's points, agreeably I believe that the history of gay people in America is constantly evolving for the better. I have observed that homosexuals are seen as "normal, well-adjusted, human individuals." I know that a gay couple can be loved an accepted by their families as Sullivan and his partner were. However I disagree with a quote form Hannah Arendt that is used. This quote says one has "the right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right compared to which the right to attend an integrated school." I disagree because children were not allowed to integrate because of their skin color, which is an external characteristic, however a person cannot be labeled gay or straight based on their outer appearance.

This link goes to the online article written by Sullivan in 2008, but it includes comments from many varying perspectives. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/09/my-big-fat-straight-wedding/6931/