[news] Isn't Marriage Queer? A Socialist Take on Same-Sex Unions

[Resist!ca]

"For many on the left, the bill marks a significant step forward, clearing the way for queers to be fully accepted into society. Others argue that demanding such acceptance is more accurately viewed as capitulating to the cultural norms and institutions of a patriarchal capitalist society, and a step backward from the sexual radicalism that once characterized the movement for queer liberation. We should be knocking down pillars of the current social order, critics argue, not rapping on the system's doors, asking to be let in. Such a critique is powerful, and has the merit of keeping the broader goals of the movement for radical change in plain sight. It doesn't engage, however, at the level on which the debate is actually occurring."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/4/28/7654/15421