From Emma Goldman's 1911 essay Marriage and Love:
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful moulder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage?
Just a friendly reminder that queer and feminist critiques of marriage are nothing new and those of us presently critiquing gay marriage will not succumb to historical amnesia or the seductive promises of neoliberalism.
To read all of Emma Goldman's Essay Marriage and Love check out her archived writing online!
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I just came across this this morning (no, not a pic of a dude):
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/8/891161/-Gays-win-fight,-progressives-try-to-take-it-away
Only homophobes want to ban marriage! It's a good institution that helps kids, because kids raised outside of marriage are bastards.
Haven't you heard the news? Marriage no longer has defined gender roles. We haven't the faintest clue what feminists of yesteryear would think of this new genderless secular marriage.
This decision was a win for gays, a win for women and a win for gender equality.
You should really read the decision. Especially the section titled: THE RIGHT TO MARRY PROTECTS AN INDIVIDUAL’S CHOICE OF MARITAL PARTNER REGARDLESS OF GENDER
She was also an outspoken opponent of homophobia in the 1920s.