Trust this hasn't been posted before. If it has, it's worth another round of applause.
I confess to having been , previously, rather cool on the idea of gay marriage. I felt that marriage was more a rite, where young girls would pretend they were some innocent princesses being swept up by their hansom prince.
I noticed that, in many societies, including Indian, this was essentially the attitude. That it was one final fling before a girl becomes a woman.
But I've recently heard from some advocates and am swayed by the notion that marriage is an expression of love and a commitment to trust.
A compromise in the UK, called Civil Partnership was seen as the end of the matter. But it seems that Civil Partnership is not available to mixed sex couples. Moreover, the restriction of marriage to mixed sex couples seems bigoted. I have to say I am especially incensed that the CoE hierarchy seems to be refusing to allow a change in the law, even for those churches that are quite happy to have single sex marriages.
I do hope that, soon, we won't be hearing about gay marriage but rather, marriage.
