tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844827880580229020.post8878321312548400541..comments2023-10-24T03:03:41.272-07:00Comments on Director's cut: Is not gay marriage really an issue of gender?Staid Winnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473150367386722079noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844827880580229020.post-47473130829570903182011-09-20T16:06:54.653-07:002011-09-20T16:06:54.653-07:00Interesting view.
I think I will refuse to iden...Interesting view. <br /><br />I think I will refuse to identify my gender (on paper) in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844827880580229020.post-75437078489365869582011-09-20T13:58:55.478-07:002011-09-20T13:58:55.478-07:00Interesting to look at it that way, which is exact...Interesting to look at it that way, which is exactly how the gay-marriage opponents couch it, ironically.<br /><br />What they say is that <i>homosexuals</i> are not being denied marriage, they are free to enter into a marriage.<br /><br />The key to their case is that the definition of a marriage requires members of dissimilar sexes.<br /><br />I do not think that the gender discrimination aspect holds though. Suppose we say that a male wants to marry a male. Under the definition of a marriage, he cannot. His case could be considered gender discrimination if a female did not face the same restriction on the sex of her intended partner.<br /><br />An example of this in practice is high school sports. Males are not allowed in female events and vice versa. Discrimination only applies if they only have male-only sports where participation is prohibited for females. Which is why in schools where they have baseball (typically male-only), women can legally try out for the team. Even if they have an equivalent sport of softball. Likewise for wrestling.<br /><br />Lastly, think of discrimination based on religion. I'd say that it faces the same issues--there is no way we can prove if someone is a Christian--and yet we do enforce laws for religious discrimination.<br /><br />But what if two people refused to cite their sex while getting married? It is not as if you are required to have gender tests. Some devious legislator should couch it as a privacy issue, perhaps starting with gun ownership ("to protect law abiding citizens, you must not require them to disclose their sex"), and then fight it on a marriage license.Staid Winnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473150367386722079noreply@blogger.com