Hanna Rosin of Slate writes on XXfactor:
Already this year we’ve had the live tweeting marriage proposal and several jumbo-tron varieties, TV proposals and a botched food court serenade. Always they seem pretty coercive. Like, the dude is so insecure that he makes saying “no” an act of great public humiliation.
So I was delighted to see the very first truly charming public proposal. I would marry Isaac, if only because he has so many great friends. With his home-spun, down the driveway, Glee routine he seems less after glory than a beautiful sense of community.
That was awesome. Well played my man. Way to make the rest of us mere mortals look bad.
Very cool!
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Great friends for sure and the best of luck in your future marriage.
Will those anti gay marriage folks come out and comment here saying these people are “shoving it down [their] throats” for proposing in public…?
What are they shoving down who’s throat?
“Their heterosexual lifestyle of course. I’m fine with straight people, but why do they have to shove it down our throats like this? Why can’t they just be straight, why do you they have to dance in the streets about it?”
Isn’t that exactly how some talk about gay people? Why the double standard?
Because SSM is not legally recognized in most states, and has failed miserably when presented directly to voters, and people that don’t support it just don’t want to deal with it any more. Legally recognized marriage between a man and a women is widely accepted as it has been for a long time. Recent statistics claim 1% of our population is gay. 99% is not. I’d say that 1% for such a small minority has come a long way in acceptance. People will only change so much with their viewpoint in a given period of time. The gay lobby has been very aggressive about this contentious subject, and some people are sick of it. None of what I just stated is truly my viewpoint, I’m just stating the reality of this. I can see how this article can be tough to take given the circumstances. I thought it was a bit hoaky, and overboard.
All irrelevant. My question was about the double standard. How come when a gay person talks about his/her relationship, he/she is shoving it down our throats, but when a straight person does something like this it isn’t considered the same thing?
I remember when I was in school, my teachers frequently mentioned their spouses, had photos of their spouses on their desk, etc. Can you imagine if the teacher was gay and he/she tried doing this? You know A LOT of people would blow a gasket over it, call for a firing, etc.
I’m just trying to point out the hypocrisy in this, that’s all.
I understand your point.
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