I hate to speak in militaristic terms but it best analogy that fits the point I'm trying to make. I was reading an opinion piece by Bob Ostertag on the Huffington Post. He argues That Gay Marriage is the wrong issue for Gay people and asks "Is this really where decades of struggle for sexual freedom ends? With the state granting its blessing to homosexual nuclear families emerging from City Hall, husband-and-husband or wife-and-wife, with the photographer and the rice and the whole bit, finally having become just like them?".
What I thing is wrong with this argument is that it seems to confuse a Battle with a War. Gay Marriage is just one of many fronts in a War for our equality and the freedom to live our lives without discrimination. Be it employment, housing and yes even marriage. The "wrong issue" argument looks at it and believes that "We are putting all our resources into winning a right that only the few of us in long-term conventional couple relationships will enjoy." It is definitely true that at the moment the struggle for Gay Marriage is the prominent battle in the War for Equality. But I thing the Gay community is capable of fighting a multi-front War. If there is one think a Queen is good at it's multi-tasking. We can fight for the rights of those of use who want the legal protection that a marriage entails and we can fight for those who are looking to end other forms of discrimination and homophobia.
One last point Mr. Ostertag claims "What's more, we are creating a social climate in which young queers are encouraged to recast their vision of the relationships they seek to favor the married couple." The Idea that Gay people might be intimidated by "social climate" is oxymoronic.
