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: Dissecting Orson Scott Card, part 5
One marriage that took place in San Francisco was of David J. Knight to Joseph A. Lazzaro Jr. They had been together for 10 years, and had crossed the country from Baltimore to get married. Knight's father is a Californian Senator, William J. Knight - who led the campaign to get Proposition 22 into Californian state law. (Proposition 22 may ban same-sex marriage in California. The Mayor of San Francisco believed it to be unconstitutional, which is where he took his stand on issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples.) David Knight's father is also actively involved with the campaign against San Francisco issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Not content with that, David Knight's father is taking part in a legal challenge to California's "domestic partner" legislation. David Knight came out to his father in 1997, and they have been estranged ever since. By Orson Scott Card's definition of homophobia, it would seem that William J. Knight is homophobic: he is letting his fear and hatred of gay people affect his life, not least by estranging himself from his son.
Sadly, a court order has now been issued putting a halt to the same-sex marriages in San Francisco. However, more than three thousand couples were married in the month during which it was legal: we may anticipate some interesting legal ructions resulting, because - thus far at least - the same-sex marriages that did take place have not been declared invalid. And this defiance of the law leading to changes in the law is traditionally one strong method used by minorities to gain civil rights.
( dialogue with contempt )
The first four posts dissecting Orson Scott Card are in my memories. (And a link to this wedding story - just two women, a rainstorm, and a stinking cold...)
One marriage that took place in San Francisco was of David J. Knight to Joseph A. Lazzaro Jr. They had been together for 10 years, and had crossed the country from Baltimore to get married. Knight's father is a Californian Senator, William J. Knight - who led the campaign to get Proposition 22 into Californian state law. (Proposition 22 may ban same-sex marriage in California. The Mayor of San Francisco believed it to be unconstitutional, which is where he took his stand on issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples.) David Knight's father is also actively involved with the campaign against San Francisco issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Not content with that, David Knight's father is taking part in a legal challenge to California's "domestic partner" legislation. David Knight came out to his father in 1997, and they have been estranged ever since. By Orson Scott Card's definition of homophobia, it would seem that William J. Knight is homophobic: he is letting his fear and hatred of gay people affect his life, not least by estranging himself from his son.
Sadly, a court order has now been issued putting a halt to the same-sex marriages in San Francisco. However, more than three thousand couples were married in the month during which it was legal: we may anticipate some interesting legal ructions resulting, because - thus far at least - the same-sex marriages that did take place have not been declared invalid. And this defiance of the law leading to changes in the law is traditionally one strong method used by minorities to gain civil rights.
( dialogue with contempt )
The first four posts dissecting Orson Scott Card are in my memories. (And a link to this wedding story - just two women, a rainstorm, and a stinking cold...)