http://www.rabe.org/further-beyond-marriage/ Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.rabe.org/further-beyond-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Rachel Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:46:55 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/?p=589#comment-1693 I've started reading Warner's book. What a great read! Very thought-provoking. Thanks so much for recommending it, CC. I’ve started reading Warner’s book. What a great read! Very thought-provoking. Thanks so much for recommending it, CC.

]]> http://www.rabe.org/further-beyond-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 Rachel Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:22:23 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/?p=589#comment-1599 Thanks, Onely, for the tip on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/69375/book/38288373" rel="nofollow">the book</a>! I'll check it out - it sounds interesting. You might be interested in Nancy Polikoff's book <a href="http://www.beyondstraightandgaymarriage.com" rel="nofollow">"Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage"</a>. She approaches the whole beyond marriage question from a legal perspective and points out that we often fail to address the real issues by thinking that marriage can solve XYZ. And she argues, rightfully so imo, that even if gay marriage becomes completely legal, a lot of folks in the LGBT community will be left out - including singles and people who don't want to be "normal," as defined by the religious wrong... Thanks, Onely, for the tip on the book! I’ll check it out – it sounds interesting. You might be interested in Nancy Polikoff’s book “Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage”. She approaches the whole beyond marriage question from a legal perspective and points out that we often fail to address the real issues by thinking that marriage can solve XYZ. And she argues, rightfully so imo, that even if gay marriage becomes completely legal, a lot of folks in the LGBT community will be left out – including singles and people who don’t want to be “normal,” as defined by the religious wrong…

]]> http://www.rabe.org/further-beyond-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Onely Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:26:25 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/?p=589#comment-1579 Rachel: On our blog we talked a little bit about Michael Warner's book "The Trouble With Normal," which I honestly haven't read yet, but which I understand talks about how the pro-gay-marriage movement works to normalize gays into our current matrimaniac, couple-centric culture, instead of expanding the kinds of sanctioned commitment available to all sorts of nontraditional family units. When you think about it, the whole idea of man-woman marriage with concurrent legal rights. . . is really quite random. Funny how we take it for granted as the "norm". . . Well, thanks for the great post. --CC Rachel: On our blog we talked a little bit about Michael Warner’s book “The Trouble With Normal,” which I honestly haven’t read yet, but which I understand talks about how the pro-gay-marriage movement works to normalize gays into our current matrimaniac, couple-centric culture, instead of expanding the kinds of sanctioned commitment available to all sorts of nontraditional family units. When you think about it, the whole idea of man-woman marriage with concurrent legal rights. . . is really quite random. Funny how we take it for granted as the “norm”. . . Well, thanks for the great post. –CC

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