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Article: Same-sex marriage: why catching the bouquet will make you straight.
- Article from:
- Borderlines
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 International Relations Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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THIS SUMMER, I AM TO BE A BRIDESMAID AT THE WEDDING OF A VERY DEAR, VERY STRAIGHT, CHILDHOOD FRIEND. THIS IS AN HONOUR, I AM TOLD, BUT I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE BIG DAY. "I THINK LESBIAN-BRIDESMAID IS AN OXYMORON," I TELL ANOTHER QUEER FRIEND, WHO HAS THE NERVE TO DISAGREE. I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO WANT TO GET MARRIED OURSELVES, BUT WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CONVENTIONAL LESBIAN PREJUDICE AGAINST STRAIGHT WEDDINGS?
Same-sex marriage is widely expected to pass into law in Hawaii in 1998, but it wasn't until recently that the queer community in Canada uttered a collective "I do" to the idea of gay matrimony. In 1993, two Ontario men denied a ...