tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206230760891278528.post5261046808716614108..comments2023-10-31T17:09:36.316+00:00Comments on The Long Walk Home: Marriage Equality: What Are We Waiting For?Jae Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17816403017115766947noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206230760891278528.post-23030618145993067612011-01-11T21:36:44.235+00:002011-01-11T21:36:44.235+00:00"an amazing change in language"
One lin..."an amazing change in language"<br /><br />One linguistic development is that, so it seems, more and more people are referring to CPs as weddings and using the other terminology of marriage: people say, e.g. "We're going to a gay wedding next month."<br /><br />Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I can't make up my mind. It's good in that it shows most people see no essential difference between gay unions and straight ones and wouldn't be fazed by a legal change. The fact that people use the language of marriage for CPs might be cited in support of legal change - "The British public have no problem with this." But it may be a bad thing in that, as this usage sets in, people may think we've got marriage equality already - I think Boris Johnson fell into this and so pressure for legal euqality may be thought to be much ado about nothing.Paul Brownseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764726326208869989noreply@blogger.com