Another Voice For Equality

There's a certain marriage neutering advocacy organization that regularly points out that various famous people support the neutering of marriage. This group is certainly not unique – most issue groups will note famous people who agree with them. But is it really any surprise when someone who makes their living in front of the camera in Hollywood says they are in favor of marriage neutering? This is a community that has a notorious track record when it comes to marriage. There are weekly publications that center mostly around the babies these people are having out of wedlock, their series of short marriages, their infidelities, sham/stunt marriages, and so forth. All of these things are "okay" as long as these people have never expressed "traditional values."

For most issues, a famous person's opinion is no more valid than anyone else's. What is important is not which of these people takes a public stand, but their reasons for taking the position that they do. Many of them would suffer professionally if they stood up in defense of marriage – not because the audience would reject them, but because there are a lot of people in positions of power in their industry that would stop working with them.

There is almost no risk in being a celebrity and publicly proclaiming your support for marriage neutering. Very few people who believe in maintaining the bride+groom marriage requirement in state marriage licensing will boycott an entertainment production because an outspoken marriage neutering proponent is involved. But would the reverse be true? All one has to do is look at what continues to be brought up as a reminder not to cross these advocacy groups; they continue to take credit for hurting a career.

Every single member of SAG could sign a letter calling for marriage neutering. It wouldn't make it the right thing to do.

I'm for marriage equality – that the legal aspects of marriage should be equally applied under the law; it doesn't matter what religion, if any, the particpants claim, or their skin color or sexual orientation. I'm for the freedom to marry - that every unmarried adult should be free to find an unmarried consenting adult of the opposite sex who is not closely related to them and get a marriage license with that person.