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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbySeptember 15th, 2009
Mehcad Brooks, the rather beautiful actor best known for playing Eggs, Tara’s love interest, in the just-finished season of True Blood, gave an interview with Honey Magazine in which he strongly expressed his support for marriage equality:
Well, do you consider yourself the marrying kind, then? Do you want that?
I haven\’t even gotten that far. But yeah, I want a wife, I want kids. The whole thing. But I\’m also not even concerned with marrying somebody until it\’s legal for everybody to get married. And what I mean by that is the whole Prop 8 thing.Why is that cause so important to you?
I find it really offensive. I just find it really problematic when you start throwing people\’s rights away. Until we get our gay brothers and sisters back into a realm of consciousness that everyone else is in, it\’s just not right. A woman who\’s getting married — it\’s probably going to be a gay man who made her dress, and a gay man who\’s doing her hair and makeup, but he can\’t get married. How messed up is that?Very messed up.
It is very important that straight guys and gals come to understand that marriage equality isn’t a gay issue, it’s a principle everyone should take to heart. I enjoyed Brooks as an actor; I now enjoy him as a person for understanding and caring.
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David Malcolm
September 15th, 2009
“Hey baby, sorry I don’t do marriage until gay dudes can get married, but hey gay sex is legal I’m down with that!”
tavdy79
September 15th, 2009
Slightly off topic here…
So far my favourite characters on True Blood (when I’m not thinking with my d*ck – is it really necessary to have so many hot guys on one TV show?) have been Adele, Eggs and Godric. Anyone else think I’m jinxed?
Christopher Waldrop
September 15th, 2009
I just want to emphasize the point that “marriage equality isn’t a gay issue”. Brooks focuses on the possibility that a bride-to-be might get her dress made by a gay man or her hair done by a gay man, but I think there’s an even more personal way to look at it. I suspect most straight people have at least one gay or lesbian person in their lives they’re close to. And if they care they should support marriage equality.
Transplanted Lawyer
September 15th, 2009
I suppose I can can appreciate the sentiment here but I’m not 100% sure I agree with it. Marriage is supposed to be a good thing; there should be more of it because GLBT people should be able to have it too. So it does no one any good for there to be less of it — unless it is actually of such negligible benefit as to be functionaly dispensible, in which case why are we all getting so worked up about this?
No, take it from a married straight lawyer: marriage is worth it, and you’re better off married than just shacking up. It really makes it easier to plan your lives together, it really makes it easier to navigate the world socially. Having experienced how much easier it makes things makes me all the more concerned that a significant number of my fellow citizens are denied this right for no good reason.
I say, if you want to get married, and the law will let you, then you should go ahead and get married. If you happen to live in a state that permits same-sex marriage and want to marry your same-sex partner, then I especially encourage you to get married, because you and your future spouse are needed to serve as positive examples of what happens when same-sex marriage is part of the law. But whether you’re straight or you live in New England and/or Iowa, don’t forget that having been given the benefits of this kind of favorable treatment, you now have an obligation to help extend that benefit to others who are arbitrarily denied it.
Joe E in California
September 16th, 2009
Mehcad’s character gets the axe in the last episode of Trueblood… :( damn. He’s the hotest! and Thanks Mehcad’s for standing up for equal rights and equal responsibilities.
Becky in DC
September 16th, 2009
This is a choice more and more straight people are making. My own brother and his long-time girlfriend have made it, and even Brad & Angelina have decided to wait for equality.
But while suffering in solidarity is sweet, it’s not much use without a lot more visibility. Hats off to Brad Pitt for saying it every chance he gets.
As for me (a straight woman) if my boyfriend and I get married we’re thinking of asking guests to donate to a pro-marriage-equality group in lieu of gifts. Can anyone recommend a good group for this purpose?
Regan DuCasse
September 16th, 2009
I’ve had the pleasure of working up close and personal with that actor (whoo hoo the perks of being a stand in!)
It was all I could do to keep my tongue from hanging out.
And I wasn’t the only one on the set.
Yes, the brotha is drop dead fine! And being a straight ally is spoon to the cream.
Holla!
Becky in DC
September 16th, 2009
A PS to my earlier comment:
If we straight allies CAN get publicity for this trend, it could have awesome repurcussions.
Conservatives say they want to defend marriage. But if people aren’t getting married because of this issue, then it’s INequality that’s a threat to marriage.
Quite directly, we’re saying: so you like straight marriage? If you want to see it any more, you’d better listen to what young straight marriageable people want: equality.
Timothy Kincaid
September 16th, 2009
Becky,
You are right. Straight allies can in many ways be more effective in the quest towards equality.
Yes, gay folk do have to fight their own battle, but straight allies cannot be accused of being “special interest” or selfish or self serving.
Thank you, sincerely, for your help.
And your idea of a wedding contribution is a good one. I had some straight friends marry last summer in whose name I contributed. (It seemed only fitting, they actually met in a gay bar)
This year the best place to send a “contribution in lieu of gift” would be to No on 1 in Maine and Approve Ref.71 in Washington.
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