tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183069977646561583.post8436216124086799700..comments2023-10-01T12:43:06.682+02:00Comments on Malta Gay News Library: Independent: 'Why aren't we calling it marriage' PN AsksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183069977646561583.post-7361564315675327092013-10-19T16:59:02.865+02:002013-10-19T16:59:02.865+02:00Message from Susan and Zachary:
Since the bill wo...Message from Susan and Zachary:<br /><br />Since the bill would legalize same-gender civil marriage in all but name, we may assume that the government feels it best at this time not to call a spade a spade because, if it did, the bill might have less of a chance of being approved (many gay-haters think the word "marriage" is theirs alone to use). It has consequently decided that at this time the better part of wisdom would be, under the guise of civil unions, to grant the country's gays all the benefits, privileges, protections, and rights that civil marriage confers on different-gender couples, that is, all the SUBSTANCE of civil marriage, at the price of forgoing the WORD "marriage" because to insist on that word might result in the defeat of any bill for the legalization of same-gender civil marriage.<br /><br />Indeed, ninety-nine one-hundredths of a loaf would be better than no loaf at all (in politics, as in life in general, if you play for all, you may lose all, so that compromise is often the best course). But not to worry -- if the bill for the legalization of same-gender civil unions now before the House of Representatives is passed, it would still be possible for gays to get the last one-hundredth later, say, after a few years, when it became clear to the Maltese people that, despite the dire "predictions" of the cassandras ("Gay marriage spells the end of civilization," etc., etc., etc.), same-gender civil unions have brought no harm to the country.<br /><br />In sum, what is important is that Maltese civil unions will be marriages de facto even if not (yet?) marriages de iure.Dr Inġ. Patrick Attardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663871196094624701noreply@blogger.com