"I've had this conversation with, you know, within the LGBT community," she says. "Having the marriage piece in a homophobic society says on some level that I have a lot of people who are having the same kind of ethical and moral or religious compass as a straight person" She asks: Why aren't we doing it? Is it because it's harder to define some of these less traditional household relationships?
Sen. Tammy Baldwin managed to rally bipartisan support for a marriage equality bill, but she’s the first to admit the legislation is “humble.” An activist wonders if there’s an overemphasis on the institution of marriage.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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