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From Band of Thebes

Look at the sheer happiness on everyone’s faces.

*happy smile* I love the Household Cavalry anyway, always have.

And they are going to live in military married quarters.

I can’t wave my country’s flag fast enough sometimes.

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From:

baritonejeff.livejournal.com

If I thought that this was anything more than an innocent over-generalization, I would probably say: We *all* are not, dear, any more than you *all* are totally in approval of this (absolutely lovely) union. I love the fact that this can actually happen in Britain, and HATE that it is still legally, and "morally", so contentious in the US, but you'll have to do some truly fancy talking to convince me that A LOT of Brits don't think these boys' public union to be at least mildly disgusting.

We humans just aren't *that* advanced.

From:

erastes.livejournal.com

i don't think that "a lot" are, no. It's been pretty well discussed and expounded and mulled over in recent years - (not this marriage but same sex marriage in general) and it certainly appears that the majority of opinion is "so what?" it's become a non-issue. Of course it's not religious marriage in the sense of we still don't allow it in church - that's another step, and one that I can't see happening for a long time, but that's another matter entirely - this was done for human rights purposes, because so many remaining partners were losing their homes and inheritances that they had legal right to, and so the law was changed for that reason. We see the justice in that. Obviously there will always be a bigoted minority who "find it disgusting" but luckily they don't have power.

From:

baritonejeff.livejournal.com

Thanks for taking the time to explain this. You have every right to be tremendously proud. I wish I could feel similarly about what's happening here. I live the results of fear and ignorance everday.