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Michelangelo Signorile: "[The goal is] to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand the right to marry not as a way of adhering to society's moral codes but rather to debunk a myth and radically alter an archaic institution. . . .The most subversive action lesbian and gay men can undertake . . . is to transform the notion of 'family' entirely."18

There will be no peace. Efforts to "reform" marriage and family will continue. Having been granted "membership" in the institution of marriage, activists will not hesitate to advocate persistently for change in that institution.


Future Changes: Individuals Outside the "Mainstream" Homosexual Movement

Until only the past few decades, homosexual activity was universally condemned and had been so since ancient times. How quickly - and dramatically - views have changed! If same-sex civil unions or marriages are recognized under the law, individuals whose "orientation" draws them to polygamy, incest, or sexual relationships with younger people will seek legal recognition or "tolerance" of their relationships. They will attack as artificial all models based on sexual orientation ("normal" heterosexual or "mainstream" homosexual).



18 Michelangelo Signorile, "Bridal Wave," Out, December/January 1994, quoted in Dailey


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