Tag Archives: civil unions

Let Hetero Couples Get Civilly Partnered

Mark Simpson argues in today’s London Times that heterosexuals should be allowed to have civil partnerships

February 24, 2010 – 1:12 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in gay marriage | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (4)

Gay Marriage On The Rocks: Ain’t No Surprise

The wheels appear to have come off the gay marriage bus in the US and no one seems to know how to put them back on.  Not even the lesbians. And that’s not according to meddlin’ Limey Uncle Tom ‘slut’ me (as I was dubbed by the Voice of Gay America) but according to the gay-marriage-supporting  New …

December 8, 2009 – 1:04 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary, gay marriage | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (63)

The Gay Case Against Gay Marriage and Gay Bigotry

By Mark Simpson (Guardian CIF, 30 April 2009) Who would have guessed the dainty opinions of a Miss America candidate would have been taken so seriously by gays and liberals? Miss California, a practising Christian, was last week denounced by Miss America judge Perez Hilton on his blog as ‘a dumb bitch’ and unworthy of the …

May 1, 2009 – 5:33 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in article, Barack Obama, gay marriage, journalism | Tagged , , , | Comments (30)

Marry Me, Ms P — But Civilly

A little late –my brain turns to plum pudding during the festering season — I’d like to flag up a section on gay marriage from the stand-up intellectual Camille Paglia’s December column on Salon.com. Mostly of course because it mentions me in a flattering fashion. (If you find mutual love-fests a little queasy, you may …

January 20, 2009 – 4:34 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in article, commentary, gay marriage | Tagged , , , , | Comments (6)

Let’s Be Civil: Gay Marriage Isn’t The End of the Rainbow

by Mark Simpson (A shorter version originally appeared on Guardian CIF November 2, 2008) “It’s better to marry than burn with passion,” declared St Paul. But now marriage itself seems to have become a burning issue — or at least, gay marriage. The re-banning of gay marriage in California earlier this month with the passage of …

December 5, 2008 – 5:17 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in article, commentary, current affairs, journalism, metrosexual, popular culture, sex | Tagged , , , , | Comments (38)