same sex marriage

"Potential DPs, have to prove financial interdependence, shared living arrangements, and a commitment to mutual caring."(450) According to the law, says Sullivan, this argument does not clearly define a relationship. Technically, with this definition, there doesn't need to be any sexual relationship or even closely mirror old-style marriage. With this definition, a woman and her live in nurse can qualify for that position. I agree with Sullivan's proposition in that the government has loop holes in its definition of a "domestic partnership." With such vagueness surrounding this classification, this will open a "Pandora's box of litigation- (450) .
             Sullivan presents us with another argument as to why he feels domestic partnerships need to be abolished and why the government doesn't allow traditional marriage for gays. "The concept of domestic partnership chips away at the prestige of traditional relationships and undermines the priority we give them." I agree on how Sullivan feels the government won't allow for gays to be on the level of traditional marriages as heterosexuals. Sullivan seems to have used this argument as one based on character. He appeals to the reader by showing how just as heterosexuals; gays feel the need to have the status of being married as well. Sullivan goes on and presents the reader with a values argument which shows the reader how gays are portrayed as. He goes on to present us with the stereotype gay, "Gay leadership clings to notions of gay life as essentially outsider, antibourgeois, and radical."(451) The use of this argument is .
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             essential to Sullivan's complete picture of the gay marriage. He wants to eliminate the preconceptions heterosexuals have of gays. He does this by using this argument against the government for not allowing traditional marriages. Sullivan goes on to broaden the argument by saying marriage is a conservative idea.