As long as we continue to refuse to legitimate same-sex unions, and thus give
them the social support which all unions need, we can expect gay men's unions
to be weaker than others', I believe. This certainly follows from what we
know about the play of boys and girls [Lever], and the lifetime effects of such
differences. For little girls, playing with a friend is the important point,
not the game. For little boys, the game's the important part, and the players
matter less.
I'm simplifying again.
It is often easy to confuse the message with the messenger, but learning to
separate them is part of sociology and other disciplines.
Donna Darden