Civil Unions Should Suffice For Gays Says…..Elton John?
Pardon the expression, but here’s one from from left field that is sort of unexpected:
In December 2005, John and Furnish tied the knot in a civil partnership ceremony in Windsor, England. But, clarified the singer, “We’re not married. Let’s get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage.”
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“I don’t want to be married. I’m very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership,” said John. “The word marriage, I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.”
Well, slap my face and call me Sally. Who would have seen that one coming?
By the way, despite his weird flamboyance I still think his first half dozen albums (including Honky Chateau, Madman Across the Water, and Don’t Shoot Me I’m The Piano Player) are arguably some of the best pop albums ever.
So sue me.
