Frazzin' fruzzin' muzzle fruzzle...
The recent Curia results declared that a same sex couple could fight for the throne. I am elated, overjoyed, and honestly, the most interested in fighting I've ever been. I've done some fight practices and whatnot in the last year, and I'm not sure it'll ever be my thing, but... I had no interest when it was a gendered practice that forced a role like that into the mix.
So naturally, from four different forums, I see "well intentioned concerns" springing up. What if two men claim the throne forever and ever by fighting each other, two straight men can't have the throne! What if two women hold the throne! Who will we call the king! What happens when they become Dukes or Duchesses? How do we properly judge what constitutes a couple and keep people from defrauding! CHAOS! DISORDER! DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER!
The thing is, I've seen plenty of monarchs who had no emotions toward each other larger than awesome lasting friendship. So how is that relationship more valid as a monarchy in the SCA than two women who want to fight for each other, or a bromance the likes of which the East Kingdom has never known?
My problem is this. Every suffrage movement has had "well intentioned concerns" and all of them boil down to "entirely missing the point." The only thing that I see in all of those arguments is, "Hey I know that we just struck a huge blow for equality in the SCA and you gay and bi people might be super elated that you can finally work inside a structure that has until now TOTALLY IGNORED YOU but what about the 'evil' ways this can be abused?!" It's like saying, "Gee, I'm super glad we have Civil Rights and all that in the 1960s, and I'm totally not racist, but seriously what's to stop them from making a business that will compete with mine?!"
You can't have any step toward equality without other crap shuffling around it. Anyone who seriously thinks you can - or should - is missing the point. Shit is supposed to be unsettled, and if you give any crap about people who are being well served by the change, you should be happy it's unsettled and excited to help figure it out, not panicking over the nerve of two bros who might potentially maybe in theory someday take a kingdom.
So naturally, from four different forums, I see "well intentioned concerns" springing up. What if two men claim the throne forever and ever by fighting each other, two straight men can't have the throne! What if two women hold the throne! Who will we call the king! What happens when they become Dukes or Duchesses? How do we properly judge what constitutes a couple and keep people from defrauding! CHAOS! DISORDER! DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER!
The thing is, I've seen plenty of monarchs who had no emotions toward each other larger than awesome lasting friendship. So how is that relationship more valid as a monarchy in the SCA than two women who want to fight for each other, or a bromance the likes of which the East Kingdom has never known?
My problem is this. Every suffrage movement has had "well intentioned concerns" and all of them boil down to "entirely missing the point." The only thing that I see in all of those arguments is, "Hey I know that we just struck a huge blow for equality in the SCA and you gay and bi people might be super elated that you can finally work inside a structure that has until now TOTALLY IGNORED YOU but what about the 'evil' ways this can be abused?!" It's like saying, "Gee, I'm super glad we have Civil Rights and all that in the 1960s, and I'm totally not racist, but seriously what's to stop them from making a business that will compete with mine?!"
You can't have any step toward equality without other crap shuffling around it. Anyone who seriously thinks you can - or should - is missing the point. Shit is supposed to be unsettled, and if you give any crap about people who are being well served by the change, you should be happy it's unsettled and excited to help figure it out, not panicking over the nerve of two bros who might potentially maybe in theory someday take a kingdom.