The quote below is from an op-ed by Dan Savage in The New York Times. (Click here...you may need to register.) Though a lot of the topics in his "Savage Love" column fall into the category of "too much information," I've always thought Savage was a great column writer. In this New York Times article about Brokeback Mountain, End of the Spear, and "ex-gays" he's right on spot too. (Chad Allen, who he refers to, is the gay actor who plays a Christian missionary in End of the Spear. And, no, I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain yet. Cowboys just aren't my thing.)
"Evangelical Christians seem sincere in their desire to help build healthy, lasting marriages. Well, if that's their goal, encouraging gay men to enter into straight marriages is a peculiar strategy. Every straight marriage that includes a gay husband is one Web-browser-history check away from an ugly divorce.
"If anything, supporters of traditional marriage should want gay men out of the heterosexual marriage market entirely. And the best way to do that is to see that we're safely married off — to each other, not to your daughters. Let gay actors like Chad Allen only play it straight in the movies."
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